Welcome to
Navy For Moms

This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

FIRST TIME HERE?

FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

Events

Add an Event

**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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
PDF – 2.7 MB
PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

Latest Activity

Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

N4M Merchandise

Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.

Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.

Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

Badge

Loading…

Get Badge

PIR 05/26/11 TG 28 — 7 Divisions (179–184 & 928)

Information

Greetings March Ship date Moms! Looks like we have a date to look forward to. If all goes as planned, our recruits will graduate on Thursday, May 26, 2011. I look forward to seeing all of you in Great Lakes on the new Holiday, 5/26/2011

Members: 57
Latest Activity: Dec 2, 2016

Make your own Countdown Clocks

Great Lakes, IL Local Weather

Make your own Countdown Clocks

Discussion Forum

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of PIR 05/26/11 TG 28 — 7 Divisions (179–184 & 928) to add comments!

Comment by MommaCindy(Ship 11 Div 180) on April 20, 2011 at 2:40pm: I live in MI, I received my letter today. My son is oding well and passed his Physical Training and swim tests. I am a happy Momma.

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on April 20, 2011 at 1:34pm: I hope so Clockard!

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on April 20, 2011 at 12:15pm: mail came no letter :*(

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on April 20, 2011 at 8:45am: Yeah for some rates there is only one A-school. My daughter is an AO and I looked it up after she left for bootcamp. I wrote her a letter and asked her what she thought of going to Pensacola for A-school and told her all the other stuff I had learned on this site and online. She wrote me back asking me questions about what she would be doing. I knew more about it than she did lol. Then she sent a letter asking about some of her friends there. They all wanted to know where they would be going as well. I learned a lot while she was at boot camp :-) N4M's and Google were my best friends lol.

Comment by diannep on April 19, 2011 at 10:48pm: My son's contract had a "guaranteed A School" clause in it. I had no clue what that meant, but he knew before he left for bc that he would be sent to Meridian. I know that they are all different....

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on April 19, 2011 at 10:22pm: Hello ladies, praying for a letter tomorrow! I guess noone is here tonight....Just me got all the kids to bed. Hubby is a truck driver so here I am..stalking FB and N4M's again.....

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on April 19, 2011 at 9:17pm: many of them leave a copy of their enlistment papers with you when they swore in at MEPS or they may have mailed it back in the box with their stuff. That tells what their rate is and then you can ask here or look it up on google and find out where A-school is.

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on April 19, 2011 at 8:45pm: MommaCindy, if your SR went into BC with a specific rate (job), you may be able to get an idea of where they could go. Some of the SR's were told, by their recruiters, prior to BC where they might go for their A school. Although some recruiters don't give out that information to the recruits. Do you know what rate your SR is going to be? Maybe you could ask your SR if they know, in your next letter?

Comment by MommaCindy(Ship 11 Div 180) on April 19, 2011 at 8:23pm: How do you know wha A school your SR is going to? I haven't spoken to my son to find out where he is going. Is there another way to find out?

Comment by MommaCindy(Ship 11 Div 180) on April 19, 2011 at 8:13pm: How exciting to get a letter, I am still waiting patiently. Glad to hear your SR is doing well.