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

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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

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**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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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PIR Reference Information

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A permanent place for information about PIR. Forum discussions have been created to serve as file folders for specific details regarding different aspects of PIR. Please post information in the appropriate forum discussion. Thank you!

Members: 2406
Latest Activity: Apr 10

In order to make this a reference site, please use the Discussion Forums to post information. ____________ Treat them as though they are file folders. Please use the Comment Wall to post your questions. Thank you!

Be sure to click on "View All" at the bottom and to the right of the list of discussions, so that you will see them all. YMM

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Link to RTC Website: http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/index.asp

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Comment by Mamastarr Ship 11 DIV 127 on April 13, 2011 at 9:21pm: Our PIR was April 8. Outstanding! As an Army brat myself and mother of 3 boys, I thought I had some idea of what to expect. Let me tell you, Nothing can prepare you for what you will experience. Best analogy I can think of is childbirth. You hear others advice and experience and you educate yourself, but until you actually go thru it, you truly have no clue. What an amazing experience for our Sailor and our entire family. Thank you RTC! Bravo Zulu ~

Comment by annamichael on April 11, 2011 at 9:08pm: I know! That's a lot of info.. Thanks Lady!!

Comment by CorpsmansGirl08 (station:GL,IL) on April 11, 2011 at 6:51pm: wow.....they are very specific about their hair!!! LOL

Comment by annamichael on April 10, 2011 at 8:06pm: Speaking of their shaved head.. Until the day they get of out the Navy, if they do, do they have to continually get the SAME haircut? Just curious. Will they always have to get it so often?

I will also be calling "Sarge".. He is getting tons of business thanks to this site :)

Comment by CorpsmansGirl08 (station:GL,IL) on April 10, 2011 at 6:24pm: thank you cajunldr!!!! I will i have read all the reviews on sarge will definately be calling him closer to PIR to get details!! :D I know I will love PIR because i will FINALLY get too see my baby!!!!!! Shaved head and all! :D I can't wait!

Comment by cajunldr(ship 03 Div 086) on April 10, 2011 at 4:51pm: @ Corpsmansgirl08 - look above at the links, the one titled "recommended lists of Taxi's, rental cars and shuttle services" That should give you something to start with. There is also a gentleman named "Sarge" that some have used and been very satisfied with, you might try him also. His info in in some of the post on that section also. You will love PIR!!!

Comment by CorpsmansGirl08 (station:GL,IL) on April 10, 2011 at 4:30pm: okay i have a question for everyone whos been to PIR! I am riding the Amtrak to Union Station in chicago..I mapquested it to my hotel and its about an hour away.... does anyone know what taxi would take me an hour up to geat lakes???

Comment by Carol(ship12 Div.091) on April 6, 2011 at 9:38pm: subwife, we stayed at the Navy Lodge. You do not have to have military ID. When you make reservations ( I called the central reservation number on their website.) they will ask for a credit card and also the name of your SR. At some point during your stay they ask that the SR stop at the desk and show their ID. It wa a very simple process.

Comment by annamichael on April 6, 2011 at 8:41pm: Hahaha.. didn't think of that! Thanks Maggie!

I live in NC.. for the next week 70s and 80s.. Oh, I know he misses this!

Comment by annamichael on April 6, 2011 at 7:30pm: Do you think it would be a BIG deal parking at a hotel that does have a shuttle, just to use the shuttle? Or is that too wrong? haha

Kathy, my SR's PIR date is April 22th.. How was the weather when you went May 7th?