Hello Everyone, I've done the investigation that a retired navy veteran (i.e. grandfather) has access to the PIR without counting against the max 4 tickets for the family. The question is...Does the spouse (i.e. grandmother) fall under the veteran ru
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Just thought I'd start a topic/discussion on our son's upcoming PIR. Any others here? His mother and I plan on attending, haven't decided if we're flying or driving. Thinking we might just drive, partly because unlike other classes, they
Read more…Wanting to touch base with others out there with SR's in same div as mine or with same PIR date....I'd like to know what you've heard about how they are doing.
Read more…I have spent the last hour in vain trying to download a parking pass for my son's PIR next Friday. I am sure I am not the only one having difficulty. I have attempted this on two different computers as advised. Still, no-go. I suppose the wife an
Read more…My sons PIR is 9/16....We are driving up from Denver on the 14th and staying until the 18th...I have looked at the tourists websites and stuff but what would you guys recommend, we have a wide age range on our kids, youngest is 3, we have a 4 year ol
Read more…Where do you go on this site to print out parking passes. My son graduates 9/22 with DIV 945 / ship 02, and we're driving our rental car to the GL center.
Read more…We are all booked, Flights, Car, Navy lodge.
All I can say is finding our flight online was cheaper than AAA! And the Navy Lodge is $65.00 a night. Love to hear from others who will be there!
Tom and Jackie
Read more…Gave a friend of mine the URL. She got in right away, printed out the pass and faxed it to me. I asked her to try to change the extension to ".txt" and enclose in an e-mail, but she was not able to do that. Aparently this is an issue with MAC's an
Read more…Hello, My son is graduating on Oct 11 and we are going to attend and are planning on driving there and staying nearby. My in-laws would like to attend but will have to drive separately. Will we need to get two parking passes or will they not be able
Read more…I need to know what i could do cause i am not of age, im 19 and in the army but cant rent a car and i would like to not spend a lot of money on getting from airport to hotel and to PIR when i cant even rent a car. Please help. Comment if possible. I
Read more…Here are a few comments & observations, my son's PIR was Aug 12. We stayed @ Candlewood suites in Libertville. It is very clean, suites have micro,fridge,dishwasher,dishes,coffee makr,etc. They have a patio area with picnic tables & gas grills. Liber
Read more…I am about to make reservations for our flight to PIR.
Any opinions on which airport to fly into.
I saw someone said to fly into Midway, is that Milwaukee? Or is it best to fly into Ohare?
Got to do this soon so would appreciate any comments asap.
Read more…Not sure if this is the right spot to put this but has anyone gotten there Grads gifts? If so are they allowed to keep them and what kind of gift is appropriate? Any info on this would greatly help Thanks
Read more…Sitting in the hotel room after today's (5 Aug) PIR. I did a ton of reading before hand and thought I would share our very recent experience to help others with up-coming PIR dates. 1. Lodging- we stayed at the SpringHill Suites in Waukegan. Very ni
Read more…Just wanting to know if others have had their son or daughter complete basic without an A school and how it turned out for them. I want to support and encourage Jason when he gets to PNS for his temp duty and two week school. he got shut out of an A
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For those of you who will be using public transportation while attending PIR
The Metra train schedules can be found in this PDF file: Metra Union Pacific North (UP-N) Schedules and Fares PDF. The Great Lakes Station is on the Union Pacific
Read more…My son Blake left for Great Lakes boot camp on March 10th and I have not been able to get in touch with his recruiter to find out when the PIR graduation is in May. Does anyone have a way to find out when it is so I can start making plans to go? Than
Read more…My son's PIR is comming up and was wondering if anyone has a great reference on a hotel, poss suite. Thinking of staying in dtwn Chicago. Is that too far?
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