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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.

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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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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 mtnmom on October 31, 2009 at 10:14pm: Thank you, Kendra, it made it me giggle, and I needed that.
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Comment by mtnmom on October 31, 2009 at 9:45pm: The Puppy-people just toooooooooooooo cuuuute!!!!

Comment by mtnmom on October 31, 2009 at 4:54pm: Precious, is just that. My dog guy is too big to dress up.

Comment by mtnmom on October 31, 2009 at 4:16pm: Janis and Cheryl--
Each first is tough, but hang in there, we're here for you.
Gen

Comment by mtnmom on October 31, 2009 at 1:13pm: Darna--
The first weekend my guy was gone, I got so much cleaning done, including the gutters. I was so mad at him, for not doing the fall chores, but he had only had two notice to leave. He was scheduled to leave to January 2010.

Comment by mtnmom on October 31, 2009 at 12:19pm: Darna-
Time does pass, sometimes slowly, and sometimes so fast its hard to imagine that be's been gone almost a month and that there are only 34 days left to PIR.
Gen

Comment by mtnmom on October 30, 2009 at 1:20pm: Welcome GrippersMom--
I'm glad you are so relieved now. I know that feeling. My guy was a handful too, and the last few days were filled with just worry for me. I am at peace now that he's in BC and appearently doing ok.
Gen

Comment by mtnmom on October 29, 2009 at 11:51pm: Darma-
Don 't feel guilty, dinner is an every day occurence, even for our recruits, adn its one of the things they look forward too.

Comment by mtnmom on October 29, 2009 at 7:54pm: Steve's Mom--
Here's the Kleenex, I had to use them this afternoon, but for happy tears, letters were in the mail. Hang in there, and know that we're here for you.
Gen

Comment by mtnmom on October 29, 2009 at 7:25pm: Hi All;
Just got two letters from Bobby, he sounded upbeat. In his first letter, he said he had a cold, and that it was much colder in BC than here in California. He says he now wears glasses, and that he can “see far away now.” He didn’t like the shot in his backside, it was sore for two days. He misses Mexican Food, and has passed his swim test and had no problem with the first run. He also said that the colors are amazing. Like others, he says that “the days go by fast, yet a day feels like a year.”
Gen