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**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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"Ship 5"
*** UPDATE *** Please read all the comments below my post. I should never have posted something that would cause others needless worry. Our kids will be JUST FINE! SMILE! **
Like a paranoid goofball, I've been reading about the horrors of having your recruit sent to Ship 5 for various reasons.
Is this common? I am so worried that my son will somehow end up there, even though he's strong and has been cleared pre-boot camp. ( He had ACL surgery about 5 years ago, and has healed very well since then. )
I know that nobody can predict anything, but I was more wondering if it's common for people to be shipped there these days.
All I need is something else to worry about!
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Permalink Reply by BeckyLCM on
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I read about it here, too
http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/ship5/index.asp
But now I feel bad for even posting this. No need for us to needlessly worry! Our kiddos are going to be FINE!
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Yes, they are.
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Permalink Reply by HulaMom on
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What is Ship 5? Now I am going to start worrying and I don't even know what that means.
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HulaMom, As I said above, "Unless your recruit calls you and says he has been sent to Ship 5 or SEPS, then everything is fine and he is expected to have PIR as scheduled. Don't go borrowing trouble." Ship 5 is located on the main part of the base across the street from the RTC and houses SEPS and also the THU (Temporary Holding Unit) for Sailors who need to wait for some reason before shipping out to "A" School. See the info on Ship 5, SEPS, and the THU in Ship/Division--How it Works and What does ??? mean? (A Guide to Navy Abbreviations and Terminology).
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Permalink Reply by Bandit1998 on
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The only incident in which my grandson's group (PIR 6-20-14) was a young man who went thru MEPS with my grandson. When he got to RTC he just couldn't manage the strict routine that the recruits must, necessarily, go through and decided he WANTED OUT! He told his officers, etc. that he was thinking about suicide and before he knew what was happening, they had him shipped to Ship 5 in preparation for kicking him out of the Navy. Unfortunately for him, he still had to spend all his remaining time that he would have spent learning how to be a sailor in Ship 5 with nothing to do but watch TV, etc until the Navy could process him out. I think that is very sad because when my grandson and his family on the day they were to ship out to Great Lake, this young man came over and introduced himself and I could tell right away that, in my opinion, he was NOT Navy material. I often think of him and wonder what he is doing with his life now.
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Oh wow. That is so sad. Yeah, I think sometimes kids think that the military will solve all of their problems, kind of like people who think getting married, or having a baby will solve relationship problems. You have to really WANT to be there.
Like you said, I hope the guy did something with his life.
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