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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:
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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Missouri Family and Friends
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A group for Navy Family and Friends from the state of Missouri with DEP or Active children
Members: 217
Latest Activity: Dec 17, 2023
Discussion Forum
St. Louis Cardinals game August 15, 2013, (Swearing in of Cardinal Company)
Started by PROUDMAMMAOF2SAILORSSHIP11DIV383. Last reply by carols_kitchen May 30, 2013. 1 Reply 1 Like
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Comment by ckmom on February 18, 2013 at 12:00pm
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I wish I would have seen you too, Cheryl!!
How is your health doing? I hope all is good!
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Comment by CherylB on February 18, 2013 at 1:41am
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Anyone ever hear from Tina? Wish she would check in and let us know she and her son are doing.
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Columbia sounds great.
I love Flat Branch! YUMMY!!
OH SORRY got side tracked.
Someone take the reins and run with it please. Hope I get to go.
April to June are crazy busy for us. Navy Mom trip, going to see son and daughter n law, new great niece (more like grandbabies) arriving so I will have 2 yr old and help mom, another vacay....probably ride the bike somewhere.
Ckmom great seeing you here. Wish I could jave seen youat your work when I was there.
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Hi all, so glad to see new members aboard.
Kelly, so good to hear from you, been awhile!!
I know it's been awhile for me too. Never knew being a grandma would change my life so much. I LOVE IT!!! I'm working and babysitting every chance I get.
My sailor son was home for Christmas over New Years, was a blast, but went way to fast. Making plans to see him over Easter, Norfolk here we come. :-))
My oldest daughter got engaged right before Christmas. Wedding is September 21st. They are having an outside wedding at Little Piney Lodge near Hermann, Mo. So exciting, she has done all the work booking everything, all she has asked from me is money so far. LOL
I would love to meet everyone in Columbia, I didn't make it to the last one. :-((
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Comment by ceej on February 17, 2013 at 1:34pm
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Leigh,
I'm in Kansas City. There is about six or eight of us that I am aware of from the Kansas City area. Four of us met for lunch last spring. At that time we talked about how much fun it might be if all of the Missouri Mom's could meet together and Columbia would be half-way for a lot of us.
Anyone else interested?
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Comment by MaggieMay on February 17, 2013 at 9:38am
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ceej - BRAVO ZULU to the new Command Master Chief!!!!!!!
Blessings to all on this beautiful Sunday!
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Comment by leigh on February 16, 2013 at 1:39pm
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where are u from ceei? I first off want to say a big thank you to all of u for the warm welcome to this group and all the advice and reassurance u have given me. I would love to find someone close to Columbia that I could talk with and meet for a close support group. i would love to meet u all someday. I am very proud of my daughter and what she is becoming. i am also proud to be a Navy mom! Thanks again to everyne for all the support. Hopefully I will get a letter today! I will keep u posted.
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ceei-I am from Columbia
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Leigh-
I forgot to ask. What part of Missouri do you live?
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Welcome Leigh!
I feel for where you are at right now. My son left for bootcamp in April 2012 and it was the hardest eight weeks ever. I really didn't anticipate it being so rough. It gets easier when the letters start to come. I missed my son's first couple of calls and saved his voicemail just so I could hear his voice. I can assure you it does get easier especially when they get to school and you can contact each other on your own terms. Skype and/or Google hangout are a must. It doesnt feel like they are so far away when you can see their face and hear their voice.
My son is a CTI and living and loving his life in Monterey, California. He has already built really strong friendships and has grown tremendously as a person in less than 12 months.
Good luck to you. Join the boot camp mom group and the division mom group. They were a great comfort to me and a great source of information.
BTW - we just got word that my husband's first cousin just made Command Master Chief yesterday!! We are one proud Navy family!
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