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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

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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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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October Boot Camp Family

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This group is for Moms and families with loved ones leaving for Boot Camp in October any year. It was started with a group leaving in Oct. 2009.

Members: 137
Latest Activity: Jan 30, 2019

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Comment by JackFlash on September 21, 2012 at 7:53pm: Hi run2befree... you too!

Comment by JackFlash on September 21, 2012 at 7:52pm: Hi Lauren... my son ships Oct 30th, so I think they will be at BootCamp at the same time.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 21, 2012 at 1:44pm: Hi aprilcat - proud of you girl for deciding to join the Navy! And your boyfriend too. My son leaves on 10/23 for boot camp and then off to Goose Creek, SC for nuke school.

Best of luck to you!

Comment by aprilcat92 on September 21, 2012 at 11:47am: aprildawn9209 Thank you lol. (: But okay, if you don't mind me asking, where is he leaving from?

Comment by run2befree on September 20, 2012 at 8:59pm: My son leaves on 10/29 -- time is getting way too short....

Comment by aprildawn9209 on September 20, 2012 at 7:46pm: Hi aprilcat...love the name. :) My son leaves for Chicago on October 2nd. Best of luck to you!

Comment by aprilcat92 on September 20, 2012 at 5:03pm: Hello everyone. I'm new here. I leave for Chicago October 2nd. 2012. So 12 days from now. Anyone else leave the same day?

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 19, 2012 at 12:33pm: Hi BellaMom - how are you doing? I know it's getting real close to the time for your son to leave.......we have just over a month before mine leaves. Seems like it took forever (in Dep since January) and now all of a sudden it's almost here!

Comment by Bellamom2 on September 13, 2012 at 7:25pm: Welcome Lauren! We know exactly how you are feeling, and thats one of the many reason we visit this forum, to support each other. I'm still new, but i try to come on here each night and read up on some things..Ask away! My son Michael leaves in 18 days! Oct. 1st. He will be a Seabee in the construction battalion. What's your sons job ?

JoAnn