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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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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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Latest Activity: Apr 19, 2024

Welcome to the
MEPS & DEP group...
We love helping deppers, recruits, sailors, and especially their families!!!

Don't understand the Navy?
Haven't a clue what is about to happen?
Do you just want to share your joys or sorrows?

Then this is the group for you!!!

We enjoy helping family member with all information or just to pass the time chatting.

Glad you're with us!

It is very important that your future Sailor be physically fit prior to shipping to the RTC (these are new standards beginning 1/1/2018) and that he be able to pass an initial run test. See Navy Sets New Physical Fitness Standard to Start Boot Camp. "The initial run standard is evaluated on the 1.5 mile run of the first Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) at boot camp. The initial run standard for male recruits will be 16 minutes 10 seconds and 18 minutes seven seconds for female recruits."

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Comment by TKs mom on October 16, 2013 at 3:09pm: Thank you Sierrascrapper, the radio has really gotten to me quite a bit put me right into tears and an emotional wreck. Thankfully he hasn't been around to see it.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on October 16, 2013 at 3:01pm: I can totally relate to all of your posts this morning. I don't know what's wrong with me specifically today...but I am an emotional mess and for no real reason. It must be hormones or something. But every song on the music system at my work has been making me emotional.

My twin boys turned 18 last week and I just keep thinking about them going out into the world and thinking about my FS and how he will be gone for so long and so far from home. We threw a pretty good birthday party for them just for that reason. We sent them on a scavenger hunt with their best friends and then took them bowling. We even had ice cream cake which we've never done before. Everything we've done since my son swore into DEP in June has been all about making special memories.

Congrats to your son and your family Christopher's Mom. What rating (job) did your son get?

TKs Mom... I'm so sorry that you have to go through these holidays without your son. It will be difficult indeed... Just keep remembering how proud your son is making you and think about how GREAT it will be to hug him again at PIR.

Comment by TKs mom on October 16, 2013 at 2:20pm: I remember the day my son came home from MEP's and said he ships on 11/13 my heart sank I am not ready to let him go and I'm still not on Sunday it really hit me only 1 month before he goes it went by so fast. I am so very proud of him and the choice he has made but not sure how I'm going to handle it. Won't be here for Thanksgiving or Christmas and the fact he will be in BC that I can't even talk to him is going to be crushing.

Comment by Justine on October 16, 2013 at 1:30pm: My son leaves Feb 3. He turns 20 in Dec. I have good days and bad days and he tells me not to worry. Easy for him to say.

Comment by Christopher's Mom on October 16, 2013 at 1:14pm: I agree, thanks for the encouragement :)

Comment by Tonya(proudmomDJ)nukemom on October 16, 2013 at 1:13pm: Yes it is,my son is already 18!It definitely is hard to think of our babies on there on,but it is there future..I am just glad he has chose a good career for his future,cause things could always been worse.We have to let them grow up and make adult decisions!

Comment by Christopher's Mom on October 16, 2013 at 1:10pm: So glad I'm not the only one, my baby is only 17, and will be 18 when he leaves. It's hard to think of him on his own.

Comment by Tonya(proudmomDJ)nukemom on October 16, 2013 at 1:07pm: I know the feeling,I just can't imagine that this could be our last Thanksgiving and Christmas as a family for awhile..My son leaves for BC on April 2nd..I guess we just have to enjoy the time we have with now and be strong for when the do ship out!

Comment by Christopher's Mom on October 16, 2013 at 1:03pm: Justine2, when does your child leave?

Comment by Justine on October 16, 2013 at 1:00pm: Christopher's Mom...I keep saying the same thing, got one more Thanksgiving, Birthday, Christmas....yup.