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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.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

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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**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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Best Bases- U.S and overseas

Hi everyone!

I would love to get some first hand experiences on what you think are the best bases to be stationed at around the world. My husband and I don't have any kids and are definitely up for an adventure. I think we both would rather be at one for the more laid back bases (which I've heard are west coast and overseas). We love being outside, hiking, camping, kayaking, paddle boarding, etc. 

Let me know what you think! : )

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Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on February 27, 2014 at 3:29pm

haha I was like wahhh bath ruined. lol! When I asked a friend about it that lived there her whole life she just laughed. She sympathized with me but like you said she was used to it lol

thanks! you as well!

haha Anti M, coming from Oklahoma to Virginia I was like holy humidity! lol We went home this past July and everyone was complaining about a high humidity day, I meanwhile was dancing around enjoying the dry heat. lol When we lived in Everett, I felt like I was always washing the towels. Even if they just sat in the closet they felt sort of damp. lol

Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on February 25, 2014 at 6:20pm

I wish we had a better summer when I was there sort of lol. I mean I worked most of it anyways so I still wouldn't have done much but still more than I did when I was there. I agree I find that most people I know that didn't like living there were from sunnier states beforehand. That was the hardest part for me I think. Oh and the mold, I always had sinus infections because I am highly allergic. And my dog hates rain too. He got a lot of bladder infections while living there because he wouldn't go outside in the rain. Then he got a bladder stone from all the infections that almost killed him.

The views are killer for sure! Lots of military stuff to do. Some websites for people the PNW area :) http://www.militarymerits.com/

http://www.navylifepnw.com/

I definitely say try out scuttlebutt if you like microbreweries its delish. And there is a yummy place down by Seattle area called Tap house I think.. Their molten chocolate lava cake is to DIE for. There are lots of microbreweries in the area, which my husband loved. Lots of yummy seafood places too.

Permalink Reply by AnnieRae on March 7, 2014 at 10:23pm

Thanks for the responses everyone! It really does help! I really want to go to Italy or Spain, simply because it is so easy to travel to other countries around Europe. Plus, when else do you get to move to a new country?? :) Seems exciting. My husband however, is thinking that he wants to go to Washington. I can't decide whether the rain would bother me or not…I'm originally from Ohio, which is super humid in the summer so I feel like I could deal with that. When i think washington, I think rain. My husband thinks mountains, hiking, camping, etc. haha.

Permalink Reply by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on March 8, 2014 at 2:12am

I'm from Ohio, too!! My husband also. 

I LOVE the weather here compared to Ohio. I don't do well with extreme heat and I don't do well with extreme cold (the snowy winters killed me). So it's super great to enjoy the snow once a year with like two inches of it while everyone freaks out and then just enjoy the rain the rest of the winter... The rain is much more enjoyable than the snow, especially when it's 40-50 degrees most of the winter! :)

And the summer here is like the Spring in Ohio. It's wonderful! :)

P.S. I'm in Washington if you didn't already catch that! :)

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