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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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Comment by Virginia (Ship 2 - Div. 928) on May 6, 2011 at 10:32pm: Thanks, Dee! I'm excited because we're within 20 days of PIR!

Can anyone who's gone through the phases at CTI give me an idea of what to expect? I'm getting anxious about the move out there, and curious about how long I'll have to wait to join my husband. I'm reading all sorts of different things online, but I thought that someone here might know. :)

Comment by KC'smom on May 5, 2011 at 12:16am: I didn't know that the kids get ranked at boot camp? What does that mean??? My son is the opposite. He is not competitive at all! hahaha. Good Lord, I hope the ranking system doesn't hurt his feelings. Before boot camp, he was a peace loving, animal activist Vegan!! Nobody could believe he signed up for the military. He had to start eating animal products in preparation for boot camp. He's a very philosophical intellect kinda guy. (hence, Military Intelligence, right! haaa).

Comment by KC'smom on May 4, 2011 at 11:44pm: @Monica - Hope your daughter is having a good time at DLI. You are so lucky to live close to her.

Comment by Virginia (Ship 2 - Div. 928) on May 4, 2011 at 11:42pm: Those of you with children who have gone through the CTI rating, do you remember when they got their language classification during boot camp? (My husband is there now, and I am always finding new things to fret about. :))

Comment by KC'smom on May 2, 2011 at 9:55pm: thank you Dee for the link!!!

Comment by KC'smom on May 2, 2011 at 4:12pm: Debbie - yes, I did join! I will send you a friend request!!

Comment by KC'smom on May 1, 2011 at 10:37pm: Can anyone tell me how soon after arriving to DLI I could plan a vacation out to Monterey to see my son? He will probably arrive I'm geussing June 20th or so. Would July be too soon? I know he will be there probably 12 months, but I want to go over the summer while my younger kids are on break. Are they allowed to have family visits that soon? Are they allowed off on the weekends that soon??? Or in the evenings? what should I expect?

Comment by Leslie1200 on April 26, 2011 at 11:59am: So I will be spending Mother's Day in Carmel with my son and it ocurred to me that it might be interesting to see the DLI? Any one have an opinion on this idea? Dumb idea, dead in the water, or great?

Comment by Lisa (A-Mac's mom) on April 25, 2011 at 6:57am: We had two weeks. If your move will be cross country, it might be different. It may be different, also, because with nuke school they had classes starting pretty much every week. Obviously with DLI when his class start will completely depend on his language. There are many, many more nukes in the Navy than CTI, so take that into consideration, also.

Comment by Virginia (Ship 2 - Div. 928) on April 24, 2011 at 11:30pm: That's really good to hear. What was the transition from bootcamp to a-school like? Did you have any time between?