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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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Comment by Jaz04 on July 22, 2010 at 1:03pm: btmom, you couldn't get me to stay away from PIR. I would have to be on my death bed lol. Thanks for the info.

Comment by btmom on July 22, 2010 at 10:25am: Yes Jaz04 he will be a SeaBee, they are the construction battallions in the Navy. Are you going to PIR? It's really neat and you will be amazed at the change in your son. We went for our son's, April 30. We knew what to expect as both my husband and I are ex-Navy. Brandon's former roommate went with us and he was a little surprised in the change in Brandon.

Comment by Jaz04 on July 22, 2010 at 9:24am: btmom, I am not sure. This is all new to me. I just know he is off to MS for a-school and he is to be a BU. If you understand this more than me, please explain. Thanks, Karen

Comment by btmom on July 21, 2010 at 10:43pm: to Jaz 04, is he going to a SeaBee battallion?

Comment by Jaz04 on July 21, 2010 at 9:25pm: I am getting so excited for my sons PIR next Friday. He is off the Gulfport on the third. Excited too to hear about the new adventure from him.

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on July 21, 2010 at 10:52am: Lisa - We arrived a few days early and stayed at the Navy Lodge on base. We did get a preview of the USS Essex as Katie needed to get something from her 'rack', so we got visitor passes and tagged along. We walked up town, visited places in the Sasebo, Japan, area, tried sushi, and saw most of the base before the cruise.
The day of the cruise we could arrive as early as 7 am and they wanted us there by 8 am (unfortunately we were drenched in the rain on the walk over). We left port at 10 am. I was assigned to the female marine berthing area (lower rack) and my son to a male berthing. When I laid on my back and rested my elbow on the mattress, my finger tips touched the top of the rack. In our area there were 4 sinks, 3 toilets and 2 showers. We were served 3 meals a day with breakfast starting at 5:45 a, 10:45 a lunch and 3:45 dinner. We saw every area of the ship except for the 'restricted' areas and were able to take any pics we wanted. We saw helicopter maneuvers, LCU entering and exiting the well deck, steel beach party on the flight deck with baloon toss, fun run, Damage Control demos including fire hose barrel races; watch the big gun shoot off and then had the opportunity to shoot 3 different sized guns ourselves, went to flight control by invitation of the air boss, visited the bridge when my son was Tiger of the Day (something they do for all the kids) and had a picture taken with the captain, well deck tour, medical tour (the lab, 6 surgical rooms, ICU and sick bay), ice cream social, karoke, iron chef demo, etc. Played cards with one of her friends and Mom (who is from MI). It was wonderful just spending time with Katie and meeting people she works with, who eat the cookies I send and friends she has made!

Definitely where comfortable tennis shoes. If your son is on a carrier, it is even bigger than the amphibious assault ship. You are sure to see some airplane demos as well;)

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on July 20, 2010 at 10:17pm: Kathy B - you'll have to report back after your trip to Baton Rouge. When we were on Katie's ship, we went up into flight controls by invitation of the Air Boss. Amongst other things, he said helicopter pilots are the best. Didn't ask, but figured he was one by his remark.

The Gator cruise was great! We left port at 10 AM on Wed and disembarked after Noon on Saturday. What an experience!

Comment by btmom on July 14, 2010 at 10:04am: thanks for all the welcomes. Both my husband and I are ex-Navy. It has been a lot of years ago but in a lot of ways things are similar to when we were there. Boot camp, etc. very similar. However it does seem they keep a tighter rein on them in A school, at least at Corpsman school they do.

Comment by ShelbyCoreena on July 13, 2010 at 7:23am: Welcome aboard btmom. We have a lot of good conversations in this group. Hope to see you at the M&G in Muskegon. Thanks everyone for spreading the word. Let your local recruiters know also.
Got an email from my sailor.It contained and I quote, "here's my new email ******." Not, I love you Mom or I'm doing good. O Well, got to love them. LOL

Comment by btmom on July 12, 2010 at 8:10pm: thanks Marianne, good chance I may know some of your friends, I sell real estate here so know a lot of the Camp Arcadia visitors. I spent 18 months in Okinawa myself when I served in the Navy.