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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!

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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).

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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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He's on his way!!!!

My son is on his way to boot camp. I've been able to talk to him some on his cell. He seems to be struggling with the separation and thought of "I'm really doing this". Hope it gets better for him. I anticipate "the call" at some point tonight.

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Comment by chetma on September 28, 2010 at 8:00pm: thanks still waiting on that call but kind of relieved that the dreaded day is here and gone.

Comment by Amy**QM MOM** on September 28, 2010 at 9:10pm: Congrats..I was in your shoes 2 weeks ago today..It's a hard road, but a good one. The call will be VERY short and sweet, I got hey, and I love you in...and that was it....This site has been a great place for me to get answers and to vent...keep us up to date on how he is doing..

Comment by Michigan Cindy on September 28, 2010 at 9:12pm: Hi, chetma. It will be pretty rough on him the first few days and kind of rough for the first few weeks. It does get better. I hope your son understands that the first week or two of boot camp totally suck! About half way through, the divisions start getting it together, and it's not so bad. He might be discouraged (and pissed off) at first, but by the time PIR rolls around, you will see a very proud young Sailor! Eight weeks seems like a long time - until it's over. Best wishes to you and your recruit!

Comment by chetma on September 29, 2010 at 9:04am: thanks for the support. I got the call at 12:15 am and he sounded exhausted. He had been up since 4:30 am. I know he will do well once he gets into a routine and meets some of the other sailors. Thanks for the encouragement it really helps to know there are others out there.

Comment by Michigan Cindy on September 29, 2010 at 9:47pm: Yah, that sounds like par for the course. You will most likely not get a real letter from him for a few weeks. They do not get much free time at all. By the time you receive a letter, other than the initial form letter with two or three lines for comments, he will have completed the worst of it. My son sent a few very brief letters, (like reminding me to give the dog fresh water), but spent a lot of time studying. That paid off, as he received the academic excellence award at PIR. I sure hope you will be able to attend your son's PIR. That is absolutely the most rewarding moment I've had as a Mom. It is an awesome ceremony, and you will see a young man that is quite different than the one that left a few days ago.

Comment by chetma on September 30, 2010 at 8:27am: I wouldn't miss PIR for anything. I know he will be fine, I am going to send him letters as soon as I can. Can you recommend a decent hotel near the base and do you know how far the base is from the Chicago air port?

Comment by Michigan Cindy on October 1, 2010 at 6:50am: There are a lot of decent hotels close to the base, and many of them offer a shuttle to and from PIR. We stayed at the Ramada, which was nice - not luxurious, but clean, comfortable and decent. A lot of people stay at the Navy Lodge. When you get your form letter, there will probably be a pamphlet advertising various hotels. I can't tell you how far the base is from the airport because we drove there. I'm from West Michigan, so it was an easy drive. One bit of advice - if you want to go into the City on Friday afternoon, take the Metra train. We drove to Chicago from Great Lakes, and the traffic was so bad, it took about three hours.