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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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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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Group for moms who are in Maryland.

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Comment by lori on August 9, 2011 at 12:30pm: Kwtracey- that will be a really good time of the year to go for PIR. Any word form your daughter yet? Have you received the box of her stuff yet?

Ours was on Memorial Day weekend and the weather was really nice. What a difference a month makes Joanne!

Comment by kwtracey on August 9, 2011 at 12:24pm: She left on July 25. She has 37 days left. We have a gps, I'll be sure to take it. It has all the maps for the US, so we should be ok at Great Lakes.

Comment by lori on August 9, 2011 at 12:17pm: If you're not exhausted you could make it to the M&G. I think it starts at 7? Could be wrong on the time cause that was over a year ago. But the other ladies will know and someone will be "in charge" of organizing it.

Remember to pack your GPS [ if you have one if not borrow one] as it was the single most important thing we brought with us. Invaluable.

How long has your daughter been gone now?

Comment by kwtracey on August 9, 2011 at 12:05pm: We will be arriving at Midway at about 4pm, renting a car and then checking in at Holiday Inn Express in Waukegan

Comment by lori on August 9, 2011 at 11:54am: Is your PIR on friday morning? The Ramada has been doing a "Meet and Greet" for a long time now. The ladies [ and some men] who have been in contact throughout the boot camp weeks like to "find" each other but it is open to all Navy guests coming to see their child graduate. I was in charge of making something [ corsages in our case] to distinguish who was who and what div their child was in. So much fun. What time will you arrive and where will you be staying?

Comment by kwtracey on August 9, 2011 at 10:26am: They have a meet and greet the day before PIR? Oh no! We won't be arriving until Thursday evening.

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on August 9, 2011 at 9:49am: Cindy, we missed you, but understand that you have a lot going on right now. ((Hugs)) Can't wait for the next time.

kwtracey, Lori is right, Dianne is awesome! Just ask away on your PIR page and she will know the answer. If she doesn't, she will do everything she can to find it for you. I have been helping her with the PIR groups, so you will probably see me on there too. :)

Comment by lori on August 9, 2011 at 9:07am: kwtracey- I looked at your post and noticed that Dianne was listed as a friend. We've known each other for a long time now and have met. She is a wealth of knowledge and will help you with anything she can. She's a great person to ask questions of. We talk pretty regularly and she got me through a lot of tough problems [ not just Navy ones] so you couldn't have a better person on NM than her!

You already have a PIR date? That's great. Like Betsy said that is where you will hang out the most. You will find other moms hopefully from your daughter's div. When you get that first letter, kid in a box, phone call, they will all be on that site asking who else got theirs. And if you go to the Meet and Greet the day before the PIR you will get to meet the moms you have been talking to. What a memory I have of that time!

Cindy- wish you could have made it! Hope the move is going well. Hard to believe Heather is off to school soon. You going to be ok?

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on August 8, 2011 at 11:20pm: kwtracey, it is a little bit overwhelming on the boot camp group, but as soon as you have your daughter's graduation date, you will be able to join a group just for your graduation. That group will also have discussion pages and discussion just for your daughter's division as well. They will have a wealth of helpful information. It is a little easier to follow. It really is a lot of fun and helpful to also take part in a group with parents going through the same things as you are.