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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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Discussion Forum
Care packages for new graduates (a school)
Started by Cali's mama. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Mar 19, 2021. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Looking for current information for my daughter on what's allowed for care packages..idk if it matters that she is in the great lakes location or not..ship 7 div 136...lonely mom with confused tears lol
Bootcamp arrival Sept 8, 2020??
Started by Stephanie0725. Last reply by Shoosh Oct 5, 2020. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hello! Got the call that my daughter made it to bootcamp quarantine last night 09/08/2020. Looking for other moms out there on the same timeline. Sadie is my baby, only daughter, and only child in the military. I think I am going to need lots of…Continue
PIR DATE: December 13, 2019
Started by Donita. Last reply by Donita Nov 5, 2019. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Anyone else’s recruit have a PIR date ofDecember 13, 2019?Continue
Arrived at boot camp October 2nd
Started by Donita. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Nov 5, 2019. 26 Replies 1 Like
Hey everyone- my daughter left for boot camp October 2nd. I missed a call from her last Friday telling me that her graduation is December 13th. I feel like the worst mom in the world for missing her call. Really didn’t expect her to call so soon but…Continue
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Comment by Anna on July 4, 2018 at 6:17pm
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JayDee,
Time seems to fly by sometimes!!! Other times it drags like flat tires on a race car!!!!
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Comment by JayDee659 on July 4, 2018 at 6:00pm
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Oops, hit enter. Today is my sailors 2nd wedding anniversary. I have no idea where the time has gone.
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Anna, that's awesome!
Happy 4th to all.
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Here is how my son celebrated his 4th of July!!!!
6 more years!!!!!!!
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Fantastic JJ and LL!!! So glad you got your letter!!
Good news Blondie!!!
Just learned that on the 4th (which is now where the Sailor Son is) he is re-enlisting - again!!!! So proud of my boy!!!
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Comment by Blondie on July 3, 2018 at 12:13pm
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Such an Exciting time for you new Navy Mom's. Glad the letters are getting through and your Spirits are being lifted. I remember those days, telling everyone you see, I got a LETTER today! Stalking the poor mailman.... My day was Thursday, of course they got to write on Sunday so by the time the mail got here it was Thur. But we didn't know this stuff then, (didn't have Navy4moms). I would read and re-read, hold and re-fold those letters! Finally I got smart and put them in protective plastic covers. LOL I saved them all and so did my daughter so we have a Wonderful Scrapbook now.
I just got back from a 2 week vacation visiting my daughter and granddaughter. A working vacation but still got to spend time with them!!!! Joe is deployed so we went out to help her for her Exam week, she had 2 oral surgeries and got a hair cut too! We got a lot done around the house, inside and outside. Every little bit helps when you have a 14 month old. and going to college. We even built Tahlia a learning tower, we put a door on it with a lock. I let hubby and daughter pick out the lock, wrong thing to do. By the 2nd day Tahlia figured it out! LOL It's a learning experience.
We had a Wonderful trip, made Great memories and a tearful good-bye. Life always gets in the way, we had to come back home. Looks like my next trip will be by air and alone. I feel bad for Hubby but can't wait to leave. LOL at last, I have a few months in first. facetime will have to do for now.
I hope you all have a Wonderful 4th and get to see or talk to your Sailors. Big Navy Mom HUGS
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Comment by LL MOM on July 3, 2018 at 6:16am
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I received my form letter today! I was in the post office and told everyone I knew that I heard from my baby. It is a small town so people were so excited for me. I can’t wait to get personal mail or a phone call!
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Comment by JJsMom on July 2, 2018 at 10:24pm
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I got the form letter today! Thank you everyone for the thoughts and reminding me to stay calm :)
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mamabear,
Have you heard from your girl by now?? I forget when it was that I finally learned exactly when graduation was.
JJsMom,
Hope you get that form letter soon. I don't want to scare you but when my daughter was in bootcamp I never got my form letter. It got lost in the mail. And that was back when they mailed the base pass with the letter. However, I was able to call RTC and get the information I needed, and we never needed a base pass cause we too a shuttle from our hotel to the base. And whenever we needed to drive her back she was with us and got us on base!! So it all worked out!!
But I hope you get your letter this week!!!!! And yes, 4th of July may delay it one more day!!!
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JJsMom I agree with Txmom, totally normal. It depends on what day she got there, what day the mail went out and where you live. I'm sure you will get it soon. Remember the 4th of July will mess with the mail schedule
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