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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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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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Comment by pbmcdaniel on February 16, 2015 at 8:31pm: Rita,

Hi Moms is not really a come and go event. There was a bit of confusion on the starting time. We arrrived abt 45 mins after it started. There was a cocktail hour with a nice slide show of the OCS experience followed by presentations and awards.

Comment by aggiemom on February 7, 2015 at 9:40pm: Hey Sylvas I'm right up the road from you in Denton. Lurk more than post, my son is a SNA in Kingsville.

Comment by M's mom on February 5, 2015 at 9:57pm: Rita & Sylvas: As Marmie wrote, the candidates themselves decide on what they want for the Hi Moms and they pay for each of their guests. Some have a full meal at the Officer's Club, some have a party off-base. My son's class had appetizers and a cash bar at a historic downtown Newport hotel. We had plenty to eat so we didn't go to dinner afterwards. They usually introduce the officers and drill instructors and give out some awards and show a funny class video the candidates make about the OCS experience. As Marmie also wrote, your candidate will have to submit a list of names of everyone coming to graduation about three weeks before, and the gate guards will have the list for cross-checking, so no last minute changes! Every adult in your car going into the base must have a photo ID to show the guard and the name must be on the list, so be prepared for this!!!! All military bases are on tight security these days, and necessarily so.

Comment by Rita on February 5, 2015 at 9:30pm: NE of Dallas in Commerce, Tx. I had to stop and look up where you are Sylvas. We are about 1 1/2 hours apart! Small world.

Comment by JediGrey on February 5, 2015 at 9:26pm: Oh, Rita. I had to laugh about the shoveling. My husband and I both grew up in snow country and did our share of shoveling. My son has not said a word about it though. We are north of Dallas, in Highland Village. How about you?

Comment by Rita on February 5, 2015 at 9:23pm: Wow, thanks pbmcdaniel. We will make sure to do that. Is it a come and go event?

Comment by Rita on February 5, 2015 at 9:21pm: Hi Sylvas, I got a letter from my son this week. He explained: "that all 4 classes have been split in 6 parts and those parts have an hour of duty each so we can shovel 24/7" Where in Texas are you from? We are in Texas as well.

Comment by JediGrey on February 5, 2015 at 8:19pm: I've been watching this thread with great interest. My "Hi Mom's" is just 3 weeks from today! Finally got a picture of my son in his dress blues! He is so happy about getting his Candio boxes today! It has been brutal on my Texas boy with all the blizzards. I don't think he ever wants to see another snow flake as long as he lives!

Comment by pbmcdaniel on February 5, 2015 at 8:13pm: Rita,

Arrive early for Hi, Moms. Our was supposed to be heavy appetizers, but the food was gone by the time we arrived. Ended up eating out afterwards. Still a wonderful time meeting new friends and connecting faces to the names we had heard about.

Comment by Rita on February 5, 2015 at 7:07pm: Cool, thanks! Good tip on who's coming along. I've always heard of the "O" Club. It will be fun to see the inside of one.