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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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For all of us from KS with sailors....
Members: 65
Latest Activity: Jan 14, 2017
Discussion Forum
My daughter leaves for bootcamp in June and I have a million questions!
Started by bcmadness. Last reply by Navymom76 Ship13 DIV 296 Jun 19, 2013. 4 Replies 2 Likes
Nuke A School FAQ
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BC in September?
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Comment Wall
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Comment by YMM (Ship 12 Div 98) on January 20, 2011 at 11:45am
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Any news from KS SR's?
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My son has been assigned to Ship: 12 Div: 98 with PIR probably on 3-11-11. Are there any KS Moms with the recruits with same assignments?
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Comment by Kathy (Ship 07 DIV 114) on January 2, 2011 at 2:13pm
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My son leaves this month for basic also.
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My son leaves for Great Lakes this month. Are there any other KS moms with recruits heading to basic in January or who are already there?
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Comment by Libby(CJs Mom) on December 10, 2010 at 2:07pm
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This morning, our sailor graduated Strike Analyst 'C' School at the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center in Dam Neck, VA. So, finally, after 9 months as a non-rate, he is an ISSA (he will make ISSN next week!)
We are - obviously - quite proud of him and very excited that he is on his way back to Kansas for a couple of weeks before reporting to his new assignment in California.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to the rest of the Kansas Navy family!
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Yay! Our son graduated 'A' School today and will be flying home tomorrow for his first leave since taking off for boot camp in mid-March. We get him for a little more than a week before he returns to Virginia and 'C' School.
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Our son PIR'ed back in May (Mother's Day weekend!). Whatever anyone tells you about how moving it is, it is even more so. Kleenex is a definite must.We were fortunate enough to have CJ be with us the weekend afterward - the rest of the day Friday and pretty much all day Saturday and Sunday.
They have to be back in by a certain time each night and - and least for our guy - they get pretty nervous about not making it back. So each night we got him there earlier than we really wanted to so he didn't have to sweat making it back to the "ship" in time.
Also, be aware that if your sailor draws watch on that weekend, they might not get to spend all of one of those days with you.
Finally, bring plenty of cash to spend on Navy swag at the NEX by the gate. T-shirts, hats jackets - everything you can think of. You can go in and shop, but your sailor has to make the purchase.
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Hang in there, Stephanie. Boot Camp is both excruciatingly long and surprisingly quick - all at the same time. The toughest part is not hearing from them very often. Starting writing letters now - they never get too many letters.
Once you get the packet in the mail with your PIR date, go find the N4M group set up for that particular training group. They usually even set up discussions for the individual divisions. Its a great resource.
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Comment by Purplesue (Andrew Ship 9 Div 224 on June 23, 2010 at 10:08pm
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Headed to Great Lakes Graduation for Andrew tomorrow. He is so glad to be done with Boot Camp. Hope my plane out of Wichita is timely.
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Comment by Wallstreet's Mom (Denise) on May 3, 2010 at 7:14pm
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Libby - Enjoy it! It is a very special day. And congratulations!
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