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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:
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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Comment by babrams7 on December 29, 2010 at 1:28pm
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Hi All - I haven't been on here lately either. We flew out to San Diego to spend Christmas with our son. I didn't want him to be alone on Christmas. Since it was the holidays he only had duty on the 24th. and the 27th. so we had the rest of the week with him after his duty days. It was a shock coming home to the cold after being in sunny CA.
jboysmom- The story also brought tears to my eyes. I didn't realize how much the little things could mean to our military guys/girls until my son joined the Navy. My eyes have been opened a lot wider now.
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Comment by jboysmom on December 28, 2010 at 11:07am
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One more note about how special Christmas Day was for us and our son -
Our son was deeply touched Christmas morning while he was on watch at the guard station when a little girl came running up to the door of the guard station carrying 2 gifts. She handed them to my son and the other person on watch and said "My family thanks you for standing watch on Christmas". Then she ran back to get in the car with her mom and they drove off. The gift bag contained homemade cookies, a pair of gloves, hand warmers and chap stick. That meant so much to my son and I appreciate that family's kindness.
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Hi to all Ky Moms, It has been a great Christmas for our family as well. We traveled down to Norfolk late on Christmas Eve and drove all night to get ahead of the snow that was hitting Kentucky. We drove all night and arrived in Norfolk early on Christmas morning. Our son had duty/watch all Christmas Day, but he called to invite us to eat Christmas dinner on the ship with him. What a treat - to eat Christmas dinner on board his ship with all of us together! Then we got to hang out on the ship with him for 3 hours in his shop where he works. Great memories.
Norfolk got 15 inches of snow, so we got a white Christmas here, too. This morning we are heading to Virginia Beach to take pictures of the 18 inches of snow they got. Seems wierd to be taking pictures on the beach and it is full of snow! This will be a Christmas to remember!
Happy New Year to all of you!
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Dolphin - Congratulations to your son. I hope the move goes smoothly.
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That's great news, Dolphin! I prayed for your son last night and in my morning prayers today. So glad things worked out for him. Safe travels to you as you travel down for his graduation and as you move them to NY. I will continue to keep you, your son and your family in my prayers.
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Hi Dolphin,
I'm doing great just been busy with the holidays and traveling. My son's ship got into port in SD two days ago and he called to say it was a lot better being out on the seas then in port. He stayed busy while they were out and he didn't get sea sick at all.
Merry Christmas everyone.
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Hi Ky moms! I'm snowed in here in Lawrenceburg this morning. The snow is beautiful, but it sure has put a damper on my plans for today! So now, I'm snug and warm inside and surfing the net. I just saw a post on the Norfolk moms page from a mom that said she was going to send cake balls to her son for his birthday. I had never head of cake balls, but just found this recipe on this site: http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Make-Cake-Balls Now I'm going into my pantry to see if I have the ingredients to make some cake balls to send to my sailor son and his wife in Norfolk. Stay safe and warm today!
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Comment by Cornerstone Mom on November 30, 2010 at 10:52pm
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Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving!!!!!
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Dolphin, I checked on the renting a house at Shakertown and it is the same price as the rooms for the night. So I think it will be best if we just do dinner there. Or if we would rather do another State Park, I can get a cabin for half price with my state employee discount through the winter months at all state parks. My family goes to Lake Cumberland a lot in the winter because they have an indoor pool. Just let me know what everyone wants to do. I'm up for anything!
Everyone have a great Thanksgiving!
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Comment by Binker & Bro: 2X Nuke Mom on November 15, 2010 at 2:05am
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Hey ladies! I walked through the NEX with my boy last week when I went to Charleston and talked about the e-reader type item for his Christmas present since he wont be able to carry his library on ship with him. He seemed to like that idea.
Here's my story: sent him a box of all the silly little knick knacky things I pick up when I find good clearance items or things he might like or really stupid stuff (like a towel rolled up and tied with a ribbon and smells like home) and it arrived the day after I got back to Louisville. He had been a bit of a turd while I was down there, at times--especially when he told me he was a man now and didnt need me doing various odd things anymore. So he sends me a text message that says "Thanks for my box, mommie." He made my day.
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