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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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 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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I can't keep up
OMG, This site is making me overwhelmed. I just can't keep up. I have over 300 messages, and most of them are not about our children. When I first signed on I thought it was great! I thought this site would share important information on what to expect, and how to navigate Boot Camp. I just feel like some posting are necessary. And does not benefiting the group as a whole. I am a working mom, trying to make sure I have all pertinent information. So please please be mindful.
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Permalink Reply by Rickysgirl23 on
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It can get overwhelming, but keep in mind that this site isn't just used for information. It is used to vent, get information, meet new friends, socialize with others that understand, get prayer, and most of all get support from our Navy family among other things. If you are getting to many e-mails, unfollow the groups and discussions and then go back to them when you have a quesion that needs answering. It is what I do to limit the amount of e-mails I get. There is a button right under the comment box in each discussion and dforum where you can stop following so you won't get the e-mails.
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Permalink Reply by NCNarrator on
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I understand how you feel! I signed up for four groups - one of which isn't very active - and there are a LOT of messages! I get e-mails when a new comment is posted and that's how I deal with them. Mostly I click through and read them quickly - or pass on by if it's not something I need to know or that I'm interested in. I save the e-mails with good info in them and delete the rest. The only time I come on the website is to respond to a message I saw through my e-mail or to post something myself.
Depending on the number of groups you're in, you might want to cut them back a little so that you're just getting messages from the ones most directly related to your SR. This site is not just about information, it's also about support and morale for those of us left behind, so there are a lot of posts from people just looking for reassurance, or needing to talk about this to people who understand what's happening and how they feel. That does mean that there are a LOT of messages!
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Permalink Reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on
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Here are some directions for "How to's:
How to Stop Following a Group or Discussion:
Underneath the Comment Box is the link to follow or stop following a Group. When you join a Group (and your settings are not set to block it) it will automatically be set for you to follow it.
Look at the link if it says "Stop Following – Don't email me when people comment"...click the Stop Following and it will change to : "Follow – Email me when people comment".
The same goes for any discussion that you create. Since you made this one it will automatically be set to send you an email everytime someone replies to it. You just click Stop Following.
Change your Email Settings:
Go to your Status Box which is located in the far right column of any page that you are on. It is directly underneath your Username in the dark Blue Header. Looks like this:
Click "Settings".
Your "My Settings" Page will open. It will automatically open to your Profile info. (This is the page where you can change your Username, URL and Profile pic,as well as your" About me" info)
On the left hand side is a list of options:
Choose "Email".
Now go down the list and check mark what you want to receive by email. Those left blank you will not receive. There is also a "Stop Following All" feature and an "I don't want to receive any emails" one.
When you are done, make sure you click "Save" at the bottom right to save your new Settings.
This should stop all of the emails.
(You can also get to the Email Settings page through any email you receive from N4M's. It should be a link as well as a couple of other links to view the newest comment or stop following.)
I would then do as the ladies suggested and just come to the PIR GROUP to check in. If you are using your phone or another device to view the site...I recommend to everyone to switch from Mobile View to Desktop View. The site then looks just like it does on your Computer. See this FORUM DISCUSSION for some tips on device use: TIPS for Connecting up with N4M's with Smartphones, Tablets, and Ot... (clickable link)
Also the N4M's: Survival Guide for Navy For Moms Newbies (clickable link) to help figure out the site.
On the Main Page of this PIR GROUP is a section called PAGES. It is just underneath the Members Profile Pictures in the Middle Column. This section has a lot of Information type Posts about BC and PIR for reference.
Here is the direct link for the 12/28 PAGE section:
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir12282012/page/page/list (clickable link)We strive to get information on the PIR group for all the memebrs...new ones are joining daily...so a lot of questions are asked and asked again (we "veterans" love that BTW!. We answer and then add the PAGES section. The Division Discussions help the members to connect as well as on the Main Page of the Group...so we do encourage "chatter" for folks feel connected. Some may not need that as much and so that is why the site does have Settings so you can set them to what is comfortable for you :-)
I once spent a few hours "chatting" with some ladies on their PIR group while they were on their drive home from PIR. It was fun and helped to pass the time for them to share their experiences!
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