The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Royal New Zealand Navy oiler HMNZS Aotearoa (A11) in the Korea Strait during Exercise Ssang Yong 24 (SY24), Sept. 4, 2024. Exercise SY24 strengthens the Republic of Korea-U.S. alliance through bilateral, joint training, contributing toward combined amphibious capability in defense of the Korean Peninsula. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kenneth Melseth)

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RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND GRADUATION

12 September 2024

Training Group TG- 40

Divisions: 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 940

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PIR Schedule

From RTC: If you were previously authorized a different number of tickets, that number will be honored, and you do not need to change your travel plans.

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From RTC: To better accommodate traffic flow on the day after graduation when families and friends pick up Sailors for liberty, a new traffic plan will direct guests to the parking garage adjacent to the USS Yorktown visitors center, the same place you would park on graduation morning. Gate 8 (same entrance used on graduation morning) will be open from 6 to 10 a.m. All guests will park in the garage to wait for their Sailors who will meet them there. When dropping off Sailors later in the day, guests will use Gate 6 at Illinois Street and Buckley Road and drop the Sailors off in the chapel parking lot. Gate 8 will NOT be open to vehicular traffic when returning your Sailors from liberty. Sailors may also be dropped off at Gate 8 to access base on foot via the automated turnstile using their CAC (Common Access Card). PLEASE NOTE: **ONLY GUESTS WITH GRADUATION TICKETS MAY ACCESS THE BASE WHEN PICKING UP AND DROPPING OFF SAILORS TO AND FROM LIBERTY! PLEASE RETAIN YOUR TICKETS FROM GRADUATION.** GUESTS INTENDING TO PICK UP A SAILOR FOR LIBERTY WITHOUT A TICKET WILL BE TURNED AND MAY HAVE TO PICK UP THEIR SAILOR AT GATE 8.

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