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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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Discussion Forum
How long is A School for AD?
Started by imomxfour x 3 Sailors. Last reply by melbell Oct 4, 2017. 6 Replies 0 Likes
So how exactly does the squadron thing work?
Started by rmb. Last reply by Jakesmom Jun 30, 2014. 9 Replies 1 Like
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Comment by DaniGirl (Mikes Wife) on December 13, 2013 at 9:57pm
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Thanks cbc mom :0)
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Comment by cbc mom on December 13, 2013 at 12:48pm
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Welcome to the group DaniGirl695
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im new :0) hubby started bc yesterday 12-12-13 and then will go to pcola for a school :0)
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Comment by Valtameri on November 10, 2013 at 6:05pm
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This group has been quiet for a while, so I thought I would say hello. How is everyone? Do we have any new members who have questions?
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Comment by imomxfour x 3 Sailors on October 18, 2013 at 2:04am
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Bluewater, that is awesome, I didn't know you were actually going out there with him!! Too bad we didn't know we were each out there at the same time - we could have met up for dinner or something. We stayed at that Navy Lodge for just one night, on Friday night - it was really nice, I loved how it was right on the beach. (we stayed at cute little hotel on Orange Street Wednesday/Thursday night, then stayed with my nephew and his wife the rest of the time) I'm so glad our kids met, it is so neat when us mama's meet online and then our Sailors meet in person!! You're lucky like us to have family out there, our nephew is a drill instructor in the Marines, so we can always stay with them if needed. They just had their first baby on Monday, so that was pretty special to be there and meet the newest family member. We will definitely have to keep in touch, our kids are going to be working together for a few years now!! ;-)
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Comment by Bluewater on October 18, 2013 at 12:36am
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Hi imomxfour x 2 Sailor My son just told me today that he met your daughter and she has been very nice and helpful. I got a chance to visit my son last Friday with my husband, sister, and niece. We stayed at the Navy Lodge because it was a Holiday on Monday it is just beautiful the lodge was right on the beach in the base. I also saw the hanger VRC-30 and walked around the wonderful town of Coronado/North Island. I use to stay in Cerritos California thats's where I grew up California is my home. I got married and move to Maryland. My sisters and the rest of my family all live in California which they will be a couple of hours away. Which I'm happy for my son so he can have relatives around. P.S. I plan on visiting him a lot it's just amazing there.
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Bluewater, hello - I'm so glad you had a great visit with your son!!! My daughter knows who your son is, since he just arrived last Friday. She's doing well so far!! I actually took a very last minute trip out there to see where my kids are living, I just felt I needed it for peace of mind. Booked my flight on Oct 6th and flew out on the 9th, just got back yesterday. It is SO beautiful out there!!!!! My best friend went with me (husband couldn't go) and we had an amazing time, got to see where they are, saw the hangar for VRC-30, toured the ship my son is on, went to a couple of different beaches, down town San Diego, walked around Coronado/North Island, went to Sea World, and we went to the La Jolla beach where the seals go (didn't see any though, lol) It was a great visit. I hope you can get out there soon, there is so much to do! Let me know how your son likes it out there! My daughter said last week, "I'm never leaving Cali" lol
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Hi imomxfour x 2 Sailors
Well it is the eve before my son goes off to San Deigo. We have had such a wonderful time with him. He has really grown in to a fine young man. I remember when I went into his room the first day when he arrived and his room and bed was as neat as a pin that was scary in a good way.i know I will be a big mess when he leaves but this time it's a little better. He reports tomorrow Friday 11th. I'm excited for him and his new life. I hope your daughter is doing well. Please let me know how things are going for her.
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Bluewater, I'm so glad your son is home now!! It's awesome getting to spend time with them after all of this...
Our daughter arrived in San Diego on Monday evening, it was hard to say goodbye again. :( She has had nothing but positive things to say in this short amount of time, she says it absolutely beautiful out there, loves seeing the ships & planes up close, says the senior enlisted are so much nicer & more helpful - which she is relieved about. She was getting tired of them yelling all the time and making them feel stupid. (at her age, she takes this all serious and it really irked her to be treated like a young, irresponsible kid). She said a lot of people there told her she is so lucky to have gotten this as her first command (so is your son!!!) because it's still counted as sea duty, but obviously it's mostly shore based, and they make a lot of money when they go on deployment. They told her they all fight to get to go on deployment, lol....she said after all she's heard & learned, she couldn't have gotten better orders, and she is SO happy!! :)
I just wish my IT son was as happy as she seems to be....he seems to be struggling a bit. Hopefully they will get together and she will get him to be more active outside his ship & go sight seeing & stuff.
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I have been really just enjoying him being at the dinner table again. He has truly grown up to be a wonderful man. He has been going non stop and I have been telling him to slow down. Now he is starting to relax a little more.
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