This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

FIRST TIME HERE?

FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

Choose your Username.  For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either).  Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username.  While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!

Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!

Join groups!  Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself!  Start making friends that can last a lifetime.

Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak

All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018. 

Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC

...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.

OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind.  In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships."  OPSEC is everyone's responsibility. 

DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.  

DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."

Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

Events

**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed.  Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).  

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED.  Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.

Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.

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Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms!  (Hint:  When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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DEP-Leavin' for Boot Camp in January Discussions (46)

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boot camp 1/28/2015

My husband leaves for boot camp in just six days :( he just swore in today. It's overwhelming..

Started by Jodie

31 Jan 28, 2015
Reply by Mar4

my son left on jan 21st 2015

My son left for bc on Wed 1/21/15. Has anyone got your child's box yet?

Started by mommyof4

3 Jan 27, 2015
Reply by mommyof4

January 2015 recruits - Off they go

Hoping to create a discussion thread for parents of recruits that left in January of 2015.  My daughter left this past Monday, so she has b…

Started by Worriedmom

46 Jan 25, 2015
Reply by Worriedmom

Daughter Leaving for Great Lakes January 27, 2014

The days, weeks, and months are just flying by! PIR will be just around the corner before we know it.   Any other SR shipping the same day?…

Started by Cat

7 Jan 22, 2015
Reply by Jodie

MEPS and Swearing In

Typically, when the recruits are waiting to fly out; do they do their final swearing in the day they fly out or the day before when they ha…

Started by pamnavymom2015

5 Jan 11, 2015
Reply by Shyla

Feeling Sad

My son leaves January 7.  I can't quit crying.  How in the world do you get through it.

Started by lakeview

10 Jan 5, 2015
Reply by lemonelephant

first boot camp letter

Urgent advice please. I just sent my son his first letter to bootcamp. But I didn't put SR in front of his name. Will he get it? Thanks. 

Started by Collegemom

0 Feb 8, 2014

My boyfriend is leaving 1/14/13

The closer it gets the more I start freaking out.. I'm trying not to think about it and I'm focusing on trying to find him the perfect Chri…

Started by SuperLittleE

4 Feb 3, 2014
Reply by SuperLittleE

Daughter leaves on January 15

This is my second time sending a recruit off.  Last was my son and now its my daughter.  Anyone else leaving on this date?

Started by twosilvatwins (ship 03 div 024)

6 Jan 18, 2014
Reply by jbug

Arrived RTC Jan 9th

Just wanted to make a more visible post for those counting days. My "kid in a box" was just delivered via FedEx Express - 5 days after "the…

Started by kkjetz

0 Jan 14, 2014

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