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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
Navy Speak
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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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North Carolina Moms
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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 July 14, 2009 at 2:09pm
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Ginger,
AO is Aviation Ordnance - he loaded bombs on the aircraft on the flight deck.
IS is Intelligence Specialist.
Donna C - I am new to this group also - just moved to NC 3 weeks ago to Raleigh.
Anna
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Nice to meet all you wonderful NC moms. Ginger - my son was in for 4 years before his current enlistment (he got out and then went back in). He was an AO and was deployed on the Geo Washington when it went to the Gulf. Now he is going to school to be an IS.
Mary,
I'll take it easy on you the first couple shopping excursions!! Actually I have a story to tell you about that but when we get to talk face to face. I'd so love to meet up with you.
Anna
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Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on July 13, 2009 at 1:15am
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Bath and Body Works? Did someone say Bath and Body Works? Annnnaaa, I'm commin to see ya darlin! One of my favorite stores, (after Lowes and Home Depot). Maybe I can get into the shopping spirit!! lol
Chon's mom, maybe Anna can find Street of South Point so when I get there to visit, she can take me. Although she will possibly wear me out, she likes to shop, I don't. My son Chris, and her son Chris, were in A school together. I've been by Greenville (NC) a couple of times (many years ago) while headed from Hickory to Topsail Beach.
I'm off to Skype with my son if I can find him. May everyone's sailors be safe.
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Mary,
I saw where you were a member of this group also. It's good to "see" you again!!!! I meant to answer a question you asked me the other day about Crabtree Mall. I went there Friday - then called Jennifer and we "shopped" together!!! It just wasn't the same but we went into some of the same stores and talked about what each one of us saw. We can get pretty desperate about shopping can't we?!!!
Chon's Mom,
Thanks for the info!! That was just one of those things I couldn't figure out. Plus around Raleigh here I see Triangle this and Triangle that and thought I was really losing it!!
Anna
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Anna!
I was wondering if you were going to join the NC group as well. So glad you did. Now I'm going to have to keep up with you in two groups! lol You're gonna work me half to death, huh. Oh well, this is a good bunch of moms too. You are in a more active area also. There are a lot of moms from near you. Enjoy the Carolinas, my friend.
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I live pretty close to Apex as I was just there shopping on Saturday. I'm in between Cary and Raleigh.
What is the triangle - I've heard it mentioned but don't know where it is?
Anna
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Hello North Carolina Moms!! I just moved here from Ohio. I've been here in Raleigh for about 3 weeks. First week in a hotel while I found an apartment for me and the hubby. I stopped off at the Crabtree Mall my first week here and saw a blue van with NC plates that said NavyMom2. Anyone here? I'd love to meet other Moms in the area. I also have two sailors, a son and a daughter.
Anna
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Comment by Cheryl on July 4, 2009 at 2:57pm
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Hey Becky and welcome to N4M. We went to Raleigh with my son to the MEPS to see him sworn in. They weren't very many family members there. They let us take pictures with him after the swearing in. But, then we had to leave they don't let you go to the airport with them. It is the hardest thing. I cried all the way home that day. Then when I got home I carried the phone around the rest of the day just waiting for that 10 second call to tell me that he was there. It is very hard and you will miss him alot. I still miss my son so very much. But, this site helps alot and you say a little pray every night.
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Hey Jonny's Mom and welcome to N4M. Enjoy your son before he leaves, do alot with him. You will miss him alot. But, you will have alot of new friends here to lend on to help you and understand what you go through and it helps.
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Welcome Anne to N4M. Congrads to your son on his PIR in June. My son graduated from PIR last Oct. Best of luck to your son, while he attends A-school.
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