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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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Has anyone's child shipped out from Montgomery, AL?
Hi, my son is leaving for BC Aug 20 from the Montgomery, AL MEPS. He asked his recruiter how we can get on base to see him take his oath & about going with him to the gate at the airport but his recruiter said he didn't know. Has anyone had recent experience with this at this particular MEPS? Also do they fly directly out of Montgomery or do they bus them to the Atlanta airport?
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Hi, our recruit also left from Montgomery and we did not get to attend the swearing in nor see her off at the airport... She rode with her recruiter to Montgomery the day of her swearing in. Then we saw her the evening before she left for Great Lakes at the downtown Montgomery hotel where she stayed. We had dinner and visited with her up until she had to be in for curfew. She had to get up at 4am to get on the recruit bus to go to the Montgomery airport. And got texts/phone calls all the way up until they got on the RDC bus at O'Hare in Chicago. Then we got the short scripted "I'm here" call about 10:30 pm I think. Not sure why we weren't allowed to go to the swearing in or the airport to see her off. Trying to remember if it was our recruit's request or just the way they do it in Montgomery. Don't be afraid to ask the recruiter about this again. It's their job to know these things... But it's sorta the first "clue" you get that "they" are in charge of your child now.... not you. That's the hardest thing to get used to. But you will over the first few weeks of Boot Camp. Stick with this group. They will help you through those first several weeks!
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Oh and they bus them to Montgomery airport, then they fly to Atlanta, then from Atlanta to Great Lakes. At least that's how it was for our recruit heading out from Montgomery.
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Hey garden gal, my daughter left from there last week. I recieved texts and calls until she arrived on post. I then recieved a call lasting 30 seconds. They went the quickest way possible. Can't divulge directly. I tried to message you but for some reason I cant! I can't tell you not to worry bc that is all I have done!
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