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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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November Boot Camp Family

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This group was formed to support the families of recruits that shipped to bootcamp in November of 2009.

Members: 30
Latest Activity: Nov 16, 2020

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Comment by navywife4life2009 on November 28, 2009 at 1:10am: Does anyone know y the website they put on the form is not working? it it http://wwwl.netc.navy.mil/nstc/rtcgl/index.asp.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on November 27, 2009 at 10:39pm: Dawn, I just read your post about Target. What a wonderful person! I go to church with so many former Navy Vets. They all are so supportive of my boys. I also have some Army Vietnam Vets who write to my boys. They are wonderful!
Oh, I'm doing the "Happy Dance" TWO letters were in my mail box today!!!!!!! He is doing good. He is the Laundry PO, and past his swim test, but failed his first PFA. He said it was the push ups. His first test was today. He also encluded two letters that he asked me to mail to his girlfriend. They are in Portuguese, so I guess he feels save to mail them to me. (She lives in Brazil) I know English and Spanish, so I guess he trusts me! lol

Comment by I'm Laurie the Sailor's Mom! on November 27, 2009 at 7:49pm: Dawn,
You are right about the fine young men--that's exactly how this boot camp process is supposed to work. They learn to depend on each other, lift each other up, even put their lives in each other's hands. Far more important things than getting in shape happen through the boot camp experience.

I can't wait to see the "new and improved" version of my son on January 29th! I'm sure you feel the same.

Comment by mother always on November 27, 2009 at 7:40pm: AMEN to that!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by mother always on November 27, 2009 at 7:04pm: Does anybody knows something about div 62? There's a group that I entered but it seems there are NO news on the div???????????
Please,anybody ..............Thanks

Comment by mother always on November 27, 2009 at 4:41pm: Just bring them phone cards or gift cards,that's what I read before...As Kymberly said the can't bring anything with them.

Comment by mother always on November 27, 2009 at 3:22pm: That's a nice idea,to bring him something to wear he feels comfy in!!!
So he can be out on sunday too????????????
Thanks for your answers.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on November 27, 2009 at 3:13pm: One other thing my son wanted: A shower all by himself! There is NO privacy in the showers! All 80 at one time.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on November 27, 2009 at 3:09pm: Motheralways, after PIR they can go with you, but have to be back on base by 7:30 PM. They can be picked up on Sat. AM at 8:30 and again returned that evening. Before PIR, all recruits are debreifed about Liberty. I would ask in a letter, or if you get the "I'm a Sailor" call about times for Liberty. Some will move to A school that weekend, so the best advice I can give is to stay in contact about Liberty with your recruit.

Comment by mother always on November 27, 2009 at 3:03pm: After PIR;can the sailor stay in the hotel with parents or he has to return same day,that friday afternoon...
About a letter ...I'm following the mailman,when he leaves I run to the mail boxes...