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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:

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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KS NAVY MOMS

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For all of us from KS with sailors....

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Latest Activity: Jan 14, 2017

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Comment by SherryBerry on March 15, 2011 at 12:30pm: Unfortunately, my son is 24 year old. He's been out on his own for a few years, and I don't know who his recruiter is. I'm not going to play the woe-is-me card. He said he'd keep in touch, and I believe him. I'm just a little disappointed that I'm not further up on the list than I thought I'd be. Well, he knows that I love him, and he knows that I'm always here for him, and that's what matters. This will work out in time. Thanks everyone! Oh, those boot camp videos were great!

Comment by SherryBerry on March 12, 2011 at 11:01pm: Okay, I found out from another family member that my son made his telephone calls to his dad and sent the box to his dad. I also found out that he'll be graduating on April 8 and leaving on April 9. Unfortunately, I am not yet privy to my son's address. I've got to figure out how to make this work for everyone.

Comment by YMM (Ship 12 Div 98) on March 5, 2011 at 9:56pm: This was posted on the TSC Facebook wall 15 minutes ago. Here's everyone's chance to be heard.

Training Support Center (TSC) Great Lakes I am trying to determine what people have been told by whom. It is not my intent to affect people who were told they would have liberty. I need to know who told them. The new plan will go in affect but I did not want to impact people with plans. Still working this. Talk to me folks. Who told your sailor they would have liberty.

Comment by SherryBerry on February 25, 2011 at 6:27pm: My son left Kansas City on February 9th, but I haven't received any mail or telephone calls. Would someone call me if he became ill or injured?

Comment by SherryBerry on February 21, 2011 at 4:22pm: How will I know when my sailor's PIR date is?

Comment by SherryBerry on February 14, 2011 at 1:35pm: I live in Overland Park, KS. During the week, I'm a student at JCCC, and on weekends, I work at a hospital in KCMO.

Comment by SherryBerry on February 13, 2011 at 11:40pm: YMM, thank you so much for the encouragement. I look forward to making new friends here.

Comment by YMM (Ship 12 Div 98) on February 13, 2011 at 11:38pm: SherryBerry, I think if you go on the chat, you'll find moms who have gone through divorce. They are very good about answering questions and giving suggestions.

There is a PIR Reference Information group with lots of information. http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pirreferenceinformation?xg_source=...

Also check out the RTC site: http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/index.asp and their Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/NavyRecruitTrainingCommand

As soon as you know your son's PIR date, join the group that will be formed.

Take care!

Comment by SherryBerry on February 13, 2011 at 11:36pm: Marty, thanks for your note. We'll see how it goes!

Comment by SherryBerry on February 11, 2011 at 8:08pm: I'm not sure how this graduation thing is going to work out for divorced parents. My son's father and I don't talk to each other; he lives in Mississippi. Since I didn't get a call from my son when he got to Illinois, I'm assuming that he called his father. I didn't even know boot camps had graduation because when my oldest was at Lackland AFB, he never told me about it or called or wrote or anything. Are there any divorced parents here? How's it working for you?