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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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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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MINNESOTA NAVY FAMILY

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GROUP FOR FAMILIES OF MINNESOTA NAVY MEMBERS

Members: 120
Latest Activity: Feb 16, 2021

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Comment by MidwestNavyMom on March 1, 2014 at 7:19pm: Does next Saturday work to get together? I can set it up. Any feedback on where? Do people prefer the Perkins in New Brighton that we've been going to or somewhere else?

Comment by AmyS on February 28, 2014 at 10:52pm: Laura, congrats on your son's upcoming PIR! My son PIR'd on 12/02/11. We had a good drive there, the weather was beautiful when we were there and then we ended up driving home in an ice storm. I hope the weather is good for your trip but none the less you will not forget that day! My son is a nuke also so if you have any questions I will do my best to answer them. Hope to see you at one of our lunches soon.

Comment by Anchors-A-Way☆Class 1429 M on February 28, 2014 at 9:23pm: lHi MN moms! My SR is wrapping up his final week at RTC and is about to become a US Sailor! After RTC he is off to Goose Creek for Nuclear Power School.

I'm so dang proud of him. He has already changed so much, he's a man now. He's a Sailor :)

So excited to see him!!!

Comment by JJ on February 18, 2014 at 12:57am: Welcome new Moms to our group!! Keep checking in for any updates on get togethers. We would love to meet you in person!!

Comment by JJ on February 14, 2014 at 12:40am: Sounds as though we may have to skip this month! Remember that April is "Everybody's Birthday" month! Hope someone will set something up for March!!

Comment by AmyS on February 13, 2014 at 8:10pm: I can't make it the 15th, but the 22nd would work.

Comment by napstersmom on February 13, 2014 at 6:31pm: Hi JJ, I won't be able to make it this month. I want to plan a get together at the MadHatter's in Anoka, but they have moved to a new building and haven't reopened yet. Hoping they'll open in the next month or two.

Beth

Comment by JJ on February 13, 2014 at 12:31am: I can throw something together at Denny's this Saturday if I know how many people would be interested....Let me know how many would come, (more than 4) otherwise we will have to put it off until next month.

Comment by MN_MOM on February 12, 2014 at 11:53pm: Hello ladies. When is the next gathering? I would love to attend.

Comment by J Peder on February 8, 2014 at 7:09pm: Hi Everyone, I haven't been on here for awhile. Hope all is doing good.
My sailor is showing others the way to make and throw snowballs in Japan.
Too funny but I am glad he has some snow!! Of course he doesn't like the fact that his siblings got out of school so much this year.
And on the best note the Girl Scout cookies have bought and shipped.
Have a good day!!