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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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PIR 2/4/11 Alumni

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For all us with Sailors who graduated on this day. We've shared so much together. no need to stop keeping in touch.

Website: http://www.navyformoms.comgroup/div061pir2411
Members: 89
Latest Activity: Sep 20, 2013

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Comment by NavyMomKim on December 12, 2010 at 10:36am: LOVE the countdown clock!

Comment by NavyMomKim on December 12, 2010 at 10:35am: Jessica...I took your advice and removed my son's photo..I just hope it's not too late. Is it okay to put my photo on there?

Comment by Lynne on December 12, 2010 at 9:58am: Angela...please delete your post with your son's name in it and send it by private message....read the commandments in the discussion forum...lol

Comment by Lynne on December 12, 2010 at 6:55am: One final thing...one thing I remember about these first 3 weeks is how out of the loop I felt, not knowing anything...so I asked my sailor if when he comes home on the 19th if he would take some time in that next week and answer some questions you might about what boot camp is really like. He has completed it recently enough that it is still fresh in his memory. So get your questions ready...lol!! Of course...if you don't want to ask him any questions...that's okay too!!

Comment by Lynne on December 12, 2010 at 4:31am: Hi all, my name is Lynne and I am one of the seasoned moms who will be dropping by to answer questions along with Jessica and Dianne. Although, let me say I am the newbie of the bunch. My son PIR'd in November. He is currently in Pensacola, having the time of his life I might add because he is on hold for classes. His rate is AE, which is Aviation Electronics. He told me he would be starting classes nine days after arriving at Pensacola, and I said according to navy for moms it would be more like after Christmas....guess who was right...yeppers...the old navy for moms network. I tell you this so you know that you will probably know as much or more than your recruit by the time you graduate from boot camp.

Oh you didn't think it was just your recruit that was going to boot camp did you. Well, sorry I have news for you, when your recruit signed up, so did you. In your time here, you will earn your Navy stripes: proud and strong. In this room you will get to know many people, you will worry together, cry together, get angry together, and even laugh together, but most importantly you will become part of the Navy family. You and your recruit will grow and change. It won't be easy, but it will be amazing.

In the next couple days I will be adding some things to your site like how to order a blue star flag and what the navy says about how to display it, some questionaires and my commandments about how NOT to get your recruits in trouble at boot camp. I am sure none of you want to be responsible for your recruit getting "beat" at boot camp. Don't panic...a beating...is simply extra physical training...but they don't like it...lol! RDCs can and DO read these sites so we have to take some steps to insure that nothing we do cause our recruits to get in trouble. Jessica is absolutely right in the things that she has said. Now some moms doubt us about our suggestions, me specifically, because mine are pretty conservative...so here is my suggestion...go to the discussion forum...copy and paste the commandments into one of your letters...send them to your recruit and ask them which ones pertain to them...you will probably be surprised...lol

Potsie...I saw you asking about asking too many questions...there is no such thing. We will answer the same questions over and over as new people join and sometimes you will have to hear it a few times and then it will be like the proverbial light bulb going off. There are no dumb questions and none you can ask too often. This is your group and we are here to support you.

I might as well warn you, I am the long-winded one. What Jessica can say in 2 lines takes me 3 paragraphs...so I am sorry up-front...lol! I can tell you all are going to be fun just by your names...tackijacky....luvpuggies...too fun. I am also the name police...please make sure you do not have your recruits name, picture or nickname in your screen name. I know you are proud of your recruit and so am I...but they want to fly under the radar.

Comment by mamawalrus on December 12, 2010 at 3:43am: Hi all!!!!! OMG I cant believe this is happening....We were just on the other side of the fence and here we are sitting on the fence! hahahahahhaha I am so excited reading all this... I am not sure if I am even 2/4/11! ;) But I know most of you and I wanted to join in,,, I may be like BB on 2/11/11.

Comment by BBWinthemoon on December 12, 2010 at 12:42am: smichelle-2/4? I have not gotten anything yet! I am thinking he will be 2/11 I am not sure. Can't believe you got info so soon. I thought it would be at least a week. I am looking forward to hearing where my son is and start sending the letters. hope that you are doing well.

Comment by Ollie's Keeper on December 11, 2010 at 10:49pm: Thanks for the heads up. I know these things, but sometimes its hard to remember. Old habits are hard to break.

Comment by janlee on December 11, 2010 at 10:01pm: I was watching one with my neice and we were both drying.

Oh my gosh, the one with the ';Proud to be an American' song, was ripping me apart with pride for my son, you know what i mean? lol

Comment by janlee on December 11, 2010 at 9:57pm: Good to know Jessica. Do you mean even without a ticket? Not that im bringing a bunch, but my 4 tix are already accounted for, but my mother -in -law was asking.

If i cant take her, thats ok! lol. Rules are Rules :)