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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
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
N4M Merchandise
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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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♥We Stitch Love Project♥
We Stitch Love is a program where we create pillowcases and other handmade items for our deployed military.
Our goal is to help these heroes have a little bit of ‘home’ while they are away from home. We are helping them with sweet dreams when they take a break.
A cooperative effort and one of the many things we volunteers do through Molly’s Adopt a Sailor. We send to MAS monthly adoption and to the hospitals for Special Hugs http://www.navyformoms.com/group/mollysadoptasailorproject/forum/to...
Email any questions, information or suggestions to westitchlove@mollysadoptasailor.com
Pillowcases can be sewn together or premade cases can be decorated with paint or tie dyed. There are several different ways to make a premade case special if you don’t sew. As long as there is love inserted through effort, they are stitched with love!
A standard size pillow is 20”x26”. Pillowcases should be at least 22”x28” or longer. The body of the pillowcase should have at least one side that is soft to sleep on and without seams where their head will rest. There are different ways to sew a pillowcase. Here are a couple different ways.
Always prewash fabric and premade cases to remove sizing and shrinkage. (Adding a little vinegar helps to soften the fabric and set the dyes)
Pillowcase video tutorial – I don’t use the accent strip but that is your choice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7moryq_ZRFY
A different version is to cut the body 24”x44” and use an 8”x44” band. Sew band to body, press seam towards band top. Stitch side and bottom of body, zigzag edges so they don’t fray. Turn inside out, press and top stitch band seam. Turn down ¼” and press, fold over a 1” hem and stitch.
Neck coolers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=293I-bux53s&feature=youtu.be
Please add labels to your boxes when shipping
For inexpensive plain (second quality manufacturers runs) visit www.pillowcase.net for large quantities of white or colored plain pillowcases to decorate.
Be sure and post pictures of your completed pillowcases and of any sewing parties.
MOST important of all.....HAVE FUN.....
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Permalink Reply by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on
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Thanks Sally! I have you down for 50 of which half are female. I'll let you know if more are needed. I hope to hear from more of our ladies as to what they can send.
We have almost half of what we need ladies, so if you haven't posted what you can send please do so!
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Permalink Reply by Mary on
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Wow ! You Moms are awesome! I have to be honest have never been on this side of things! Once things calm down, really will pull my sewing machine out of mothballs and help on this side of Molly's Adopta Sailor!
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Thanks Mary! We would love the help!
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Permalink Reply by valeriejean on
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Kim, how many more do you need? I have been working on more, and can push harder if you are still short.
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I think we are good for pillowcases right now. We were contacted by a lady who had adopted a small group from the MAS webpage. She wanted to help send pillowcases. She didn't have power for 8 days after Hurricane Sandy but said her power was back on and that she would be gathering up and sending 180 pillowcases! This is not a Navy mom but someone who just wanted to help! Man oh man we live in a great country! If anything changes, I will let you know, Just keep sewing and stashing, you never know when we will need more! I will post a listing of who and how many soon. There were several on our Facebook page that are sending also.
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Permalink Reply by Pat L. in IL on
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Oh Kim, who would have thought that only 9 days into this LARGE adoption, the pillowcases would be covered?????? Our moms and our friends are AMAZING!!!!!
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We have the best moms and friends!
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Permalink Reply by lauren on
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I have been so busy that I have only been follow by phone. I have some pillow cases ready. So if you would want some sent to some of the small groups let me know ok.
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Thanks Lauren! I will let you know!
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Permalink Reply by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on
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Oh, how I wish that someone had snapped a pic for us!! Just wanted to share this SH thank you here because of the wonderful word picture that was painted for us about the PCs they received! Enjoy...
Donna,
I am a Navy Trauma Nurse/Paramedic here in Afghanistan, and I am sending you this e-mail in great appreciation for the care packages that you and your staff of Moms have sent to us. There are no words to express to you what a blessing it was to get those packages. I must admit that the pillow cases were an especially nice gift! I wish you could see the looks on everyone’s faces as they went through the boxes. It was fun to watch the Marines and Sailors grab those pillow cases and put them quickly into their pockets, or hang them around their necks while they went through the rest of the boxes. We took the cards you sent and hung them up on our walls so that everyone who comes through here can read them and be reminded that they are cared about! Please pass onto the rest of your group how much we truly appreciate the time and effort that you all have spent in sending us such wonderful gifts!!
Thank you very much!!
Very Respectfully ,
LTJG Jxxxx Cxxx
(sniffles all around!)
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