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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.
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- Graduation Info
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Undesignated...What's Up With That?
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A place for Moms of Undesignated Sailors to share concerns and support each other.
Members: 458
Latest Activity: Jul 17, 2022
Discussion Forum
Nothing Wrong with Undesignated Sailor!
Started by David B. Last reply by NavyBrat Oct 29, 2017. 55 Replies 17 Likes
So I am freaking out a bit!
Started by tracemc. Last reply by NavyBrat Oct 29, 2017. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Undes 2017
Started by Melissagonavy. Last reply by NavyBrat Oct 29, 2017. 8 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by CrackerjackMom on November 6, 2010 at 1:14pm
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Hi Julie, how are things going with you? Seems life is just getting in the way these days. Hope all is good with you and your sailor.
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Just want to say Welcome to Olivia's mom. We are here and ready to answer questions or just listen.
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Comment by Arwen on November 4, 2010 at 12:09pm
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Chris is pretty well convinced that if he waits 18 months and is sponsored by an IT, he can try for IT again (he washed out with less than a day of work remaining - ran out of time). He's been hanging around their division, and has helped out with tech stuff around his own division. I sure hope he's right, he seems to have his heart set on this.
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Comment by momof3 on November 4, 2010 at 9:19am
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Temporary Holding Unit...still on the Great Lakes boot camp base...
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Comment by LynB on November 4, 2010 at 8:39am
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Momof2 - what is THU? And just to let you know your son is not alone with the "not moving along", my son has arrived at his station in Coronado with Seabee Battalion One and while his group is deploying to two very cool locations in the New Year he can't go with them because they can't process his paperwork in time...two months is not long enough...so he'll be staying behind.
We are ALL learning patience together :-) The bonus is that he likes San Diego, has evenings and weekends off, and is saving money. And he is indeed chipping paint. Still, its early days. This can't last forever despite all feelings otherwise.
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So we are still..waiting...my son is in the THU and is very frustrated at the way things are not moving along...All I can tell him is to be patient ( I feel useless) He just wants to move across the street and get out of there!
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Michele, don't forget that it takes young men longer to mature than women. Be patient, eventually he will get there. I was thrilled that Chris managed to start acting like an adult at age 20, I was figuring it would take till he was 25, soonest.
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Comment by micheles3 on November 2, 2010 at 8:13am
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Hi Arwen, I'm waiting for the same thing, A school and boot camp didn't really produce the changes I had hoped for. My son is on his first deployment and I'm hoping that the fleet will produce the mature and respectful man I know my son can be. Heres to keeping my fingers crossed!!!!
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Hi all,,just got back from son PIR this past weekend..and after some confusion (on my part) find that he is undesignated...so now I am lurking around for some info and am waiting to hear from him as to what is next?! THank you already for all the great info.
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Gah! I actually had a nightmare about my son this week....dreamed I got a call from him saying that nobody told him that as an undesignated sailor he isn't allowed to wear the uniforms he bought...he can only wear coveralls. Just goes to show that even making the best of it doesn't allay all the fears. They can still get you when you're asleep!
Pete - I hope the guy above you likes his posting!
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