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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.)
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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 JM-ISmomx2 on September 21, 2009 at 7:44pm
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Wish me luck it has been a crazy frustrating day.
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Hello ladies, How to explain.BC party this weekend, went fabulious. Too busy to get on line and currently no time to read back 20 pages. I AM ON A MISSION. Ok daughter has gone down to MEPS in San Diego, lousy recruiter!!!!!! Daughter went with only clothes on her back, less things to send home. Found out after she got there that she will do all her medical tomorrow and won't even fly out to GL until Wednesday. Daughter is stressing and hates the idea that she will spend 3 days in the same clothes. Not happy mama bear right now. So I am just about on my way to spend 2 hours plus on a CA freeway at rush hour. No a happy camper!!! But you know us moms, we would do anything for our kids. Don't know if she will approve but I plan on staying the night and watching her swear in tomorrow.
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Comment by Anna on September 21, 2009 at 7:23pm
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Good night Blondie!!
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Pat.
I agree with you also. And if it isn't MS than let's figure out what it is and get it treated!! Having constant pain like that can just get on your nerves after awhile also. You can't enjoy anything else going on around you if all you do is hurt. Prayers are being sent for wisdom of the doctors to find out what's wrong!!
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Blondie,
Wait you said Oct 24, this Thursday!!! Is it Oct or September??
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Hello everyone - glad to see everyone is doing ok - except our dear Jenn (who I think we've all adopted!!) Pat, you know I am keeping her in my prayers. You don't live near a military base do you? If so, maybe Jenn could come home and go see another doctor. I wonder if even there in Balboa if she could get a second opinion? I pray they can learn something soon!!!
I got such a chuckle from the comments about all us old ladies - and I'd be one of those also!! We could always change our logo picture to a pink rocking chair!!!
Joanne,
I'm happy your cousins husband is back on US soil. Will he be stateside for good now or will he possibly be going back over? On one of my other groups a Mom posted not too long ago that her son was going back over there somewhere. And I thing WA state is far away!!!
Blondie,
So glad you got back to us this morning
Sherry James,
Good to see you here
And hello NavyMomXXXY,
Thank you for helping out Barb!!
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Comment by Sherry James on September 21, 2009 at 1:45pm
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Hi all,
NavyMomBarb ~ I would caution your daughter to not be so quick to judge the Navy experience based on one person -or even two or three. While there is certainly some truth to what she has heard about there being challenges/difficulties in balancing the military lifestyle with marriage/children, honestly what career life doen't have some challenges. A few moms have already written of the great value of a college education and one that is debt free is ...well, almost priceless and nothing to sneeze at, so to speak.
Personally, I think that five years of virtually invaluable military (one of our best corporations) is a VERY small price to pay for a good college education AND one of the toughest & most vast work experiences she could ever receive, but then again, it is NOT for the faint of heart or for everyone (not unlike many good opportunities).
If this is your daughter's plebe (first) year you should explain to her that it DOES get better, though usually not easy, but better! For this year she is at the bottom of the rung in pecking order and she will be made to know it but she will eventually move up and move on. My experience is based on my daughter, who is both an USNA grad (go Navy) and a female Naval Officer that has been on the job for over a year. Also I have helped other young ladies from my area go through the Academy.
Barb, since we are friends already, please feel free to contact me by post or PM to discuss more specifics if you would like my thoughts.
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Good night everyone!!
Tomorrow is a brand new day!!!
Pat (Mom of Jenn) - praying for some good news for Jenn tomorrow!!!
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Good night Linda!!!
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Linda,
I agree - I think everyone else has taken the weekend off.
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