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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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Comment by SandyShip11div90 ma of 2 sailors on June 4, 2011 at 5:53pm: My son is in Great Lakes for A school. He will be done the end of June. Hopefully. Than he will come home for 2 weeks. Again I hope. Than off to San Diego. Which is 2 hours away from home. I will not make any plans until he calls and says hes on his way home. In the Navy this is how it will be from now on:)

Comment by cms on June 4, 2011 at 12:48pm: Hello jdmom: Good to hear from you. Yes, I have heard from my son and he has started his school. He moved into another ship and has all new roomies. I think he started on Tuesday and already has a test this coming Monday. Is your son in the same class? How does he like it so far?

Comment by jdmom on June 4, 2011 at 9:11am: Congrats kathy or should I say "grandmom"! What is "crow" so new here still learning?

Comment by jdmom on June 4, 2011 at 7:58am: cms, I haven't been able to send emails from this site and not sure if I can get them.

I was texting with my son and he said they started classes the other day. Have you had any word from your son?

Comment by cms on May 28, 2011 at 2:39pm: Thanks so much for sharing. You must be so proud of her. She loves what she is doing, what more could you ask for.

Comment by cms on May 28, 2011 at 9:49am: Ken: Thanks for sharing your son's experience. I know my son is looking forward to that 2 week leave after A school BUT I guess it is not a guarantee.

jdmom: Hopefully there will be more from this weeks PIR but if not>>more cleaning for them!

Comment by jdmom on May 28, 2011 at 8:40am: Ken thanks for the run down on how it went for your son, I keep trying to tell my hubby not to count on the 2 weeks after A school, Ma Navy may change her mind.

CMS my son said they needed 8 more so it looks like it will be pushed back at least another week depending on how many were in this weeks PIR. More cleaning for them I suppose!

Comment by Ken-55 (OS Dad) on May 28, 2011 at 7:01am: @jenmack Thanks, me too! It's my desktop image.

Comment by Ken-55 (OS Dad) on May 28, 2011 at 6:53am: @CMS His PIR was 2/18/11, finished A-school in Great Lakes (BTW: check out Great Lakes TSC's FaceBook page if you haven't already) in late April/early May. He was scheduled for a 2 week leave after A-school but his ship was deploying and his Chief suggested that he might want to report early instead of hanging around waiting to connect somewhere. I drove him down to Norfolk the second week of May and he's a couple weeks into this 7 month long deployment. Sounds like they are treating him very well and he is learning a lot. Needless to say, I'm super proud of him! ;-)