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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 mother always on November 25, 2009 at 7:24am: My son left for BC on nov 17,I received the official navy letter already.He'll be graduating Jan 15.GOD help him and all the recruits that are there and waiting to leave!!
Have a nice day.

Comment by navywife4life2009 on November 25, 2009 at 1:38am: does anyone know if there r hotels on base we can stay at?

Comment by Cindy D on November 24, 2009 at 10:56pm: navywife - the form letter is the letter that you receive after you get the box. I goy mine three days after the box. The letter will give you his address and graduation date and it has a couple of lines on the bottom for them to write a quick note. After the letter it sounds like we have to wait a few weeks before we have any other kind of communication. So treasur the form letter.

Comment by navywife4life2009 on November 24, 2009 at 10:04pm: what is the form letter? I got my husbands "BOX" today. I was so excited!!

Comment by Cindy D on November 24, 2009 at 9:37pm: Reneenona, Hang in there and keep coming back to this site as it has really helped me. I find it hard to walk away from the computer.

Comment by Cindy D on November 24, 2009 at 9:28pm: I'm still here. I loved your mantra bit! I printed it off so I could read it now and then when I am in the need.

Comment by Cindy D on November 24, 2009 at 5:19pm: Hopefully we will all get a call on Thanksgiving and we will be bouncing off the walls!

Comment by Cindy D on November 24, 2009 at 5:14pm: Dawn, where are you meeting for that drink? I'm guessing I will just have to be with you in spirit!

Thanks, Seth's mom, one day at a time and yes you are right I know he is safe now and learning to stay that way.

Comment by I'm Laurie the Sailor's Mom! on November 24, 2009 at 5:12pm: As a way to lighten things up, I'll offer this to think about. Joe's recruiter suggested that he begin some sort of collection of Navy "trinkets" for fun, memories, bonding, etc. Some sailors collect commemorative coins that are available all over the world, from our Navy as well as foreign navies. Joe's recruiter collectes commander caps from other ships, both foreign and domestic. I thought that was good advice, and something nice to think about.

Another piece of advice Joe got from his recruiter was to make sure to go to chapel on Sundays. The recruiter had sung in the chapel choir and had found it to be a good experience. He said that the chaplains are wonderful people, and the drill instructors do not go to chapel--so the 1 hour a week of escape is precious.

Comment by Cindy D on November 24, 2009 at 5:06pm: You guys are right just focus on today and get through boot camp! Sorry, I guess I just had a downer moment.