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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 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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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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MINNESOTA NAVY FAMILY

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GROUP FOR FAMILIES OF MINNESOTA NAVY MEMBERS

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Latest Activity: Feb 16, 2021

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Comment by JJ on August 12, 2010 at 8:40pm: Two more days to the get together!! Can't wait. I'm bring pictures!

Comment by MidwestNavyMom on August 10, 2010 at 10:38pm: I was going to try to make it Saturday but don't know because our youngest son has try-outs from 2-4. You do it monthly correct? For those of you who have done the PIR thing, any hotel recommendations? Did you drive or fly?

Comment by JJ on August 10, 2010 at 11:37am: We will miss you as well. We'll try to catch up next month. Enjoy your time with Alek

Comment by carol on August 10, 2010 at 10:55am: Amanda, sorry you can't make it, but ENJOY the weekend with Alek!!!!!!!!!!!!
Safe travels.

Comment by carol on August 8, 2010 at 9:50pm: Sounds like a good one, JJ. Can't wait to see it.

Comment by JJ on August 7, 2010 at 9:32pm: Recieved an awesome picture of Eric on deck with Baby Kate!! Will bring it to the get together. It is a very POWERFUL photo. I only wished that Eric had his uniform on. I will take whatever I can get at this point.

Comment by carol on August 7, 2010 at 2:47pm: Good for you! Start planning for the 24th. The PIR is a great experience.

Comment by MidwestNavyMom on August 7, 2010 at 1:09pm: We got "the letter" today! I feel so much better. His tone sounded good even though he's been there 3 days and slept 6 hours. He said the food is really good:-) You wouldn't know it by looking at him, but he likes to eat. He said he loved us...so good to read that! Graduates 9/24.

Comment by carol on August 6, 2010 at 5:44pm: My other son opened the box, so I wasn't too emotional. It hit me with his first real letter, I was home alone, and I cried, and then a commercial came on for Navy4Moms. It's a wonder that I even paid attention to the commercial and figured it out! :) That's the day I started. It's been great!

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on August 6, 2010 at 5:24pm: Wow! I remember when Spencer went through BC. It was 3 years ago August 1. Times flies. I remember being in the place where I wanted more info and couldn't get any. And when that box showed up - I didn't know it was coming. It must have slipped my mind. I opened it and realized what was in it!!! Thank goodness for this website - I belong to a couple different groups and all of them have helped me through the process. I still have questions and still come to the different groups to get my questions answered.