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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**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:

RTC Graduation

**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.

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Seeking all Michigan Moms!!!!!!!! Got a question... want to chat with others from Michigan.. Moms, then join us!!!!!

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Latest Activity: Jun 20

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RED CROSS CONTACT INFO:

In the event of an emergency within the sailor’s family, where you feel the sailor must be notified and considered for Emergency Leave, you must notify the American Red Cross through the national headquarters in Washington, DC (1-877-272-7337) or via their website www.redcross.org.

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Comment by Lorraine on February 23, 2014 at 7:13pm: Welcome, Grandma Nana, PIR is inspiring and emotional so take the tissues and just enjoy your time with your sailor. My sailor has been in since Feb 2009 and signed on for 3 years beyond his 6 so he's in until 2018. He is a nuke sailor on a submarine. Be watchful of our meetups in the Grand Rapids area when the weather improves. Hope you can join us!

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on February 23, 2014 at 7:10pm: Colleen - How disappointing after ALL that time and effort that you put into the quilt. Someone was very fortunate to get such a TREASURE for so little.

So glad you were able to spend time with Uli, your nephew and family on your trip.

Come on now, Colleen, tell us how you really feel about winter! Our subdivision still has a lot of ice on the roads and people are parking a foot off the curb and no sign of it melting this week.

Comment by Colleen on February 23, 2014 at 6:58pm: Welcome Grandma nana!

Made the trip to A2. The roads were okay after Lowell going east. My quilt only went for $150. That's what my material costs were. They didn't put it in the live auction. They said they had enough "big" things for the live part and they weren't sure if the quilt would stir up "big" interest since it's kind of a nitch thing. My cousin didn't push it. So, I'm not sure if I want to invest 200 hours in making a quilt like that again. I had a good time with family. Found Ann Arbor Sewing Store or Quilt Shop (not sure of the exact name) on Jackson Rd. Holy Moly! Cathie Renee, we have got to go there! I have never seen so many batiks in all my life! Hundreds of them! My eyeballs fell out of my head. I also visited my nephew. He & his girlfriend had a baby last week. And I saw Uli, everybody! She lives about 5 miles from my nephew! It was so good to see her.

I'm not happy about the weather forecast for this week. Come on, it's almost March. Melt this crap!

Comment by tysmom on February 23, 2014 at 5:08pm: Welcome Grandma nana. I live in Jenison. My sailor is on a sub that is stationed at Pearl Harbor. Been is almost 3 yrs. Wow, where has that time gone?!?. Welcome to the journey of a lifetime....it is a roller coaster ride.....

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on February 23, 2014 at 12:53pm: Grandma nana - Nice to meet you! preBUDs wow! It is nice that he knows someone else going thru the same things.

Hudsonville - that is where our high school was for their State Track finals in 2013 that my youngest son participated.

Comment by Grandma nana on February 23, 2014 at 12:07pm: morning ladies, I've been reading these comments since my son left for boot camp on Jan 14. Time for me to introduce myself. We live in Hudsonville and he is our youngest of three children. His best friend and high school buddy is two months ahead of him in A school - preBUDS...mine will be heading there also after PIR on March 14. We are lucky to be able to have his buddy escort us around the base when we get there in 18 day!!!! Patiently waiting for SPRING, diana

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on February 21, 2014 at 10:54am: Colleen - After the wind advisory of today ends, it should be sunny and 30s Saturday. Back roads are bad - terrible job of plowing, like our subdivision. Excessive potholes everywhere!!!

Comment by Lorraine on February 21, 2014 at 9:57am: Other than a wind advisory for practically all of Michigan, including A2, there isn't supposed to be any significant snow today, just flurries. It's supposed to be mostly sunny around 5 pm. Accuweather says windy with clouds and sun on Saturday and only 3% precipitation. Winds will be calmer. Looks like the type of weather I would chance either late this afternoon or tomorrow. Good luck!

Comment by Colleen on February 21, 2014 at 5:28am: What's it like now? What's the forecast for today? fShould I leave this afternoon or tomorrow morning?

Comment by Lorraine on February 21, 2014 at 1:22am: Colleen, I hope you make it to A2 to see the quilt auction. Good thing you didn't have to got Thursday. What a day!