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
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Navy.com Para Familias
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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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 hellamcc on March 30, 2018 at 3:25pm
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Hi,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I'll give it a try. My son wants to be a Nuke, and signed the paperwork 16 months ago. His contract says he can only be in DEP 1 year, but here we are, and he still doesn't have his clearance and he still is not in bootcamp. Does anyone else have a similar situation? How long can they REALLY be in the DEP program?
I'm not sure what the holdup is with the clearance. We've lived in the same place for 16 years, my son doesn't have any kind of record. However, I'm from Europe and he was born in Europe.
I would love to know anyone else that has experienced DEP for more then 1 year.
Thank you!
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Comment by blackbirdmom on March 28, 2018 at 6:04am
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I would not advise booking anything that can't be changed or refunded until well after you get the form letter. While 9 Fridays is the approximate date, your fiance could end up in a push division, which means he would graduate 8 Fridays after he arrives. Or if something happens and he is pushed back a week, 10 Fridays later. There is lots of information on Girlfriends/Fiances/Wives group or even Boot Camp Moms (even though you're not a mom, those ladies know everything there is to know about boot camp in that group so it's worth joining.) Good luck to your fiance! Our sailor graduated a year ago this weekend.
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Comment by Son#2 on March 27, 2018 at 7:36pm
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hello all!!
welcome Caylin! good luck to your fiance!
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Comment by Phoenixmom on March 27, 2018 at 12:24pm
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Army/Navy at MEPS they will have a Ceremony for swearing in everyone in one room swearing in at the same time. Once over you can continue taking pictures, those inside of swearing in can video tape it. then once done they wait to be transported to airport and wait on their flight, once they get to airport in chicago a bus will be waiting on them to take them to BC. those that took phones will need to send them home in the box with there shoes and clothes.
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Hi Ms _Caylin welcome to Navy Moms, here is how you can figure his grad day until you get the form letter with that information. To guesstimate the PIR date, count 9 Fridays after your recruit arrived to get the most likely PIR (graduation) date, Also some site that will have great info and will give more insite as to and how things work.
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Hey Ladies,
My Fiancé leaves for BC on the 4th of April. Any ideas on when we can find out Graduation dates so that I can book hotel/flights ?
Thanks :)
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I believe my recruit IS AN OFFICIAL S RECRUIT by this point. I can't reach him by phone. He stayed last night in San marcis and git up at 4 am to go to Meps I thgt...bit doesn't he still have his phone? I realize hes super busy but does anyine know what hapoens now? A plane to great lakes?
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Good Morning Ladies Hope all is well that Happy Monday!
Any information you are needing or question you may have please do not hesitate to ask. Have a Great Day!
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Comment by RebeccaProudWife on March 25, 2018 at 5:32pm
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What a great experience Grammy80!
horizon2018 you did great. I had a few tears while they were swearing in and during their instructions.
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Welcome Grammy! Congrats and good luck to him!
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