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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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
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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tommysmomeod
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- A little about me:
- I am 37 years old, work full time, and go to college full time. I am studying law. I have been with my wonderful husband for 16 years and have 2 boys, 1 ours and 1 his. My boys are 19 and 17 years old. I have a Grand-daughter that is one and yes, Grandma has her spoiled.
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- Son/Daughter
- Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy career?
- Waiting to leave for Boot Camp
- When I heard “Navy,” I...
- Was proud and encouraged it
- The Navy offers opportunities that...
- The military is like an extended family. They always support one another and have guided my son in a great path for his life.
- Our Navy experience so far...
- It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.
Excited to talk to others who understand what I wil be going through
Well I knew oneday my boy would leave for the military; he's talked about the Navy since he was in 7th grade. I am full of emotions; excited, nervous, anxious, happy, and sad. Not knowing what to expect makes me uneasy but as time goes on it is getting easier. Just 4 more months and he leaves for the Great Lakes. I am trying to prepare myself early but somehow I don't think you can truly prepare for "the day"!
I just keep thinking, "you can handle this, he'll be fine". We'll see how well I handle it when the day gets here.
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Hi
My son who will turn 18 next month is also leaving for boot camp in July. Like your son he has always talked about joining the military (since he was 11) and made the final decision to join the Navy about 4 years ago. Not once did he ever change his mind or think that he was not doing the right thing. Like you I'm so very proud but also anxious. He is my last child to leave the nest and it is just so sad to think that the time for him to leave is coming so fast. Hang in there. We will get through this.