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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
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trying to cope
Hello! This is my first time on here and my bf just left Monday for boot camp. How does anyone cope with a loved one starting a good thing for themselves but at the same time it is also a sad thing? I miss him and love him like crazy, I'm just having a really hard time trying to deal with it. Not being able to pick up the phone and talk to him so difficult. Please help.
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Permalink Reply by Rosa91 on
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when my husband left it was very hard. it was harder for my son, but now its getting easier Im getting letters and from those letters hes telling me how much he loves me and appecates me. They gain alot of appercation for everything you do. They are not just doing this for themselves its also for you, and you will get pride that you have never felt before. You count down the days until your back in his arms and just know hes doing the same. Im not saying its easy at all. But you learn how to deal with it, and how to make it. You become so strong!
If you ever need to vent im here! trust me I Love to listen and I understand completely =)
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Permalink Reply by bagsgirl13 on
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I have a calendar that I look at and sometimes I think to myself that it's so long but in reality I know it's not. And thank you because I really need all the support I can get right now.
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Permalink Reply by TiffanyL1023 on
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My boyfriend arrived to boot tuesday. I asked some girls on facebook on how they coped, they said write letters. Even though you dont have the address right now. I didnt think it would help. But it has helped me a lot.
Also whats been helping me is talking to girls in the same spot you are, or girls who have been through it.
Its hard at times, cause i stay the night with his parents off and on, and all i imagine is him walking behind me and hugging me or something, but spraying his cologne on my wrist, helps. Sounds weird but it reminds me of how fast this is going to seem when i get to see him graduate. -
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Yeah it goes by so fast once you get the P.I.R date then it become alot easier the letters start to come the planning starts to happen And the random phone calls hit as well. So its very nice just remember how great it will be to see him again. I remember one time i missed my hubby so much that i found his dirty shirt and smelled it and that really helped. =) call me crazy but i have been laying next to that guys stink for so long I though I hated it But i guess I really just loved it haha
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To: Rosa912
I'm not up to date on the Navy lingo so I'm not sure what P.I.R is. Random calls? They can make more then the 2 they are allowed? I have a couple of my his shirts too. :) They are on the side of the bed he sleeps on. I haven't moved anything of his in the room and I still have his empty bottle of shampoo and body wash in the shower. He used it all before he left and I can't throw it away.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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PIR is Pass In Review, or graduation.
The division might earn calls as a reward, the only calls which are half-guaranteed are the "I'm here" and the "I'm a sailor". both are very, very short. There usually is a call in week three, but that is never 100%. And if the division goes to make calls, there's always a recruit at dental or on watch, and they don't get make up calls. But yes, they certainly may earn more... but only as a division. There's a few other reasons to make calls, but those are usually for information, not chat.
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okay well that makes sense. His division better earn it. :) Thank you for the definition as well. I need a cheat sheet for all the abbreviations.
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Permalink Reply by UrabissWife on
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my husband called my 4 times. the "im here" a 30 min one 3 weeks in , then he got recruit heaven and had phone privileges for a long time then the "im a sailor" which was a littler longer than an hour :)
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I hope I get that. I hope I just get a phone call period. Lol. I've heard they can and that they don't get more then one but all I can do is hope.
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To:TiffanyL1023
Writing letters has actually helped me more then I thought. I started on tuesday, which was the day after he left. I have some of his cologne too but I never thought of spraying it. I'm going to his parents today to stay the night and we are supposed to open "the box", I'm kind of nervous because I'm scared I'm going to cry. I know it's ok to cry but it hurts so bad right now because I can't talk to him. I know what you mean when you say you imagine him walking behind you or hugging you. I think of that too, all the time. We used to play games in the car like slug bug and the PT car. Every time I see those I think of us picking on each other. :) It almost seems like everything I do or think of I somehow relate it back to him.
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We havent recieved his box yet. And i know what you mean about the car games. Lol. Me and him used to play this game called pop-eye. But when i see one it hurts a little. And i know what ou mean. Adam picks on me cause i make my own words up, or sound extreamly country. Lol. I'll catch myself. Being with his family helps a lot. Its like hes going to be home any second.
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At least I'm not in this "boat" alone. :)
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