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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.

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 2navykids on March 8, 2014 at 11:36am: Ohhh ok lol.....

Comment by Karenlee on March 8, 2014 at 11:14am: You are on the right site. The page has been updated and I thought it was a different site. That's what I get for not having enough coffee before I replied to your message!

Comment by 2navykids on March 8, 2014 at 11:08am: Thank you so am I on the wrong site?

Comment by Karenlee on March 8, 2014 at 10:25am: 2navykids mom. They have updated this groups page and I thought we were on the regular navy for moms site so welcome to living on the edge.

Comment by 2navykids on March 8, 2014 at 9:39am: My son just got a automatic contract for EOD he signs Monday...curious if his ship date will change....I figured this was coming but so many emotions going on as well...I am such a planner and detailed person...this site sure has helped with some of that..just wish I knew what to expect for him...

Comment by Liberty on February 28, 2014 at 2:08am: KJT- That is an excellent idea to leave the phone at the hotel! I will also do that. We will be leaving on sunday and will have to take him back in the afternoon. I am sure that he will be tired as well. Thanks again!

Comment by KJTsMomma on February 27, 2014 at 12:29pm: Hi All - I wanted our son to talk to us, instead of his head into his phone. So we left it at the hotel when we went to pick him up on PIR day after they moved to new barracks. I figured then he'd have to talk to us and answer all our questions. :) He got his phone and ipad at the hotel and had a TON of FB messages and a TON of emails and the texts started flying. So it may have been a bit onrey of me to not take it when we went to pick him up, but he wasn't upset and I enjoyed being able to chat with him without his phone in front of him.

Sunday - I think they can be picked up as early as 6 a.m. (and Sat. too) and returned by 10 p.m. My son chose to sleep in a bit (I don't blame him). I think hubby went to get him around 9 a.m. then we went out for breakfast and then to a movie at Gurnee Mills mall. We are 3 hrs driving distance from GL so we dropped him off around 5:30 p.m. so we could get home at a decent time that evening. I think he was ready for some R & R after a extremely busy 8 weeks of boot camp and a full weekend with us. It feels better after PIR. Now we can talk more often and text which makes this Navy Mom feel a little better. Still miss him a TON, but at least there is more communication. I'm only a little bit further than some of you Moms, but glad I can help. I love this site - it really helped me thru the 8 weeks of BC. Let me know if you have any other questions, I'll help if I can. I don't know the answer to "can he come home before PCB". I hope so and hope to know that answer in the next 3 weeks. I'll keep you posted. :)

Comment by 2navykids on February 27, 2014 at 11:57am: I feel so blessed and thankful I joined navy for moms to learn all this info you all are a wonderful bunch of ladies...there are questions I having answered that I didn't even know to ask...I do hope there is a couple days where he can come home before he heads to PCB...

Comment by 2navykids on February 26, 2014 at 9:23pm: This is such great info....I figured right after PIR my SR wouldn't want much..more when they go to Flordia....and KJTsMomma do you mean right after PIR don't give them their cell but later on when they are able to leave for the evening we can give it to them?

Comment by Annabel Lee on February 26, 2014 at 9:16pm: KJTsmomma, thanks for sharing! Was wondering about that! I just got a call from him, and it was so great!! He's doing well, sounded upbeat, and so determined to do this. I feel much better now....