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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:
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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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 Deanna on July 19, 2019 at 10:31am
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Finally got my 1st letter last night! :) still no form letter though.
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Comment by Anna on July 17, 2019 at 7:40pm
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Thank you B'sNukeMom!! It was a good day!!
Welcome Mom of a future sailor!! I sent you a personal welcome on your profile page and I'm so glad to see you are already joining in on the conversations here!!! These moms here are the BEST and there is no question or concern we can't handle!!! I hope you get that form letter very soon and then you can start sending all those letters to her!!
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Oleander Thank you for your response as well. And i appreciate the tip on sending each letter individually. Good idea! Thank you for the support and encouragement and for the navy mom hug! Much needed and appreciated! Thank you for being so welcoming. Glad I’m here.
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JayDee659 So glad I found this site. Thank you for your words of encouragement. I have started writing letters even though I don’t have an address yet. Hopefully I will have one soon!
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Comment by Oleander on July 17, 2019 at 9:07am
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Welcome Mom of a future sailor! Yes, the waiting can be brutal but as JayDee said, no news IS good news. It's just so hard on us moms! Definitely start writing letters, it helped me so much to feel like I was having daily conversations with my daughter. They love getting mail from home! Send the letters individually tho, not packed together. I made that mistake and my girl had to open her "package" in front of Chief to ensure it's contents weren't contraband. lol
We're here for you. Lots of wonderful mom's from every walk of life and with a ton of support and knowledge. Sending you and your daughter a big navy mom hug!
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Comment by JayDee659 on July 17, 2019 at 7:48am
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Mom of a future sailor, I know how you feel. Those last weeks are gone in the blink of an eye. It's hard to embrace this, but truly, no news is good news. It means she's fine and is adapting to a new way of life. I'd imagine that you will be hearing from her soon. Remember to keep your phone with you always. You cannot return a missed call and sometimes they do not have time to call back. I missed a call and it was heart wrenching. I kept myself busy by writing to her. Even before I had her address I would write, seal and number the envelope. Then when I had her address I sent them all!
In the meantime we're here for you. We're kind of quiet until you get us chatting! The ladies here are wonderful So glad you found us.
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Hello everyone! Newbie here. My daughter arrived at boot camp 2 weeks ago. I received her box last week and now I’m anxiously awaiting a letter. I miss her so much! And not knowing how she’s doing is so difficult. Two weeks feels more like two months to me. Everything happened so quickly up until this point. She had just graduated high school, then two and a half weeks later we had a going away bbq and the next day she was off to MEPS and then RTC.
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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on July 16, 2019 at 11:58am
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Happy Birthday Anna! I hope you have an amazing day!\
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Katski - any updates on your daughter?
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Comment by Blondie on June 29, 2019 at 9:19am
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Love it!
Summer has arrived in Ohio. 90's/70's Hot and Humid, pop up storms.... got a very small garden in. too wet and no time.
Pregnant daughter bigger and more tired. LOL Had some eye issues, but found out yesterday not related to baby, she scratched her cornea. As painful and bad as that is so Grateful it wasn't her BP, Sugar or Baby pressing on anything.
Ex-sailor was in ER again, some unknown infection, we're convinced the Navy knows but is not telling. She was forced to stop breast feeding very hard on her and Tahlia! Trying to dry up naturally (cabbage leaves and peppermint) but Hormones are going wild! Joe got a call Thur. morning they were taking his Grand Dad (who raised him) off life support, he got in car and drove 15 hours straight to make it in time (after notifying the Navy and getting emergency leave) Long story short, he still hanging on. They moved him from ICU to a private room so family could be with him around the clock. Daughter is afraid he'll die today, her 30th birthday. She has no idea when Joe will come home and he leaves next weekend for 3 weeks (Navy).
My BIL got to come home yesterday after his stoke they found a blocked artery in his neck and then he had heart surgery....
So as usual live is Crazy around here. Hubby loved his job the 1st week but not so much the 2nd....I'm still dealing with old computers.....
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