PIR guests

[BonzerAsp]

Are guests with not so great backgrounds allowed to attend? Like people that have served time in prison for a felony or something like that.

[sweetmtn]

You are only allowed 4 guests, and sometimes it is only 3...so if you passed your security clearance, I would assume your immediate family can come....and yes, they DO check out your family while you are in DEP...but it can depend on your rating, some are much higher than others.

[matzo]

Can there ever be 5 guests?

[BubbaGumps64]

Originally Posted by matzo

Can there ever be 5 guests?

It depends on how many divisions are graduating that day. If there are 12 or less divisions you are allowed 4 guests. If there are 13 or more divisions you are allowed 3 guests. Check at bootcamp.navy.mil under the family section, there are more details there.

[BubbaGumps64]

I have heard of recruits having more than the allowed guests at PIR. Say for instance one recruit doesn't have anyone that will be attending graduation, they could give away their spots for visitors to another recruit. I'm not exactly sure how this would work out but I do know that it has happened in the past. Maybe it would be something that you should keep in mind but it isn't guaranteed.

[LT Guppy]

Originally Posted by BubbaGumps64

I have heard of recruits having more than the allowed guests at PIR. Say for instance one recruit doesn't have anyone that will be attending graduation, they could give away their spots for visitors to another recruit. I'm not exactly sure how this would work out but I do know that it has happened in the past. Maybe it would be something that you should keep in mind but it isn't guaranteed.

This used to be the case, but they gotten more strict about the guest list recently.

[BubbaGumps64]

Originally Posted by Guppy2010

This used to be the case, but they gotten more strict about the guest list recently.

Really? Well I guess everyone will have to stick with the amount that they are allowed. This is the website I was talking about earlier that gives detailed information about upcoming graduations and graduation in general

http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/upcoming_grads.asp

[shamablama]

Originally Posted by BubbaGumps64

I have heard of recruits having more than the allowed guests at PIR. Say for instance one recruit doesn't have anyone that will be attending graduation, they could give away their spots for visitors to another recruit. I'm not exactly sure how this would work out but I do know that it has happened in the past. Maybe it would be something that you should keep in mind but it isn't guaranteed.

I've actually heard that they don't do that anymore, I have a couple of friends who graduated boot camp within the past year and any extra people they had attend had to wait outside during the graduation ceremony. But there is an online live viewing of the graduation ceremony, for anyone who can't physically attend, they can still watch.

[fellawip]

The way it was explained to me(by someone who works@GL) THEY are not actually giving you a spot they are just listing a person on their list for them who happens to be related to you

[BonzerAsp]

Originally Posted by sweetmtn

You are only allowed 4 guests, and sometimes it is only 3...so if you passed your security clearance, I would assume your immediate family can come....and yes, they DO check out your family while you are in DEP...but it can depend on your rating, some are much higher than others.

What if it's someone that wasn't in that huge packet? The person is not immediate family

[13Point1Heiress]

Originally Posted by BonzerAsp

Are guests with not so great backgrounds allowed to attend? Like people that have served time in prison for a felony or something like that.

I'm curious to this answer as well. My guests will be friends not family members. I know we have to give full names of our guests that are coming, do they do background checks on those guests before they attend our graduation?