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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).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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Boot Camp Arrival date April 6, 2017

My son Matthew arrived at boot camp on the 6th, I would love to connect with others who have loved ones in boot camp around the same time!!

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Comment by teresar on April 14, 2017 at 8:10pm: I received letter today! Very generic typed you 2 pages of information and a brochure. Grad date June 2nd and I now have an address to write him. Happy Easter everyone

Comment by Popeye on April 14, 2017 at 8:34pm: I received my letter yesterday

Comment by lemonelephant on April 14, 2017 at 9:35pm: I've let ellen know that form letters have been received for the 06/02/2017 PIR date. If you have a recruit in that TG, keep checking PIR: June 2, 2017 TG 30 and join when it is up.

Comment by Jmom on April 15, 2017 at 11:13am: I haven't gotten mine yet--wah. :) Hopefully today. Is that grad really early? I was thinking it would be the next week.

Comment by thiscityneversleeeeps on April 17, 2017 at 5:42pm: My girlfriend left to boot camp on April 3rd! I'm very sad as I still haven't received the form letter yet :( Since everyone is getting theirs, I'm hoping mine comes early this week.

Comment by lemonelephant on April 18, 2017 at 12:42am: thiscityneversleeeeps, it is very possible that she sent it to her parents. She can only send one. Check with them. I left info for you on your My Page.

Comment by lemonelephant on April 18, 2017 at 12:51am: JohnsmomKatrina, no, 06/02/2017 is not early for those who shipped the week of 04/03/2017. It is the expected 9 Fridays. See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC. Check your My Page.

Comment by thiscityneversleeeeps on April 18, 2017 at 12:58am: lemonelephant, thank you for the information. I am in communication with her parents they have not heard anything either.

Comment by lemonelephant on April 18, 2017 at 1:16am: thiscityneversleeeeps, it sometimes happens for those in an integrated division, those with both males and females, that they have to wait on others to arrive to fill the division. Since it has been at least 2 calendar weeks since your recruit arrived at the RTC and you do not have a form letter, then have her parents call the recruiter and get the address and mail letters to your recruit, but be sure to double-check the address against those at http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/contact_recruit.html or Ship/Division--How it Works.