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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

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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Linda/ship 12/div085
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A little about me:
My son left for Navy boot camp on December 6, 2012 and this is really hard for me. At least I have my dogs here at home to keep me company. I work out of my home.
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Enlisted
When I heard “Navy,” I...
Was proud and encouraged it

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At 10:47pm on December 19, 2012, jskmom/Linda said…

Hi Linda, You have to have confidence in your son. He does not want to have his PIR pushed back a week. My only hope is that the division as a whole is doing well. Unfortunately, if one recruit f**** up, they all get punished, from what I hear. They are there as a team. Its not all about the individual.  I have not booked my flight either. I have looked into them, they are exspensive, but I need to figure it out. My husband and I are NOT going to miss this. My daughter is pregnant and due with her 2nd on Feb 12. Too close to this.  Well have a good night, Talk to you soon. Linda

At 8:22am on December 19, 2012, jskmom/Linda said…

Our boys left together. I probably saw him. I was at the airport with my son. We wanted to go to MEPS, to see the swearing in I wish I did go. I got the form letter and PIR is definitely 2/1/13. 

At 11:45pm on December 17, 2012, jskmom/Linda said…

Linda, Welcome to Navy for Moms. My name is Linda also and my son left from Maryland on the 6th too. Did yours leave from BWI? We are originally from Maryland, but moved to Florida. My son signed up for the Navy up there while he was living with his friend and his family. They are not in the same ship, but they will graduate the same day.  I just received the form letter today. Have you gotten yours yet? I feel the same way you do too. It is very lonely without my son home. My husband and I miss him very much. I was getting text messages or at least on the phone with him practically every day. It is hard not hearing from him. 11 days gone so far and it seems so much longer. Have you booked your flight or hotel yet? I want to try to go to the meet and greet the night before. I hope I can get an early enough flight on Thursday to be able to do that. 

 
 
 

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