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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:
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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My Son Left Today for BootCamp
My only son left today for bootcamp at Great Lakes and I am bittersweet. Even-though he is 26 years old and married with his own home and a great life it still makes me feel sad as a Mom. In 26 years we have never been apart for more than maybe a week to 10 days when either of us were on vacations or honeymoons without each other. I raised him alone until I decided to marry a man who is not his father so I feel that it is hard for anyone else to understand. I really want to reach out to anyone who has a son/daughter who left today to go to Great Lakes. I just put him on the airplane and he is in the air and I can't stop crying right now.
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The hardest part for me was leaving him at the airport but now that I am 2 weeks in the time is getting easier. You are doing the right thing joining this site it has helped me tremendously and there is so much useful information that it keeps me busy enough and encouraged enough to stay focused on him and giving him strength and spirit to reach his goal. Hug and Kiss your son and spend as much time as possible with him before he leaves. We did. We even threw him a "a surprise going away party" with our immediate family and his closest friends and that was great for him because he was able to spend time with everyone and hear how proud everyone is of him. My nephew who is stationed in Yuma also came up with his wife and I thought that was wonderful.....of course my brothers and my nephew had a hand in helping him to make the decision to enlist. Check out the PIR videos and at least you will be able to see and know what he will be going through it should help. May God Bless You and Your Family and thank him for serving our country.
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