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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
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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For those who have graduated from Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI or who are currently attending there.
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Comment by CarolinaWife on March 21, 2010 at 9:48pm
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Question about graduation weekend: How many guests per LO can attend both the Hi Moms dinner and the actual graduation ceremony?
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Comment by gatorjls on March 14, 2010 at 8:53pm
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I cant wait to hear about 11-10's graduation experience!
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Comment by WaSue on March 11, 2010 at 4:30pm
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AllieNJ, we would LOVE an pics of what they are doing... Thanks for offering..
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Comment by whitney on March 11, 2010 at 11:03am
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So many babies!!!! :) Our little boy, Nelson is 5 weeks old today!!! My husband is in the 15-10 class too and it was so hard for him to leave! I'm so proud of what he's doing for our new Family! Very anxious and ready for May!!
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Comment by Betty Midwest Mom on March 9, 2010 at 10:53pm
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Thanks, dmarie, for the tip on the Challenge Coin. I did hear about a website that might have them, too, so I'll dig one up somewhere!
To all who are in those first few days after sending off their LO's, that was the hardest for me. I worried a lot about my son that first week, but he was just fine. It might help to know that they are there with other like-minded people, and that all of the superiors there want them to succeed.
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Comment by txcrkt on March 9, 2010 at 10:45pm
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Hi ya'll am new here so bare with me please. Just wanted to find other moms with thier childern in the Navy. Im very proud of my son and just as soon as I can get to my home PC will add photo's if thats ok! Ya'll have a good nite and God bless!
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Comment by chasity22 on March 9, 2010 at 9:50pm
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Thanks Tirece!! I have written everyday. It helps me feel connected to him and share how my day went. I definately know how about writing is therapy. THat is the only way I could get to sleep at 2AM. After I wrote a letter I fell right to sleep. Hopefully they will call soon just to say hello!!!!
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Thanks dmarie! I have already written two letters and I want to write more. Today has been really hard not hearing from him but I think I am just worried about what he is going through.
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Hey everyone!! Today was my husbands first day of OCS and it is kinda lonely. Just want to know if it is ok to write to him a lot? I do not want him to be ridiculed for me writing so much. He kept saying write, write, write.
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Comment by love&grace on March 7, 2010 at 12:12pm
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Lauren- Congratulations on expecting your first baby! When are you due? Luckily you have your in-laws to be able to help you, that will be great. And this time that your husband is at OCS will fly by, even though it doesn't seem like it in the beginning! :)
Good luck to you and your family.
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