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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

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Arizona Moms

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Navy family and friends from all over ARIZONA!

Location: Arizona
Members: 276
Latest Activity: Oct 23, 2020

What's happening in our beautiful state...

AZ Navy Moms Lunch, Macayo's, August 3, 2014

AZ Navy Moms Lunch, Chili's, October 19, 2013

Arizona Navy Moms Lunch Macayo's Tempe, June 2013

NEXT COFFEE MEETUP IS APRIL 2ND, 2017!

Monthly Navy Moms & loved ones get together usually the FIRST SUNDAY of the month, 6:30 pm, at the AJ's at 1836 S Val Vista Dr in Mesa for coffee and chat - always fun!

Blue Star Mothers of Maricopa meet the second Monday each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Maricopa Chamber of Commerce conference room, 44870 W. Hathaway Ave. #5, Maricopa AZ 85139.

Post others in the Comments and we'll add here.

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Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on August 20, 2009 at 12:09pm: new moms, PIR stands for "pass-in-review". You will be getting a form letter from
your child which will explain a bunch of stuff. I just looked at mine-yes I still have it.
have you joined the boot camp moms group? wish this whole site had been there when my son went thru BC.

Comment by dooby1424 on August 20, 2009 at 9:36am: Hi Lori - Thanks for the information about PIR. Officers go through a Commissioning Cermony. In my case, Commissioning was the same time as graduation - both of my kids are Annapolis (United States Naval Academy) grads. I am from Chicago, I do understand the cold weather. :-)
How is your daughter doing on the Nimitz? What is her job? My daughter was on the USS Truman about 1.5 years ago.

Comment by dooby1424 on August 20, 2009 at 6:43am: Okay - this is going to sound a bit stupid, but what is PIR? My son and daughter are officers, so they never when through PIR. I have been reading the posting and everyone mentions PIR.

Comment by galefrank on August 20, 2009 at 12:46am: Great Lake is North of Chicago on the way to Wisconsin. If you go to PIR you would fly into O'Hare. You'll be getting info in the mail about that. We had friends in Kenosha and when Bryan was in A School he would take the train and spend his off duty weekends with them.

Comment by galefrank on August 20, 2009 at 12:13am: Glad you heard from Jaymes. He's going to be a busy boy for the next couple of weeks.

Comment by galefrank on August 19, 2009 at 9:05pm: Here's a link to the PIR Dates

http://www1.netc.navy.mil/nstc/rtcgl/upcoming_grads.asp

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on August 19, 2009 at 8:49pm: The other problem is whether the recruit will be on hold in GL before being shipped to "A" school. Lots of things to consider.

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on August 19, 2009 at 8:48pm: Grad n go can be tricky. Matt was truly a grad n go. Others who are considered grad n go are simply moving across the street to attend "A" school. This Dad should know his recruits rate and where his "A" school is located. The ot

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on August 19, 2009 at 8:47pm: Recruit Training Command:
http://www1.netc.navy.mil/nstc/rtcgl/upcoming_grads.asp

Grad N Go:
His recruit will know if he's grad n go. Matt knew he was flying out to San Diego 2 hours after PIR. Tell him to chill. (jk)