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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.
PIR Moves to Thursdays !
Families and friends of future Sailors: Beginning October 5, 2023, recruit graduations will be conducted on Thursday instead of Friday. This will allow an extra day of off-base liberty for the graduates and their families. Federal holidays, such as Thanksgiving, will push up the graduation to Wednesday.
For a current list of upcoming graduations dates and all graduation information, including instructions for obtaining graduation ceremony tickets, please visit our website at U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command > Graduation.
The liberty policy will also change effective October 5.
Enjoy LIBERTY (free time off base) with your NEW SAILOR! Sailors are allowed to spend time off base (Liberty) with their family following the graduation ceremony. The amount of time spent depends upon where your Sailor is going for follow-on training. The Navy is required to transport Sailors to their next command, so Sailors MAY NOT travel to their next command in your vehicle or with tickets purchased by themselves or by you.
• SAILORS REMAINING AT GREAT LAKES FOR SCHOOL: Sailors remaining at Great Lakes for “A” school Will have the following schedule:
o DAY OF GRADUATION: You will normally have free time off base (liberty) with your Sailor from the conclusion of graduation until about 8pm. You will return your Sailor using the RTC main gate and drop your Sailor off at the RTC Chapel. The Sailor MUST be in his or her barracks by 9 pm, so plan accordingly.
o DAY AFTER GRADUATION: The next day, your Sailor must check into his or her school before being granted more free time with you time off base (Liberty). You will pick-up your Sailor OFF BASE at the Great Lakes National Museum of the American Sailor between approximately 10am and noon and the Sailor can normally remain with you off base until Sunday evening. For more information about liberty procedures, please contact the school house directly:
o Culinary Specialists (CS): Although this “A” school is located in Virginia, these Sailors will remain in Great Lakes for up to one week to complete additional firefighting training.
o Engineering: For Surface Warfare Engineering School Command Great Lakes:
GRLK_SWESC_PAO@navy.mil
o Combat: For Surface Combat Systems Training Command Great Lakes:
scstc-gl_pao@navy.mil
o EOD: For Center for Explosive Ordnance Disposal, please call 847-688-6819 (EOD Sailors ONLY!)
• SAILORS TRANSFERRING TO SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF GREAT LAKES:
o DAY OF GRADUATION: You will normally have free time off base (liberty) with your Sailor from the conclusion of graduation until about 8pm. You will return your Sailor using the RTC main gate and drop your Sailor off at the RTC Chapel. The Sailor MUST be in his or her barracks by 9 pm, so plan accordingly.
o DAY AFTER GRADUATION: The next day you may return through the main gate and pick your Sailor up at approximately 8am in the RTC Chapel parking lot. Once again, the Sailor MUST return to his or her barracks by 9 pm that evening, so plan accordingly.
o SATURDAY MORNING: You may meet your departing Sailor at the airport to say good bye and to give the Sailor any small items he or she may want for “A” School (laptop, a few items of civilian clothing, etc.) but remember your Sailor is already carrying a seabag, garment bag, and back pack!
The Latest Guidance as of September 23rd, 2022
Revised Pass-in-Review Policy
Effective immediately, indoor mask policy is relaxed per CDC guidance. Naval Station Great Lakes (NAVSTAGLKS) returns to HPCON Alpha. Presently, Lake County, Illinois, has a low level of COVID cases. Guests attending the graduation ceremony are NOT required to wear a mask while indoors, for ticket pickup at the Welcome Center, or while indoors at Recruit Training Command.
The number of guests allowed has increased to four, unless there are 11 or more divisions when the maximum number of guests is three. If you have already submitted your guest security access form listing two individuals, please have additional guest information ready to provide to your recruit when they call. All guests must have a ticket including active duty personnel and veterans. (Children 2 & under do not count toward the guest limit.) COVID-19 immunizations are still required for guest attendance. Guests 12 or older need to provide proof of immunization (14 days post final dose,) in the form of a COVID-19 vaccination record card, to attend. If you are unable to provide proof of vaccination, you will not be issued tickets and will not be able to attend graduation. REMINDER: Policies regarding the graduation ceremony can change at any time due to changes in our health protection status and policy. Please continue to follow RTC social media accounts for updates and check www.bootcamp.navy.mil for the most up-to-date information. For specific questions and inquiries, contact the RTC Public Affairs Office.
Live streaming of our graduations begin at 9 a.m. CST every Friday. Videos will also be available for viewing afterwards as well on our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/NavyRecruitTrainingCommand and our YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/RTCPublicAffairs/community.
GRADUATION STREAMING LIVE
For those family and friends unable to attend RTC graduation, it will be streamed live over the internet at 0845 (CST) on the day of graduation. Please follow the link below and join us in honoring the service of these young men and women.
Click here for live video of PIR
Pass in Review Graduation Schedule - Navy Boot Camp Graduation Schedule
Liberty Rules @ Navy Graduation - Granted Liberty to Go Off Base
Where is Recruit Training Command Located? - Location of Navy Boot Camp
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Security protocols in order to ensure the safety and security of our Sailors, recruits, and visitors - Pass In Review Security for Navy Graduation
What is the Proper Attire to Wear to PIR? - What to Wear to Graduation
PIR Glasses & Contact Lenses - Can my Sailor Wear Their own Glasses or Contacts for Graduation?
Military & Veteran Guests Attending PIR - Military Attending Pass in Review
Tickets and guest policy - Tickets and Guest policies for PIR
Items not allowed in the drill hall - Not allowed
Greeting Your Sailor at the Airport Gate - USO Location's @ the Airport
Metra Stop @ Great Lakes, IL - Public Transportation @ Navy Graduation
How to Order a DVD of Your Sailor's PIR - Navy Graduation Video
Click here for the form to order division T-Shirts - Division Tee-Shirts
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PIR and Liberty - General Liberty Policies after PIR
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Comment by Jack Pouchet on November 29, 2010 at 1:13pm
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Finally back home and will be downloading photos later tonight. Noticed that my wife didn't take very many pictures with the digital camera (I was manning the film Nikon). I loved her comment when I said she got the Division marching in the door then only one picture when they were all lined-up. "I wasn't going to miss watching my son march in review when we already signed-up to buy the video! Besides I was too teary-eyed to even see straight."
Well it was the same on my end.
The Pro Photographers did a nice job. By the time we got to the NEX they had some wonderful division photos from PIR. I picked up a few.
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Comment by Chris H. on November 24, 2010 at 8:39pm
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And each week, another PIR will remind you of your family's experience. This is the first time in 22 years we will have an empty chair at the dinner table belonging to our Sailor. We are so very proud of her, and she emailed she's enjoying her turkey jerky we sent a few weeks back. LOL! Everyone have a safe Thanksgiving, congratulations to those who have time with their nearest and dearest.
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Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on November 24, 2010 at 2:55pm
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Jack-- I can't count the number of times I've tried to explain how impressive and moving PIR is on the site...I think while your kid is at RTC you hear that and think "yeah, right....what's so special about it..." and then you make the voyage to Great Lakes!!! Congratulations to all that had PIR today!!
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Comment by Fred Ward on November 24, 2010 at 2:25pm
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Congrats to your son Jack! Have a "warm" and safe Thanksgiving holiday with your family and new Sailor! Looking forward to see the photos...
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11/24/2010 - PIR - WOW! What an event. Far more moving in person that I could possibly have imagined. Excellent performance by all involved. Thank-you to the parents with sailors in Div 902! They did an excellent job.
We had great seats near the huge roll-up doors. I knew our son's div, 005, would be the first ones through the doors. But I was so full of emotion when those sailors came marching in I forgot to start taking pictures. Finally caught back up in time to snap a good one of my sailor.
Hope to upload a few photos when we get back home.
By the way, it's a wee bit cold out.
Time to go back upstairs and relax with our son. He has never had so much to say in his whole life. Really making us oh so very proud.
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Pat Down if required. Don't trust the scanners. I know the technology behind them very well and it doesn't take a whole heck of a lot to mess them up in ways that would have adverse effects.
Feel a bit sorry for those doing the pat downs. Probably not what they signed-up for when they joined TSA.
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Family will catching a flight to Chicago tomorrow so we can see our son PIR Wed 11/24. Then Thanksgiving in Chicago.
Nice "sailor" call from my son! He was quick to identify the no-camera zones and no cell phone rules. Good to know he takes security very seriously!
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Congratulations to your Sailor, Michael. Yes, very moving experience, and we're so glad our family got to witness our daughter at PIR. Pictures inside the hall, during the ceremony and immediately following, are permitted, but not on the base itself. Only seven divisions? I don't recall how many were in our daughter's PIR, but know it was 890 personnel.
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Comment by Michael Matheus on November 15, 2010 at 8:52am
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PIR last Friday 11/12/10. Awsome experience. We are very proud of our graduate. He is staying at Great Lakes for Corpman school. It took him about three and a half hours to process into his school before we could have him. 7 Divisions graduated. I got their early with two of my Sailors younger brothers and held some good seats right in front of his division. My wife and other guests arrived later. The lower level seats filled up fast and most of the bleachers were full with still about 1 hour before the ceremony commenced. Their was plenty of upper level seating available. Gate pass and ID's got us right in the gate. We had five extra guests that had no trouble gettiong into the ceremony as long as they had ID and were accompanied by a someone that was on the approved list. No pictures are allowed outside of the drill hall. They annouced this repeatedly and I still saw a few people get stopped and have to delete their photo. They will make you delete it. We stayed at a Hampton Inn located in Gurnee, IL. About 10 minutes from the base. Check the weather and dress appropriately. They move everyone out of the drill hall and outside shortly after the ceremony. Overall a wonderful experience. The staff at Great Lakes Recruit Training Command deserve a "Bravo Zulu" for their handling of the entire event.
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Thanks. Good idae on calling the hotel. We'll be at the Spring Hill Suites in Waugegan. Getting to use my Marriott points from all that business travel. Oh yeah, us thin blooded Californians will be taking some serious clothes for the cold!
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