This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

FIRST TIME HERE?

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:

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:

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.

Format Downloads:

Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms!  (Hint:  When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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PIR Date October 7th, ship 09 Div 338

Finally got my letter today!  I know, it has ONLY been a week!  It was a good addition to my, not so great, first day back at school!  I am…

Started by navy momma

0 Aug 22, 2011

White Castles for Graduation?

Reading the posts after battle stations, it seems that first phone call comes with the request to have a really good meal after graduation.…

Started by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick

296 Aug 2, 2011
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Arriving at Boot Camp 3/17/11

Hello everyone! My Nephew just arrived last night, and I wanted to see if there were any other M4M's with the same arrival date. I went thr…

Started by DeeSailorMom

43 Apr 4, 2011
Reply by DeeSailorMom

PIR 8/13 ~ Our Experience

After one long year of DEP, 8 long weeks of boot camp at RTC that I thought would never end, one very long night of staying up burning my b…

Started by Janelle~RsMom

42 Dec 30, 2010
Reply by BunkerQB

Traveling to PIR, a cheaper way to get there!

Instead of trying to get an expensive plane ticket to Chicago, and have to deal with the possibility of your recruit being held back in tra…

Started by Arwen

0 Dec 3, 2010

Grad and Go: worth it to be there?

Do you think it's worth it to travel over 1.000 miles to attend PIR if your new sailor is grad and go? We've decided that *if* our son is…

Started by Arwen

11 Nov 6, 2009

How many of you are already planning for next year's PIRs?

My son won't be going to GL until late April (assuming they don't come up with an offer to leave sooner that my son can't resist), probably…

Started by Arwen

5 Oct 30, 2009

Advice from a Navy Mom

What is your advice? "One thing I do recommend, if it's all possible. Be sure to try and attend their graduation. You send the Navy a teen…

Started by Navy for Moms Admin

90 Jul 24, 2009

In need of a kind and caring heart!

Hello parents. I am hoping to connect with a parent whose sailor PIR on 01/09/2009 Div 060. It seems our camera decided it was going to be…

Started by Bill S.

6 Feb 16, 2009
Reply by Bill S.

CNO speaks at Nov. 7th PIR...

NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) -- Graduating recruits at the Navy's only boot camp learned more about their roles, their Navy and th…

Started by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick

2 Nov 10, 2008
Reply by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick

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