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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

Events

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

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Comment by ambi9821 on July 1, 2015 at 9:06pm: I found greeting cards in my son's language at greetingcarduniverse.com. Also holiday cards for the specific countries.

Comment by Nerdlette's Mom on July 1, 2015 at 8:55pm: I don't get many chances to get on here and tonight I was reading through all the comments and thought I'd throw my 2 cents worth in...when my sailor was at DLI something fun and educational i did for her was search amazon for books in her language and sent them to her in the care packages i sent. Some were beginners language books designed for kids but she thought they were fun and helpful in the early months at dli...then later i sent crossword puzzle books in that language and poetry books and even some cookbooks. Just a little suggestion.
And for anyone wondering about going to DLI for graduation, i highly recommend it. Its a beautiful area...we joked when i visited her in may of this year that we both wished she was still out in California...there's quite a difference between DLI and FG...

Comment by Jack on July 1, 2015 at 7:53pm: What can you tell me about the DLAB? What is the best way to study?

Thanks!

Comment by New Navy Mom HL on July 1, 2015 at 9:15am: I will be more active in this once my son is at A School. Still in bootcamp. He just started week one last Friday. He has a ways to go.

Comment by Lisa (A-Mac's mom) on June 23, 2015 at 1:54pm: We got a hotel near the air port the night before ours left, so we could get up at 5:30 a.m. and meet him at the air port. You are able to get a gate pass and go through security and wait with your sailor. Even though ours arrived on the 5/30 a.m. but, his flight was not until around 2 p.m. that afternoon. So we were able to spend most of the day with him.

Comment by JHubby on June 23, 2015 at 1:51pm: Buses run from midnight to 0530. My SR's flight was at 0630, so her bus left at 0330

Comment by HealthHopeHappiness on June 23, 2015 at 1:40pm: JHubby - but they're still on a bus off to the airport at 12 am?

Comment by JHubby on June 23, 2015 at 1:35pm: My SR left Great Lakes around 0500 the morning after PiR. It all depends on when flights are available, but flights to Monterey are on a pretty regular schedule.

Comment by New Navy Mom HL on June 23, 2015 at 12:04pm: Curious if CTIs are usually in the Grad & Go category? Anyone know?

Comment by DNavyFamily on June 18, 2015 at 9:26am: Many families are sad about how few people can attend the PIR ceremony at Great Lakes. It is an incredible thing to attend. But keep in mind that out of all the ratings, graduation from DLI for your CTI is just as rewarding if not more so so keep your chins up and positive. Our eldest daughter graduated from Great Lakes about 10 years ago and it was so moving but we had barely five full hours with her. Her rating graduation ceremony was at Great Lakes also and pretty ho-hum. HOWEVER- at DLI- it's amazing. It's at one of the most beautiful military institutions in the country, a great mix of all the branches, and you have a TON more time together- and can overnight with family with an approved chit. So if seats are limited and the budget is tight, attend his/her DLI graduation if you only had a choice of one vs. the other if someone had to be bumped. Just wanted to give some positive support to those (like us) that have to sadly leave out some key family when we go to Great Lakes. The cup is always half full (plus the seafood and wines are spectacular there in Monterey- right on the Pacific!!!). Gotta love the Navy and their locations- I feel so sorry for Air Force and Army people stationed in desolate, windblown places. Sailors do have more fun! LOL!