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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 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:

RTC Graduation

**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.

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Comment by mommasheep on February 25, 2011 at 7:23pm: Thanks Renee! Good to know ahead of time what to plan for. Sounds like you have an exciting few months ahead of you. I am lucky to be able to go see Josh for my spring break. Then my husband and I are going for a few days this summer. I am taking advantage of the time I get to see him now because who knows what the future holds as you well know! Hope all goes well for you!

Comment by mommasheep on February 24, 2011 at 10:43pm: Renee I am sure you are anxious for your son to get back in March. It is so unsettling what is happening in the world. It makes me so scared for all of our military personel.

I have a question about graduation. It is a ways off for my son but the in-laws are wanting to know if there are a limited amount of tickets like boot camp grad. or can anyone attend? They are true planners and want to know now even though it won't be until Nov. at the earliest. LOL Thanks for any info. Have a great weekend more snow on its way to my house. Yuck I am ready for spring!!

Comment by mommasheep on February 3, 2011 at 9:16am: Thanks for the info. on the mail. My son has been at Eglin now for 4 weeks. It is getting tougher for him I know because we don't hear from him as much. I know the Navy motto no news is good news. Congrats and thanks to all of you sons for their accomplishments and service to this country. It is great to know that my son is in a great group!

Comment by smtblnde(ship4Div814) on January 25, 2011 at 7:03pm: Hi Oldest of 4 ~ My son graduated dive school in October. It's tough. Physically and mentally challenging. Tell him to take one day at a time. Never to give up. My son said he found that if he just went blank in his mind and concentrated on the task at hand, he became like a machine. It got him through! There will be days when your son wants to quit; and they will do their best to weed out the weakest by trying to make them quit. If he really wants it, he'll have to be strong at heart, mind and soul. Drown proofing is probably the worst week. My son actually was pulled out of the pool drowning and 10 mins later he went right back in. These are the stories we mother's don't want to hear until after!! Stay strong for him Mom. He'll need your support. The best part is being able to talk to him almost every night. Keep encouraging him. I wish him the best!!

Comment by Oldest of 4 on January 25, 2011 at 6:27pm: My son starts dive class Jan 11th for the EOD program. Any advice from all you experts out there. He is far from where you all are, but he's very determined like your son's.

Comment by mommasheep on January 22, 2011 at 1:52pm: Hi all,

Haven't been on since my son graduated boot camp. I have just been enjoying the times I get to talk with him. He is now at Eglin. He has been there 2 weeks now. My oldest son is driving his Jeep down this weekend so he will have wheels now. We are hoping to go down on my Spring Break for a visit. Just wondering what the mail situation is like there. Is it easy to get things to them or does it take awhile. His birthday is the 30th and would love to send him something, but just wondering if he will get it in time. This is going to be a wild ride I am sure. It has helped reading your posts. Congrats to all your children and so proud of all of them for their willingness to support our country.

Comment by Oldest of 4 on January 19, 2011 at 7:22pm: My son is in Panama City Dive class and said he got rolled back for sinus infection. How does this work? any help?

Comment by smtblnde(ship4Div814) on January 15, 2011 at 7:31am: My son graduated dive school in October, but then needed surgery, so he was on medical leave until just this week. He just completed Indoc and started EOD school. If everything goes well, he'll graduate in November.

Comment by smtblnde(ship4Div814) on October 23, 2010 at 12:28pm: My son just graduated dive school 3 weeks ago. His class was the last to enjoy a ceremony. Although I couldn't be there, his dad and stepmom attended. They had a great time. My son said that they want the EOD graduation to be more special and have decided that from dive prep to EOD should be considered "one" training.

Noelep - my son is on medical hold in Panama City right now. He needed surgery on his tailbone. He'll class up with the next dive class and move on to Eglin with them. Maybe he'll be with your son! Good Luck to him. My son loves the training. He's always so happy when I talk to him. :)

Comment by noelep on October 22, 2010 at 7:22pm: My son is in dive school right now in Panama City. He said they have cut out the dive school graduation ceremony. His class is the first one to miss out. Guess I have to wait for EOD school grad.