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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.
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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:
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:
**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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- Graduation Info
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Care packages for new graduates (a school)
Started by Cali's mama. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Mar 19, 2021. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Looking for current information for my daughter on what's allowed for care packages..idk if it matters that she is in the great lakes location or not..ship 7 div 136...lonely mom with confused tears lol
Bootcamp arrival Sept 8, 2020??
Started by Stephanie0725. Last reply by Shoosh Oct 5, 2020. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hello! Got the call that my daughter made it to bootcamp quarantine last night 09/08/2020. Looking for other moms out there on the same timeline. Sadie is my baby, only daughter, and only child in the military. I think I am going to need lots of…Continue
PIR DATE: December 13, 2019
Started by Donita. Last reply by Donita Nov 5, 2019. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Anyone else’s recruit have a PIR date ofDecember 13, 2019?Continue
Arrived at boot camp October 2nd
Started by Donita. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Nov 5, 2019. 26 Replies 1 Like
Hey everyone- my daughter left for boot camp October 2nd. I missed a call from her last Friday telling me that her graduation is December 13th. I feel like the worst mom in the world for missing her call. Really didn’t expect her to call so soon but…Continue
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Comment by Kaitlynsmom on July 9, 2020 at 4:12pm
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Oleander - thanks for the words of encouragement. I'm finding it rather difficult to navigate this page so I apologize for my late reply.
JayDee- I did receive that few second call but didn't really help. I'm hoping to receive her letter soon so I have an address. I have actually already written her 3 short but sweet letters to mail just as soon as I receive her address.
She is actually going to A School for CRT.
Thanks ladies for being patient with my reply. Have a great afternoon.
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Comment by Oleander on July 9, 2020 at 3:26pm
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Yay! Congratulations deiniseg! I remember I cried as soon as I heard her voice on that 1st call. And then she cried because I was crying - and then we both started laughing. We were finally able to actually talk to each other though lol.
Keep us posted on how she's doing You too Kaitlynsmom.
Hi everybody!
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Comment by deniseg on July 9, 2020 at 9:36am
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Good Morning! I finally got a one hour call with my daughter last night! Hooyah! It was so great to hear her voice. It did take almost 6 weeks to hear from her though, so don't despair if you are still waiting. I hope everyone is doing well. Have a great day!
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Ohhhhh Kaitlynsmom, we all feel you!!!! Welcome to the roller coaster of being a Navy mom!
JayDee couldn't have said it better-- it's ok to cry and sit in her room. I was a wreck when my daughter left for bc (she's our youngest). I worried about her and how she was being treated. But you know what? She survived just fine, made friends in bc that she still stays in touch with and has now been in the navy for almost 5 years. Your girl is stronger than you know.
Like JayDee I wrote to her before I even had her address. First thing in the morning I'd grab my cup of coffee and sit down to spend time with her, it really helped me. Plus,they LOVE getting mail in bc! But be sure to put a number on the back of your envelopes so she knows the order to read them in, sometimes they get a whole bunch of mail at once.
Have you joined the bc group? Also, when you hear about her graduation date join her PIR group, there's a lot of good info there too. But don't hesitate to come here and ask questions or vent. We've been there and we're here for you.
Stay strong mama!
Hi everyone! Hope you're all safe and well. XO
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Comment by JayDee659 on June 30, 2020 at 11:23pm
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Kaitlynsmom those first hours and days can be the worst! If you haven't gotten the "I'm here" call yet you should know that it's scripted and fast. I coped by starting a letter to her and added to it several times a day. It was a one sided conversation but good for me. We are here for you, we can be quiet but reach out any time and one of us will answer.Be sure to Always have your phone handy and the ringer up. A call can come anytime. When my girl was at BC the calls came from a 947 area code but maybe that's changed?
It's okay to cry and sit in their rooms but remember to come out! Our girls are strong!
What is she doing after BC? My girl is a Nuke on the Bush.
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So my daughter just left for BC at 2:00 pm today and I am already overwhelmed with emotions. Any good advise to help me get through this?
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Comment by Anna on June 24, 2020 at 10:41pm
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Hello Ladies, so good to hear from several of you and to know that you are all still doing well!!! Welcome to our two new moms, I sent you welcome messages on your profile page. Thank you moms for the words of encouragement and enlightenment for our new moms!! It's wonderful to see the support we give to each other!!
Congratulations Oleander on your daughters recognitions for a job well done!! Bravo Zulu to her!!!
theSuperm72,
How did your daughter do on her comps? Hope all is going well for her!!!
Jennifer,
I will add to enjoy the time you have with your daughter now. My daughter signed up a whole year before she had to report for boot camp and we made several nice plans. But before I knew it she was getting on that bus to report for boot, and I asked myself where that year had gone!!! Be prepared if her time does get moved up!!
Deniseg,
Hope you have heard from your girl by now. I am curious to know what the quarantine situation is like for them so if you hear from her please share with us!!
I have been busy of late - still traveling around but have been spending lots of time with each of the kids so that has been the best!!! Officer daughter Jennifer is doing ok, she's bored out of her mind because right now they cannot do any big group teaching and the Navy has banned all non essential travel so she has been finding little jobs to keep herself busy. She is just about finished with her Master's Degree and is due to graduate in August but the University just informed everyone that there will be no inperson graduation!!! Bummer!!
Sailor Son Christopher has been busy because now that he is the Chief he has all kinds of things that he has to deal with!!! He is actually putting in his paperwork to go for Warrant Officer!! He got his endorsement from the Admiral and tomorrow goes before senior officers for the interview process. Next step then is the selection board but that doesn't happen until January. It's a long process - much like going up for Chief!!!
Other than that - all is well here with us - wherever we are!!!!
Stay in touch, stay healthy, and stay safe!!!
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ShawnMom - Thank you so much. I am keeping my phone charged, ringer always on. With all the changes it's hard to know when I might actually hear from her. I went into her room last night to put a few things in there and that was hard. It really made me miss her even more. Glad to have the support from this group.
Jennifer - Yes, I will absolutely keep you posted! I'm guessing this week she is processing. Hoping for word from her soon.
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Hi JayDee! Thanks so much. I'm still smiling : )
Happy homecoming to your SIL! Can NOT imagine being in a sub for 6 months - holy moly! thank goodness he's home safe and sound. I can only imagine how thrilled your girl must be!
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Hi ladies! Oleander is right, we get quiet but we're always here for you!
Congratulations to your daughter Oleander! That's an awesome achievement! Obviously a sign of good parenting :)
Not much is new here. I'm still working from home and my boss said not to worry about coming back until at least July.
My SIL's sub came in last month after a 6 month deployment. He must be happy to be home as I've not heard from my daughter since he returned, other than a quick picture of her holding a chinchilla. Hopefully she won't get any more exotic pets.
Anna, you guys still touring the country?
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