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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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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Comment by olga on January 28, 2015 at 10:43pm
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OK. I see it worked. What is this stop following thing about? First time I see this in posts... Can anyone explain?
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I'm not sure if my comment has posted.
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Comment by Michiganbelle on January 28, 2015 at 10:16pm
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We went to the ceremony at Fort Lee, it was very nice and they showed a video of some of the activities they participated in. Then we waited a bit while my daughter packed up all her stuff and we drove her to Norfolk, she had to report to the ship, then had a couple hours to spend with us before she had to be back on the ship. It was a long drive from Michigan for a couple hours, but very worth it to us!
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Hi,
I can't remember if I introduced myself. My son started BC on Tuesday and after that he plans to go to CS A-school in Fort Lee, VA. I'm glad I found this site.
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Comment by Jappj on January 28, 2015 at 2:26pm
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Brandons Mom, there is a ceremony after CS A school it is usually on a Friday. Depending on their orders they usually get leave after the ceremony
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Comment by therevbev on January 28, 2015 at 1:11pm
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Since we were living in PA at the time, we could drive down to see the "ceremony". They did a very nice graduation (about an hour long), we were greeted personally and had a chance to take pics with the students etc. We went down, since he was getting 10 days leave before heading for a carrier in the Pacific, to pick him up. We then had to drive him back at the end of leave (his flight out was from Richmond). It was nice, but we wouldn't have done it if we had had to fly or drive more than a day.
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Brandonsmom1 I think they still don't get a lot of "free time" while they wait to head to Fort Lee, but he could probably put in a chit for Liberty and see if it gets approved
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We lived in Wisconsin while our CS was awaiting his trip to Va. (3 weeks). We traveled down on a Saturday and one overnight weekend. While he couldn't stay overnight with us, we could pick him up on base and sign him out for the day. He still had to be in uniform (hadn't earned enough liberty to wear "civies" on liberty) and return time depended. But, yes, they get the weekends unless called to stand watch.
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Brandonsmom1 - if they are attending CS school in Fort Lee they stay at GL for at least 2 weeks to Indoc since Fort Lee is an army base. If there is a class starting after indoc they leave right after that if not they wait to class up the program is about 6 weeks long
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