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

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.

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Injured in Boot

My son left June 28 for Great Lakes and in week 5, he suffered a dislocated shoulder.  He's been in the convalescent unit now for a month and has been trying very hard to stay positive.  August 26th was his toughest day because that's when he would have graduated.  Anyway, we just got off the phone, which is the only good thing about being injured...more phone calls, and he said that he heard something that really disappointed him.  He said that you can be classified as a "straggler", go through the final weeks of training, i.e., Battlestations 21, and graduate but since you're not with an official unit, you don't get to "walk".  Has anyone heard of this?  Please let me know since one of the things that has kept him positive is knowing that eventually mom will get to seem in graduate in his dress whites. 

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AngiePermalink Reply by Angie on September 3, 2011 at 1:33pm
It is true, they do straggle and do not get to PIR as they are not in a division.  He needs to stay postive to finish as hopefully he will become a Sailor, not everyone who ends up where he is at finishes bootcamp.  Lots of them get seperated and sent home.
Permalink Reply by Colten's Mom-Nuke A school 1207A on September 26, 2011 at 4:37pm
My son is in RCU as well and he will not get to PIR either. He was in week 5 day 5. They just realized that they misdiagnosed him This week he was originally diagnosed with stress fractures now they have decided after looking at the way he is healing that his legs yes I said LEGS were broken all the way not just cracked. so instead of them clearing him for full duty on Tuesday they sent him back for at least another month.SO talk about disappointment. He has been there since August 4th. He was actually put on light duty waiting for a diagnosis on July 26th. SO he has been at BC for over 3 months. He was to PIR on the 12th of Aug. I spoke to him yesterday he only has final PFA, Test 3 and BS21 to go then he will go to THU until he gets his new orders. But he call everyday from THU and have liberty and I can go see him once he is there.

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