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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Comment by sailor4Her on October 26, 2011 at 10:43pm: Hello everyone, just want to say I am so thankful for this group. My lil Sailor left yesterday from Tuscaloosa, AL to Montgomery, AL and now she is in Great Lakes. I am missing her already. Keep us in your prayers. She is suppose to be there for 6 weeks we have a huge family that wants to come and see her graduate, once she leaves Great Lakes she will be in Meridian MS. That is so much closer to home. After that we have no idea where she will be but I am looking forward to her journey;.

Comment by ProudNavyMom on October 26, 2011 at 10:37pm: Thanks 1windhaven.

Comment by Maria ( 9/132 - HM- 04-2011) on October 26, 2011 at 10:03pm: PNM, this is the toughest part. Hang in there. I received 4 letters during that tough , god I remember how hard that was. I also missed his 1st call, by the time I noticed I hung on to that phone and he called again but we were only able to talk for a few minutes. Also, that 1st call was so emotional he had gone through so much including getting sick and having his teeth pulled. We were able to talk I think 3 more times. The best was the "I am a sailor call". It will be so worth it. By the way it is ok to cry when you feel like we all have gone through it. It gets better :)

Comment by Suzi-OH on October 26, 2011 at 9:58pm: I feel ya ladies.....been there....when you get that first letter, you'll feel like busting!!!

BTW.....if there are any Ohio moms out there.....join us on the Ohio group here or on our Ohio Navy Families group on Facebook. We're planning our get together for November and would love to have you join us!!!

Comment by ProudNavyMom on October 26, 2011 at 9:38pm: No letter for me today.... hopefully I'll get one tomorrow or I just might cry!

Comment by Maria ( 9/132 - HM- 04-2011) on October 26, 2011 at 6:50pm: danor98 letters arrive around week 3_4. all you ladies hang in there.

Comment by danor98 on October 26, 2011 at 11:42am: 'm replying to Kristie also. Yes he graduates Dec. 2. He is is 09/014. I will accept your friend request shortly. Off to gym now!

Comment by danor98 on October 26, 2011 at 11:35am: My SR arrived at Great Lakes on the 5th. No "real" letter here, either. I thought they didn't get letter writing time till after 3 weeks. Not sure where I saw that. I could be confusing letter writing with phone call. I didn't even get a personal note written on the grad. packet I received. :(

Comment by kristie 09/016 on October 26, 2011 at 11:34am: @Janis. I'm sure my mail carrier thinks the same thing. Is your son scheduled to graduate on Dec 2? What ship and div is he in? We are getting all the Navy moms and significant others who have SR's graduating on Dec2 to wear NAVY blue scarves to the ceremony that way we can show support not only for our sailors but for each other.

Comment by Janis on October 26, 2011 at 11:30am: Kristie,

My son also left October 6, no real letter yet either. I think that my letter carrier is getting a little paranoid that I'm stalking him! Let's cross our fingers for a letter today!