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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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
Any Meet and Greet For Navy Moms In the Chicago area?
Started by Amorresperroz. Last reply by Amorresperroz Jul 25, 2016. 2 Replies 0 Likes
mailing our sailors a box...
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Comment by Dianne on January 26, 2009 at 11:56am
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I live just off of I88 and Route 31. Lunch would be fine on the weekend but dinner would be better during the week. I work by Oakbrook so let me know when and where and I will be there.
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Comment by becky m on January 15, 2009 at 1:14pm
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Please keep the family of SN Calvin Meeker in your
prayers. He was my daughters good friend home on
leave for the holidays and passed away suddenly
last Saturday. He was to leave for Calif. to start
Seal training. Such a tragedy only 19. I keep
all our kids in my prayers. Only 8 more days until
PIR for me, now more than ever after this happening
I cannot wait to see my son and give him a hug!!!!
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Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on January 6, 2009 at 10:04am
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I drove to Zion yesterday from Rock Island to sign the lease papers for my son who is in Norfolk till the end of the month. He's renting an apartment at Horizon Village. I hope it's a good choice. If you know anything about it, let me know! I'll be studying the area--I'm so excited that I'll be able to get on the train and go downtown or go to Milwaukee! My poor sailor--he doesn't realize how his family is going to visit him for the next three years!
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My son just called from London--he's on his way home, too! Sometime in the next week, he and I are going to look at apartments in Zion before he has to go back to Norfolk for a month. He warned me that 12 boxes are being delivered today--all his stuff from Afghanistan. Twelve boxes in addition to the three foot lockers already sitting here AND a Christmas tree! This place looks like a holiday warehouse!
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Mary, Yea you got a got a call I am happy for you.
Becky
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Well, I am really disappointed I call Jason's recruiter
and he told me he doesn't have his address yet. I told him
I thought he could look it up on line and find it.
Told me oh no you will get it before me. Said he will
call me back on Monday. Its going to be a long weekend
I was hoping to address letters. Mary how is Dan feeling??
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Jason shipeed off for basic training yesterday. When I dropped him off at the recruiter's office and heard him say " Seaman recruit Morgan reporting for
duty, permission to come aboard sir" it really hit home hard that he will be gone]
for the next five years!!! I wanted to cry but, I didn't cuz he told me as we were walking in don't cry mom. Little does he know I cried as soon as I got outside.
I am hoping these 8 weeks go faster for him then I know they will for me!
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I just keep thinking about that "Navy swagger" they get in boot camp. Yes, he will be ok, Becky, and I really mean it. It's been almost five years, but I remember my son being concerned that he wouldn't pass the physical test--my husband and I knew he was worried for nothing cause he was in great shape. He worried about battle stations--I've never heard of one that didn't make it. Just remember that he's not alone and not the first to go through what he's going through. And you aren't alone either! You'll make it (but it is hard, I know)!
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Hi,
My name is Becky Morgan and my son Jason leaves for b/c on Nov. 25.
I am a little nervous for him. Its the unknown and not being able to
talk to him and ask him if he is ok, that I know will kill me for 8 weeks.
When I tell people he enlisted I am proud on the outside but, a wreck on
the inside!! I am tired of people saying oh he will be ok. I know he will. I hope :)
Unless you have expirenced having your child come home and tell you that they have enlisted, you can't possibly know what it feels like.
Am I just an over protective mother or has anyone else felt this way?
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Tap House Grille! That's it. She said that Navy Moms are always welcome. When my son is stationed at GL in February, I plan on stopping in whenever we visit from Rock Island.
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