This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
FIRST TIME HERE?
FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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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Comment by MomLovesRyan Ship 09 Div 266 on June 22, 2013 at 9:48pm
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Hi NavyMom292! I am new to all of this. My son is in BC right now. His PIR is July 19th. I have a couple of questions for you, though. (And, please excuse my Navy lingo - I'm not up on all of it, yet.) What is his job (is that ranking?) on the ship? And, how long did it take from Boot Camp graduation to the first deployment?
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Comment by NavyMom292 on June 22, 2013 at 9:37pm
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Hello I am new to this group. My son is stationed in VA getting ready to go on his first deployment on his ship the USS ASHLAND
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Hi Ginj64! Welcome! My son's PIR is 7-19-13, too. He is on Ship 09 Div 266. There is a group for our PIR on here that you should join, if you haven't already!
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Comment by PROUDMOMNJ on June 12, 2013 at 4:56pm
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Congrats! Its so exciting isn't it? I'm still waiting for the box and form letter.
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Comment by huntersmom on June 12, 2013 at 4:44pm
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I am a proud mom of a wonderful sailor in Division 264, Ship 14. This is such an awesome site. Thank you so much.
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Comment by lmcbwnc on May 29, 2013 at 7:23pm
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Hello to all and thank you for this site. I am a proud mom of a navy sailor and looking forward to PIR. What fine young men and women we have in our navy, I can't say thank you enough.
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Comment by Doreen ⚓⚓ on May 23, 2013 at 11:34pm
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Hi all....Looking forward to my son's PIR June 21st. It's so cold in the Great Lakes Area right now. Looking forward to some warmer weather.
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Comment by Marcy on May 23, 2013 at 6:31pm
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It is so nice to hear our children say stuff like that. We know that we all did something right. That put a smile on my face when I read that. My sailor has been in since 2007 but lives in Hawaii and miss him everyday. I also have one boy in the Airforce and he was home in February for a month. I hadn't seen him for 2 yrs. he actually surprised me, I had no idea he was coming. It was the best valentines day present.
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Comment by beckina on May 23, 2013 at 9:14am
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Dear Superjames, that was an amazing story. Obviously you did an excellent job being mom&dad for your children and you are to be commended. You should be very proud of your boy for making such an important decision at such a young age. My son has been in for exactly 1 year and I still get this pain in the pit of my stomach for missing him so much. He is in San Diego and can't wait to visit him.
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Comment by Maria ( 9/132 - HM- 04-2011) on May 22, 2013 at 7:56pm
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Superjames. That is awesome
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