Graduation Guides

11 guides for graduation week. Read in order or jump to what you need.

Create a graduation announcement

A keepsake image and a link to help your family plan a visit or watch from home.

Vetted stay areas, breakfast details, and book-early savings

Coin Ceremony, parade times, and rain plan

Ceremony format, photography, guest limits, and post-grad plans

Find official ceremony recordings by date or flight

Gates, parking, venues, and directions

Hotel, rental car, meals, and tips

Prohibited items, Real ID, and tech school packing

Dress code, bleacher reality, and season-by-season loadouts

Off-base liberty hours, boundaries, and curfews

Restaurants, activities, and Town Pass plans

Wheelchair shuttle, ASL interpreter, medical needs, and planning ahead

Every JBSA-Lackland graduation date with ship dates and hotel windows.

Find your trainee's ship date and the matching graduation week.

What graduation week was really like, in families' own words.