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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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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Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it . You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

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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 CathieRenee on August 26, 2010 at 9:25pm: Ruth...DEMERITS for saying the "snow" word!
My son has the Expert Marksmans ribbons for both rifle and pistol. He has discovered that he likes shooting. We're still waiting to see if his leave will be approved. It's 20 months now since the last time he was home.

Comment by Lorraine on August 26, 2010 at 9:08pm: Sharon, my son was 19 going on 20 when he went to BC in 2009. I always felt like I'd given him a lot of freedom but he was still anxious to exert his independence. So don't stress about this change in his life - the Navy will take good care of Diego! And God will be watching over you both the entire time.

Comment by Sharon ~ K's Mom on August 26, 2010 at 2:35pm: You are all so funny................the stories you share make me laugh and right now I need to do that. I am getting stressed that we have less than 30 days to go. I want things to go smooth and work out great for Diego. He has been on vacation in Hilton Head, S.C. all week, due home tomorrow evening to watch his younger brother play in his first varsity football game. Hubby will be there as we have to split things again as I have a cousin's wedding reception. I pray that God take this stress away and put peace there instead. Keep the stories coming!!!!

Comment by Kim on August 26, 2010 at 2:17pm: Ruth, my son qualified as Sharp Shooter, so I was happy all those years playing X-box finally paid off, haha. We are loving the cooler weather too. I'm sending you a PM too.

Comment by Jaz04 on August 26, 2010 at 7:52am: Ruth, that is so great! I talked with my son last night. He is doing wonderful, adjusting to MS weather ok. He is placing first in his class so far. He says he has no plans on letting up on the group either. He dreams of a cool Michigan night.

Comment by Lorraine on August 25, 2010 at 10:50pm: Ruth, you have a great marksman in the family. Now knock off that talk about "snow clouds." :-)

Comment by Lorraine on August 23, 2010 at 9:42pm: Welcome Cheryl S. Hope to meet you sometime at a Michigan meet and greet. We just had one in Muskegon. I think anyone can set something up. I'm in middle lower Michigan about 30 miles north of Indiana.

Comment by CathieRenee on August 16, 2010 at 10:01pm: It was great meeting everyone at the Meet & Greet last Saturday. Thank you Shelby!
Welcome to the new moms and wives!

Comment by Sharon ~ K's Mom on August 16, 2010 at 9:46pm: Diego's friend, Ryan is heading to BC on Wednesday. We went to their house tonight for a bit to spend some time with them. He and his mom are pretty stressed, she is not ready to let him go. Diego will go to the hotel tomorrow night and go to dinner with them and help Ryan not be so stressed. Ryan's mom is not much for computers, I have tried to get her to come here. Ry's girlfriend may join us, I told her that it would help her so much. We will see. Diego has one month before he heads to BC. He got a new Recruiter and she has changed things that we were told we could do. We are pretty bummed that we won't be doing what we thought we could, but we will get through it. The month will fly by and it will be my turn to share that my son is in BC.

Comment by btmom on August 16, 2010 at 8:16pm: Ruth, tried to add my name to the Michigan County map, what am I doing wrong?? I swear the older I get the more computer illerate I get????