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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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Single Mother considering Enlisting(Please read and give feed back)
Hi I am a single mother of one. Lately I have become confused with what I am doing with myself, other than the fact that I am sure I want to be the best for my son. His father isn't really in the picture and I don't have any family. After researching, the Navy is a great option for me to not only be a better mother/person but also to provide a better living for our little family. I don't want to just be looked at as the a great mom but a n awesome, successful individual and role model my son to look up to.
I don't have too much knowledge the Navy other than what I have read online, I do know the areas I am considering is Administrative Office or Human Resource in the Business field... or maybe even Construction (I've always liked putting things together). The only thing is when I was done with my boot camp and any additional training I wanted to make California our permanent residence, and of course, still work for the navy.
Also, I don't really have anyone that can care for my son, other than if I were to go to boot camp. If i am stationed somewhere will he be able to come with me?
If you can relate or have any opinions, I would greatly appreciate it.
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I am sorry to tell you this, but single parents cannot join the Navy as active duty. You can join the reserves, and perhaps go FTS for that. (full time service)
As a reservist, you can/may choose where to live, but the Navy will only pay you allowances for food and housing when you are drilling, two weeks a year. FTS would be different. Active duty sailors go where they are told; needs of the Navy take precedence.
In any case, you MUST file a Family Care Plan for your child; if you deploy, he cannot come along. Also, you couldn't take time off for doctors or picking him up from school or daycare (which the Navy does not provide). If you have duty, that can be 24 hours, he'd need overnight care. The Navy is not suited for single parent families, which is why you would only qualify for reserves.
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