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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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♥We Stitch Love Project♥
We Stitch Love is a program where we create pillowcases and other handmade items for our deployed military.
Our goal is to help these heroes have a little bit of ‘home’ while they are away from home. We are helping them with sweet dreams when they take a break.
A cooperative effort and one of the many things we volunteers do through Molly’s Adopt a Sailor. We send to MAS monthly adoption and to the hospitals for Special Hugs http://www.navyformoms.com/group/mollysadoptasailorproject/forum/to...
Email any questions, information or suggestions to westitchlove@mollysadoptasailor.com
Pillowcases can be sewn together or premade cases can be decorated with paint or tie dyed. There are several different ways to make a premade case special if you don’t sew. As long as there is love inserted through effort, they are stitched with love!
A standard size pillow is 20”x26”. Pillowcases should be at least 22”x28” or longer. The body of the pillowcase should have at least one side that is soft to sleep on and without seams where their head will rest. There are different ways to sew a pillowcase. Here are a couple different ways.
Always prewash fabric and premade cases to remove sizing and shrinkage. (Adding a little vinegar helps to soften the fabric and set the dyes)
Pillowcase video tutorial – I don’t use the accent strip but that is your choice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7moryq_ZRFY
A different version is to cut the body 24”x44” and use an 8”x44” band. Sew band to body, press seam towards band top. Stitch side and bottom of body, zigzag edges so they don’t fray. Turn inside out, press and top stitch band seam. Turn down ¼” and press, fold over a 1” hem and stitch.
Neck coolers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=293I-bux53s&feature=youtu.be
Please add labels to your boxes when shipping
For inexpensive plain (second quality manufacturers runs) visit www.pillowcase.net for large quantities of white or colored plain pillowcases to decorate.
Be sure and post pictures of your completed pillowcases and of any sewing parties.
MOST important of all.....HAVE FUN.....
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Permalink Reply by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on
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Special Hugs is needing about 50 male/generic pillowcases to be shipped in a couple weeks. Is anyone able to send one? Or more? Just let me know. Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by carols_kitchen on
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sent you a message <3
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Special Hugs pillowcases for October have been taken care of! Thanks to Sheryl and Carol for helping out!
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Permalink Reply by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on
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Thank you Sheryl and Carol!! The staff will be so happy to have some more to give out when their patients move on - whether back to their units or on to a larger hospital for more care.
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Permalink Reply by Pig03let(Bro is Navy Sailor) on
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Kim- can you please send me details on making (well really decorating pillowcases)? As well let me know where I can send these once they are completed. As of now we have about 15 youth coming Friday night and will probably make the pillowcases then. - Melissa Hixson (pig03let)
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Did Kim help get this sorted out. Here I thought I had lost an email when computer crashed, but I didn't have a print out of one from We Stitch Love. Think we've got your information to you or coming quickly. Carol
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Permalink Reply by Sally Guenther on
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Just know I need to get more Patriotic after this thank you note.
Hi, my name is FC1 XXXXXXX SXXXXXX. I am a sailor on the USS Preble currently deployed to 7th fleet. We got a package with pillow cases in them and I happened to grab an American Flag style one with your email address on it. I just wanted to say thank you so much for your time and dedication to service members. It is nice to know that people are thinking about us out here. You are a great American and true Patriot! Thank you again and I hope that this message finds you in good health and life.
Your fellow American,
XXXXX XXXXXXX
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Permalink Reply by Whit and Stephen's Mom (Ann) on
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LOVE this!
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That's awesome !
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Permalink Reply by Ruth, Gun's Mom on
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Since pillowcases aren't need for the October adoption, Sally is taking what shows up on Sunday at our packing party. A woman in our area is still making and collecting more. What should I tell her to do with them after Sunday? Is there an address to send them? I'll be leaving to visit my sailor and then on to Texas for the winter soon, so I want to give her some direction now.
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Ruth, that is wonderful! If you need an address they can be mailed to me and I'll get them out when needed. I'll PM my address.
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Ruth, I sent you a friend request so I can give you an address.
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