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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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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:

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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Undesignated...What's Up With That?

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A place for Moms of Undesignated Sailors to share concerns and support each other.

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Comment by LynB on October 19, 2010 at 6:28am: Hi Lori - my son just went through this. He did PIR on Sept 10, stayed in GL for Seamanship School and is on his way to his first station in Coronado CA even as I type. He did have 5 days leave in there, and has been given 10 days to get from GL, to TN to pick up his car and arrange his affairs and collect some stuff, and is driving out to CA to report on Oct 26th. So...all told 5 weeks from PIR to on the road.

Also, fyi, my kid moved ships 3 times in that 5 weeks at GL due to logistics, so if you're still sending mail you may want to stop till he's somewhere more permanent. I'm waiting till he makes it to CA to send any more mail.

Comment by CrackerjackMom on October 19, 2010 at 2:50am: Yes, great to hear from you Pete.

Comment by lori_proud mom on October 18, 2010 at 10:15pm: Thanks CrackerjackMom!! I just hoped they would explain more to him!! Trying keep him to hang in there!!

Comment by CrackerjackMom on October 18, 2010 at 9:45pm: Welcome Lori, If your son is staying in Great Lakes for basic Seamanship he will start when a class has space. Then he would be there for about 2.5 weeks of school, and then be home for a leave before he is to report to where ever his orders are for.

As far as striking for a job, he will have to stay undesignated for a while and then it all depends on what he is eligible for and what jobs are to him. He should get together with his counselor when he gets to his command. They will give him all the information.

Hang in there, we are here for you.

Comment by lori_proud mom on October 18, 2010 at 9:21pm: Does anyone know how long a sailor will be at GL after PIR before they are sent on first assignment? Also any recommendations for sailor to strike for a job? I'm still trying to understand how this works and I don't think my sailor does either. He feels he's in limbo and not getting much communication yet. Maybe it's to soon after PIR.

Comment by msmom on October 15, 2010 at 10:46pm: Thanks Arwen! Checked out the site and regained a bit of my comfort level that some news is available. Even if the news is not about my sons ship today._

Comment by ladypinkhatter on October 15, 2010 at 9:43pm: Thank you Arwen. That very informative and I always learn something new when you posts. Have a great weekend!

Comment by Arwen on October 15, 2010 at 9:05pm: Re: OPSEC, what you can and cannot say

Yes, you are allowed to say the name of your ship, and any information that is publicly available.

For example, if the Navy has already released that information as a press release, or photos of the activity, you can talk about anything the Navy has already released.

For example, the Navy has put out press releases about the fact that the USS Denver (my son's ship) and other ships in his group are currently in the Philippines doing exercises with the Philippine Navy. They posted it with pictures and details about the operation. It's a major PR event for the Navy. The Navy even posted pictures of the ships at the Subic Bay pier. You can find details here.

Similarly, if the Navy has announced that certain ships will be at Fleet Week, etc, that's okay.

I simply do a Google news search each day and check the 7th Fleet website to see if there is anything about the Denver. You would check the 3rd Fleet website for San Diego-based ship news.

Anything you find on official Navy websites you can talk about.

However, if you haven't already seen it in the news and can't find it on the ship or fleet website, you can assume you should not talk about it.

Just use common sense.

Re: USS Cleveland
The USS Cleveland is scheduled to be decommissioned next year (2011). At some point he will be asked if he wants to be on the decommissioning crew (which is hard work but it would keep him ashore until all of the work is complete) or go to another command.

The USS Denver is also scheduled for decommissioning, in 2013.

Comment by ProudMomof4 on October 15, 2010 at 7:36pm: USS Cleveland. I guess it is in SD for now and it is an old ship, that's all I could find out.

Comment by CrackerjackMom on October 15, 2010 at 7:05pm: Welcome ProudMomof4, You live just up the road from me. I'm in Wilton.
Yes, It is alright to say the name of your sons ship.

Glad everyone else seems to be doing well here and moving along in the right direction.

Tara got her PTS approved, so she can reenlist next year. She was very happy to get that news, and so was I. Big sigh of relief!!!