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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
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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 Cheryl Proud to be Allen's Mom on March 27, 2009 at 8:59pm
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You ladies are making me cry with your comments of the phone calls from your son's. I totally understand what it is like to wait for that phone call because you don't know when you will be able to talk to them again. Deb, I had the same situation when my son was in BC about not wanting to miss the call while at work. I work in a preschool/daycare and we could get fired if we are using our cell at work. My co-workers & the Director were very understanding when I got a call from Allen. They allowed me to bend the rules and take whatever call I got from him. Chris~Tony it is awesome that your son could call from Iraq on his birthday. You are both in my prayers as is everybody on this website & the sailors.
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Comment by Paulette,Rob's Mom on March 26, 2009 at 5:12pm
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Nancy, Go to the group "sub moms" there are some awesome picturs of the Hartford. If you go into the discussion titled photographs there are also some very awesome pictures of the USS Annapolis sub at the artic circle. One of the dads is a former suber and he has a wealth of information on the operations of the subs and all. It is very comforting. Robert is still in sub school down at Kings Bay but I worry still I know it is what he wants to do, that and walk on Mars if he can get into NASA so I think subs are better.
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Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on March 24, 2009 at 10:40am
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I miss shopping at Briarwood mall!!! Old enough to remember...opening day!
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Hi Sheila, Great to have you in the group. We are having a get together on June 27th in frankenmuth for all of the Michigan mom ( and dads and all who can come). go to the events page and opull up June. Maybe by then it will not be snowing. What does your son do in the Navy? Is he deployed at the moment? My son Rob is in sub school down in Kings Bay, GA. he will be a missel tech when he is done with this class. then he will be on a boomer. Very proud of him but miss him very much. well hope to see you in June and again welcome to the group.
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Comment by Squid's Mom - Rehne' on March 17, 2009 at 10:37pm
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It was wonderful to meet all of you at Nello's, Such an enjoyable group of Mom's and Dad. i am looking forward to our next meeting.
Dawn, you are so wright about the Twins. Aren't they handsome!! I am very glad you were able to see them before they went to NC. thank you again for taking their cookies to them. GO NAVY!!!!! & SEMPER-FI !!!!!
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For all of our Irish spirited members...
I'll be cooking corn beef and cabbage at our house today!
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Wonderful Joyce, I know you were happy to get that phone call.
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Good morning Michigan mommas ---Hope I am not too late in adding some birthday wishes for Sheri and Penny.
Generally when they take their photos at boot camp, the recruits are giving the option of ordering a yearbook (called the Keel) and a dvd of the ceremony. Both are shipped later to their home of record. The Keel has some "canned" photos covering life at boot camp but it also has individual photos of your recruits division as well as their "brother" division with their names and hometown spelled out. The DVD is from their PIR - I'm not sure what the individual costs are of these two items but I think they are great keepsakes from boot camp days.
Joyce - hope things are going well for Donnie. It is good that the Navy is making the investment and providing him with a little more schooling, Obviously they see a great sailor in the making!
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Oh Penny, I know you are counting the hours until you can see that sailor! He will be going thru battle stations sometime this week and then they generally earn a ONE hour phone call to let all their family know...they are now SAILORS! Yes, if he is not leaving the boot camp side - he won't be able to take anything back to his ship. That's unfortunate as then you have the shipping expense but like you said...rules are the rules. You will find while at his PIR, these new sailors are very much all about following the rules. It is amazing the changes in the new sailors in just eight weeks - and it's all good!
They do not get to come home while waiting for A school!!! His first trip home will be after A school (depending on what his orders call from after A) the Navy knows how to keep sailors busy while on hold.......how the heck do you think those floors stay so shiny?!!! LOL Where is he heading to school Penny?
Oh Dee - I hope that I have your strength when my time comes. Thinking of you from afar this week!
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Sounds like a great day for many!
Welcome Theresa, like you - former Michigander but it will always be home and I am hoping to make it back for the gathering in Frankenmuth in June :-D
Marianne - I sent you a note about katie's new ship, etc. Sasebo is beautiful and I know a few others on the ship...it's a long way from home but it's a great place.
Sheri, sounds like Sarah is off to a great start - congrats to her on passing that fitness test!
Joyce and Lori...are you doing okay so far with your recruits at boot camp? It gets easier once their letters start arriving.
I wish I'd get a letter, or a phone call or an email from my son! He hit the one year anniversary mark last week with the Navy and he has been great all year about calling/texting/mailing but he is in C school now and is in classes until midnight and we just don't hear from him as much...got spoiled while he was in A school! He did call long enough today to say...call you this weekend!
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