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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
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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
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Hey Everyone, I am new to this site. My sweet fiancée has just went off to Basic Training. We normally see each other everyday so this is very new to me. I have a new questions, how long will it be before he can write letters? Any suggestions on how to keep busy and not miss him so much! Thanks
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Permalink Reply by courtneya on
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Hi Synease! My husband just got to RTC on Jan 21st... in my opinion the first week or so was the hardest. We were the same, together each and every day. He got to Great Lakes on a Tuesday and the next Monday I got his box of clothes and his letter. But usually they don't all come on the same day. Once you do get the Form Letter you'll have his PIR date and there will be a group created for those divisions graduating that same day. Those people in that group are going to be a HUGE support. They are all going through the same exact learning process as you!
Stay busy. I miss my husband so much more when I am home alone. If you are really having a hard time, avoid being alone. Even if you are with someone else and talking about him, it seems to be easier than just being alone thinking about everything. Try to just check out of the thoughts for now.. easier said than done, right! Good luck and read all you can on hear. There are some very amazing people willing to help out here! Oh, and WRITE. : ) Even if you don't have the address yet, write now. I had three letters to send out to my husband by the time I got his address. He said he was one of four that had mail during the first mail call. I call that a success! haha. But really, good luck and stay busy!
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Permalink Reply by Proud Navy Girlfriend on
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I didn't get a phone call for about 2 weeks, and then I got the first letter a couple days after that. I'm not sure of you workout but you should definitely go to the gym or go on runs with friends. It helps me:) also this website has helped me so much! I learned a lot from signing up and I don't feel as scared or as worried as I did when my boyfriend was in boot camp and I didn't know anything. Just do stuff you enjoy, don't forget to have fun!
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Permalink Reply by taylorsierra93 on
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Congratulations on wanting to take this journey with him, because its just going to keep changing from here on out. My fiancé left for boot camp Jan 7th. His graduation is in two weeks and I have to say that it wasn't easy. I had plenty of bad days where I had no one to talk to because I usually go to him, But I can tell you this, write letters. Write a ton! I starting writing the day after he left, and It helped a lot especially if I had something on my mid that was bothering me, or I just missed him. I get letters from him now about how happy he is to receive a letter from me everyday. If you feel as though you won't be occupied, go out for the day, enjoy the free time, do something fun, and then come home and write to him about it. they love to hear about things going on outside boot camp especially from those they love. Keep pushing forward and living and soon enough it will be your time to go to graduation too. Good Luck to you!
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