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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
Navy Speak
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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"Maine"iac Sailor Moms
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If you have a sailor born and raised in the Dirigo state, step up and join here. HOOYAH!
Members: 21
Latest Activity: Nov 6, 2017
Discussion Forum
Nuke A School FAQ
Started by NF Mom. Last reply by NF Mom Feb 25, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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Comment by Syndi on March 11, 2012 at 8:08pm
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I volunteer at the Viles Arboretum and if anybody in the area needs to fill some time we need volunteers for facepainting and assisting during the Hunt on Easter Sunday. This is our 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt-last year we had 200 children participate and we anticipate the same this year. We also need candy, baskets,basket grass and egg dye.
We also need a computer savey person who can set up a system for us to stream live onto the web page events that occur here. And anyone who wants to just help out at a nature center.
WE ALSO INVITE YOU TO COME PLAY IN OUR MUSIC SESSION OR COME LISTEN TO SOME GOOD MUSIC!
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Comment by cathie on February 14, 2012 at 2:31pm
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Happy Valentines day to you too!
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Happy Valentine's Day to all you Moms!
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Comment by MEsailormom on February 14, 2012 at 1:24pm
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Hi Ladies....I too thought I must be the only Maine Sailor Mom. Warming up here in Camden. Happy Valentines Day. I have grown used to my son getting his holiday gifts and cards sometime well after the holiday. The Navy way but tough for the traditional Mom.
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Hi Tina, It is cold here in Lewiston!! I believe it will be warming up though. Keeping my fingers crossed. I see you have a sailor and you survived boot camp. Congratulations!
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Comment by Tina on February 14, 2012 at 9:33am
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Wow finally a little activity on this group in Maine. I really felt like I was the only 1 !
Hope everyone is keeping warm????
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At the top of this page there in a member count...47 right now but it had not been very active. Keep hoping there will be somebody nearby to chat with. I flew Frontier I believe. It was much cheaper than to O'Hare. I left out of Boston as I picked up my parents on the way. My ex husband got a similar flight out of Portland. It was 40 minutes South on an easy highway right into Great Lakes. No Chicago craziness. The ability to change the flights is tempting as all sorts of Navy things may change the schedule. We went off without a hitch but many kids have delays or are sent home. As I said BC was very hard for me.
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MEsailormom..Where did you fly out of and which airline? Those "wanna get away" tickets seem too good to be true. My husband swears they are legit and the way to go. They do have free flight change but are non refundable. We can change but not cancel is how I look at that.
How can you tell how many members are in the forum?
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@ Cathie...I flew into Milwaukee...cheaper and so easy to get to Great Lakes from there. Got that tip from an N4M member. Yes you will have your chance to see the toboggan races again. Annual event.
@mainemom....we should but I don't know of it happening. There are not many of us Maine members. My son says everybody is from Texas or California or the deep South.
Stay warm!!!
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