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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
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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 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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Letters not being delivered????
Hi everybody: has anyone else's FS said they are not receiving letters? I have received three from my son and they have arrived in like three day. He however, has not received any of the seventeen I have mailed to him starting on 11/20/17. I started writing letters after he said he arrived and was safe. I received his address on the 17th of November and I mailed all the letters individually on 11/20/17.
please let me know if anyone knows the reason why or has this same situation.
Thank you,
Silliesmom2017
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Comment by lemonelephant on December 3, 2017 at 1:58am
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It is VERY common for recruits to indicate that they have not received any letters when they write the first letter or two. Don't worry the mail will catch up and he will soon be receiving mail in every Mail Call so keep those letters headed his way.
See Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit.
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Comment by Sunshinegirl on December 3, 2017 at 3:36pm
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does anyone know where I can print another form to say who needs tickets to PIR
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Sunshinegirl, you can find the form at the Security Access Form.
Check your My Page.
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Letters sent through the Sandboxx App are not overnighted, but they do arrive faster for some depending on where you are located since the letters originate in Arlington, VA. The letters enter the mail system going to the RTC the same as any letter sent to the RTC. There is info on the Sandboxx App and more in Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit.
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Comment by rusticacre on March 22, 2018 at 4:46pm
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We received our sons address on 3/12 and have been sending letters since the 13th, however just received our first letter from him today and his address is slightly different. The name of the ship is now on line 2 between his ship and division numbers. Not sure if any of our other letters got to him...would just having the ship number and division numbers on the address still reach him?
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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 22, 2018 at 5:10pm
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The Ship name is not important for the delivery of the mail.
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Good to know! Thank you!
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You're welcome!
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