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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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Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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For all the Moms(and Dads) with a Sailor in Japan

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Latest Activity: Aug 3

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Comment by Anti M on December 11, 2011 at 3:55pm: T, I am taking it easy, as ordered. I made red cabbage soup for lunch, and it was yummy!

Comment by cathyo Ship 11 Div 063 on December 11, 2011 at 3:02pm: Barbara10/08!!! Very exciting! ENJOY!

Comment by navymom3 on December 11, 2011 at 2:51pm: Barb- Congrats on your son surprising you. My son got home yesterday also from finishing all his schooling. Right now I think mine is in playing games with his brother.

Comment by gfr16 on December 11, 2011 at 2:46pm: Barbara congrats!! What an awesome present <3. Doesn't it make you just wanna watch him sleep like when they were little? Oh how I miss those moments :)

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on December 11, 2011 at 2:08pm: Barbara 10/08 - what a wonderful surprise!! Enjoy every minute!

Comment by T-Lynn on December 11, 2011 at 1:51pm: HI

Maggs - your experience was awesome! I think it was meant for you for. And that doesn't look like just a rainbow to me - I see two outstretched arms - sending you a hug and blessing. Not everyone is honored to photograph an Guardian or Angel.

Sending you Reiki too. Or would you like me just to send the Cognac?

BARB !!!! Santa was early at your place. What a gift - your son home. Merry Christmas. Post a pic please.

Val - 2 days !!!!! Have you started baking yet? And please post a pic too.

Anti M - how you doing?

Me - woke up to eyes swollen again. Not bad - just that nagging itchy feeling and can't see out of one eye

Will try to post Shark and Santa. But photo is not a good one. Shark did not like this Santa at all. For the first time she wiggled and kicked. Finally a photo was taken when the photographer said: "camera" So I will try to post that pic later..

Need to get - and put on meds on this eye

hugs all

Comment by barbara10/08 on December 11, 2011 at 9:45am: AWESOME NEWS-MY SAILOR IS HOME! It was a complete surprise & I think I'm still in shock. His sister picked him up and he went to her house. She invited us over to "watch the game" and a few minutes later, there he is coming up from the basement! It was just wonderful to hug him, and he is here til the 26th! It has been over 2 years and everyone is so excited. He's exhausted so pretty much expect him to be sleeping a good part of today. Which works out as I'm committed to caroling for most of the afternoon. Let you all know how it goes- there is a gf factor here too so we'll see. Just enjoying the feeling right now of him being home.

Don't know what is up-the last posting I have on here is from 12 hours ago and that seems pretty sparse for this site?
Sorry, Mar & Maggs that there was confusion but it sounds like others had problems too-hope you found each other eventually?
Maggs-lol, so sorry but know exactly how your body parts feel and you tell it in such a funny way. Hope you got a chance to have a nice hot soak.
The day did look wonderul otherwise.

Comment by Anti M on December 10, 2011 at 8:57pm: Maggs, those are wonderful photos. What a terrific thing to do.

Comment by Anti M on December 10, 2011 at 8:11pm: Sounds wonderful, well, except for the walking so much in the cold! Do they place wreaths at the large military cemetery in LA? (going blank on the name) My grandfathers are there.

Comment by Mar ProudSailorMom on December 10, 2011 at 11:49am: Wow! I goofed! Somehow I miss read the info on the site and the ceremony is over. I haven't yet been able to find Maggs....but I did speak with her husband! I'm SOO disappointed! This isn't like me...and I feel terrible about it.

Maggs...if I don't find you...I'm sorry! I really am looking! Xxxoooo!