This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
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.
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:
**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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Hi Kelly--thanks for looking at my pictures..I didnt realize how old i look until i saw some of the pics from PIR...uugghhhh!! Its creeping up fast..lol
I just started to figure FB out, there are 4/5 of us N4M's on there, and every once in a while, we share a pic or comment...My info to find me is Janet Miller Greater Latrobe High School 1982..hope to see you over there. ..:))
Kelly===your son is ADORABLE!!!! Dont they all look so handsome in there uniforms??
All grown up.
Hi Kelly (correct?)! We are driving to Great Lakes from Mpls, MN. It's about an 8 hour drive. We won't be able to leave Mpls until my oldest son is done with his night class around 10:00 pm. We will be good and tired during PIR. I made our reservations today at the Ramada.
As for the clock, it was a whole lot of trial and error. I will get back to you on the directions once I remember what I did. :)
Hi Kelly, my name is Jan. Is saw your son is in the same ship/div. as mine Ship11 Div.061.
For some reason, its so exciting to hear of moms who are in with our sons! I got my form letter today and it had three sentences on the bottom from him. OMG, i could almost see him writing them. :) he sounded like he was in a good mood (i could tell because he made a joke). lol Which made me feel so much better, not hearing a WORD for two weeks was a killer.
Angela and Kim are the other two moms in our group. I dont know if you heard anything from them yet? I wrote him a letter and mentioned their sons names to him in case they know each other , thought it might give them something in common or something to talk about (even though i heard they dont get to do much talking) :( You can contact me at any time if you want to chat about anything. Nice to hear from you. ttyl
I totally agree with you on that. But I learned this from reading other posts. My son told me if you leave letters out that you get from friends/family the RDC's may read them. He said that the letters need to be put in some box they get. It is horrible that they read personal property and turn around and make fun of the recruit.