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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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Looking for moms, friends, relatives of sailors from the small wonderful state of Delaware. This is a wonderful website and I have met many people, but would like to meet people from my sons home state. Looking forward to meeting some new friends.
Members: 26
Latest Activity: Apr 11, 2014
Discussion Forum
Nuke A School FAQ
Started by NF Mom. Last reply by NF Mom Feb 25, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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Comment by Dan's Dad (John) on November 17, 2010 at 8:50pm
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LOL. I live in Wilmington and worked in Dover until last year. Now I work in Newport.
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Comment by JC's Mama on November 17, 2010 at 9:32am
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Welcome, Peanutsmom. Looks like we are very close to each other -- I'm in Clayton. Send me a message if you'd like to get together sometime. JC's Mama
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Welcome to the site, congratulations and thank Amber for her service. My son left for boot camp a year ago this month. I'd like to tell you that it gets easier but it doesn't, it does get better though! Dan has grown so much in a year that we hardly recognize him. After BC grad he stayed at GL for Corpsman A school and is now assigned to the Marines as a combat Corpsman and is stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC. What will Amber's rate be?
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Comment by peanutsmom/Ship07, DIV 051 on November 16, 2010 at 8:03pm
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Hello everyone.. today my Daughter Amber left for BC. What a hard day for all of us. Please tell me that in time it gets easier? would love to chat..
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Dan's Dad -- 2 more days till homecoming! Enjoy
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welcome JC's Mama, we live in north Wilmington. Can't wait to see our son Friday. He'll be driving home after graduation to spend the 3 day weekend home!
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Hi Diane R I'm glad to have some contact with another sailor mom in Delaware. I'm still a bit of a "newbie" at this, but I did save a couple of sites on the USS Barry that I found interesting & informative - check out:
http://search.aol.com/aol/image?q=ddg52&v_t=keyword_rollover
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Barry_(DDG-52)
How does your son like being in Italy? I'd love to be there myself -- i LOVE Italian food! (as does my sailor, Josh).
We're down in Clayton (about 5 miles west of Smyrna) - but i was raised in suburbs between Newport & Wilmington. Maybe we could do a "brag session" sometime - send me a message.
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Hi Dan's Dad
My son, Josh, is a hull tech/fireman on a destroyer. He graduated last December from Great Lakes. It was difficult for our family as he was not home for Thanksgiving or X-mas. My hubby surprised me at X-mas with plane ticket & hotel/rental car reservations to see JC graduate on the 30th. I only got to spend the day with him as he was entering training school. Best Xmas ever! We're hoping JC will be home this year for Xmas before being deployed again. Where are you and your sailor from? Have a good trip - take lots of pics!
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Hello JC's mom. What does your son do on the Barry?
My son is finishing FMTB with the Marines next week, we'll be driving to Camp Lejuene to see him graduate and then he'll come back with us for a three day weekend at home.
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Hi to fellow Delawareans. I'm the proud mom of a DDG 52 sailor. Would love to chat with others having loved ones in the navy.
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