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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.
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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Location: Northcarolina
Members: 204
Latest Activity: Sep 25, 2019
Discussion Forum
Wilmington Area
Started by PamperedMom. Last reply by percussionvalentine Jul 17, 2014. 16 Replies 5 Likes
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Comment by Anna on November 21, 2009 at 6:20pm
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Donna,
Good to hear from you - how exciting for you!!!!!! Even if the cake is for Tina!!
How long will you have your sailor with you??
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AirmanHutch's Mom,
If you haven't already, read over the guidelines for this site from Admin. If you click on the tab for Main and scroll down just a few topics you will see the guidelines and OPSEC guidelines. I don't know if that is what the Pensacola group pointed you to but the guidelines specifically states no last names including your own if your sailor's last name is the same.
Again, just wanting to keep your sailor safe!!!!
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Hutch's Mom,
I just want to keep yours and all our sailors safe. Because we don't want outsiders knowing who our sailors are we are not to post any last names of any sailor. Also means any pictures we have of them, or anyone else, in uniform, we need to make sure the last name is not visible.
Welcome to the group!! Thanks for the holiday wishes - won't get to spend it with any of my kids but I learn to accept!! Hope you have a great holiday season also!!!
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Martyzmom,
I'd love to come to the get together but I will be in Ohio that day. Maybe three's a charm??!!!!!
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Becky,
If that is your son's last name, I need to tell you to remove your it. No last names should ever be posted on this site - OPSEC rules. First name's are ok just not last names.
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Navymom,
Yes be careful driving around up there!!! Driving around GL shouldn't be as bad once you get away from the big city. Enjoy every minute with your new sailor!!!
Martyzmom,
My husband's family is all from Beaver Falls, PA. His sister lives outside Pittsburg. We also moved around a bit - lived in Annapolis for 11 years!!! Never lived in NJ or NY but have visited there!!! I've lived in CA, MD, GA, OH, and now NC and not because of the military!!!
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Martyzmom,
That is funny!! I hope you do get to visit next summer. I wanted to get out there during the summer season but circumstances just didn't work for that time frame. Visiting in the late fall wasn't bad - it would rain a little every day and it is always wet but it could be pouring in the morning but by the afternoon the sun is out!!! I did see lots of rainbows!!!!! So where are you from originally?
Congratulations on your new sailor Paula!!!! I hope he gets to come home!!!
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Well I'm back home in NC from a week's visit with my sailor daughter in WA. It rained off and on the entire time I was there but that could not detract from enjoying every minute of my visit. Every day my daughter would say - maybe you'll see Mt. Rainier today, but it would always be completely covered by clouds. Finally yesterday morning as we were driving to the airport, I saw the mountain!!! How funny!!! Martyzmom, I hope your son loves living in WA as much as my daughter does. It really is beautiful there even if the winters are mostly rainy and cloudy - the beauty is still there!!!
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Comment by momoffour(Ship 11 div 119) on November 18, 2009 at 7:56pm
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Hello NC moms!! I am new to the website and was so excited to see this group. My son is leaving Jan 15th for BC and I get weepy eyed just thinking about it!
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Martyzmom,
I am out here in Kitsap right now visiting my daughter who is stationed here. It is so beautiful out here - even with the rain they've been having!!! The mountains and the Puget Sound - saw a sub the other day!!
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