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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!

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

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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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Going Away Party

We are having a Pool Party for my Daughter's going away party. We will be serving hotdogs, chips, watermelon, sodas, water and of course cake. The cake is going to be so cute.. It will have a mermaid wearing a sailor's hate sitting on the top layer. Any and all party ideas will be deeply appreciated. I am looking forward to this party with all our family and friends but also sad at the same time. The time is drawing near for my youngest to leave ~ my nest will be empty.. But I am so proud of her and excited on the journey she has before her..

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Comment by Proud AV Mom on July 20, 2011 at 4:52pm: We had a huge going away party for our son. We invited his friends, family, and half the neighborhood showed up (we hang out with most of the neighbors), I asked everyone to bring a dish to pass, we played corn hole. My husband cried a lot!!! as we also have an empty nest, our SR is our only child and it was both a sad/happy time. Give lots of hugs, maybe pick up some squirt guns, water balloons, we did that, it was so hot outside, all his friends enjoyed running around with him and acting like grade school kids again. we had music going, I think food, friends, family and pool = a great time! spend time with your daughter and not worry about entertaining everyone that will be there! Everyone will have a great time regardless! It will be an exciting journey for you both, just think of all the great places you'll get to visit her at! I'd get a notebook to pass around and let everyone write a lil something for her, she can read through them the night before she leaves, then keep it til she retires! Good Luck!

Comment by Philly5 (Justin's proud mom) on July 20, 2011 at 9:17pm: have a letter writing station. i got that idea from another mom. When does your daughter leave? My son leaves Aug 22nd so we too are working on planning his party. good luck and have fun :)

Comment by AutumnsMom (02/947) on July 21, 2011 at 8:55am: My daughter leaves August 9th - so hard to believe it is so close. A friend of hers she graduated with left last month and he graduates end of next month. Could you tell me more about the letter writing station, sounds like a good idea.. Thanks

Comment by Cat(Mom of an AO) on July 21, 2011 at 12:25pm: I decorated a box and make a slit so everyone could write him a letter and drop it in. I mailed them to him throughout BC. I also threw around throw away camera and had the guest take all the pictures. My daughter made a CD with pictures of him since he was a baby and put music to it.. Everyone said something to him on the video camera that went around the room and I gave everyone a blue candle as a favor and asked them to all burn it the day he left... I also ordered a big banner from bulidasign.com You can create your own design and its free for the military. It was a great party...

Comment by Aaron's mom on July 22, 2011 at 8:28am: I recently had my son's party, too. We had a writing area and I will be mailing the letters one at a time during boot camp, along with my letters. I also found some of the bracelets that everyone wears. The ones I found are red and blue, and have "freedom" written on them. I gave these to all my guests and asked them to say a prayer or send him a good thought each time they look at the bracelet. I have been wearing mine daily and plan to keep wearing it throughout his boot camp. Have fun and enjoy the party.