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

ALUMNI OF PIR 01/04/2013 TG 8 - 9 Divisions (045-052 and 908)

Information

This PIR Group is for those members that have loved ones who will be graduating Boot Camp on 01/04/2013. A place to gather information, share concerns and get support as your Recruits start their Navy careers as future Sailors.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 83
Latest Activity: Jan 2, 2014

WELCOME to PIR 01/04/2013! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP.

CLICK MEforN4M's Community GuidelinesandOPSEC.

~OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance.

~N4M’s also has Community Guidelines just like any other social media.

~Please take the time to read the OPSEC and N4M’s Community Guidelines.

~A quick note here, from the N4M’s CG’s:

• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:

• Sailors’ last names. This includes your username if you share the same last name as your son or daughter.

Some Suggestions:

~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.

~First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember, everyone can see it and someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. Again, your option

~It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends".

Discussion Forum

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of ALUMNI OF PIR 01/04/2013 TG 8 - 9 Divisions (045-052 and 908) to add comments!

Comment by Navy Mom1966 on November 19, 2012 at 9:37pm: I received my letter today, Jan4,2013 Ship 3 Div 052. We are going to drive we live in Michigan. There is so much information here thank goodness for this Website. Should we just leave the car on base and take a shuttle to our hotel or what would be the best. I want to see him March and I dont want to be late wherever we end up staying

Comment by diannep on November 19, 2012 at 9:31pm: Yes, corbie: The ones already in A School for Christmas have a different situation. Most of the bases have a holiday stand down and therefore, many can can take leave. But since it does count as leave, some may not choose to do that in order to save their leave days to use later....they have more of a skeletal staff on the bases during this time.

CO-TwinSalorsMom; Those with "shorter" A Schools get leave when done...I'm not sure how it works if they are in longer A Schools--probably best to ask that question on your son's future A School group on this site....I know they get to take leave during holiday periods....my son's A School was only 2-3 mos long and he took leave after that before reporting to duty station.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on November 19, 2012 at 8:53pm: They can sometimes take leave during A-school. It has a lot "if's" in play. Like if the base is on stand down and they don't have watch, if they get a CHIT approved, How far away are they going, how long is A-school, it can be different for every Sailor and every base. The only way to know for sure if for your Sailor to have it in writing.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 19, 2012 at 8:40pm: After A school means no leave for mine until 2015!! That can't be right.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 19, 2012 at 8:36pm: I have heard that A school shut down for holidays. I read something about BC taht if you are graduating after 12-21 you had to be back by 12-30.?

Comment by corbie (Ship 12 Div 047) on November 19, 2012 at 8:18pm: diannep-I understand that the recruits in boot camp do not get to come home for Christmas,.As far as A school I wonder if it depends on the individual base or if it is just due to the holiday shut down because my oldest is in A school and has his leave approved for December. I was a little surprised as others have said not until after A school when they are at their first duty station.

Comment by diannep on November 19, 2012 at 7:47pm: No, they won't be home for Christmas :-(. Mine was gone for Thanksgiving and Christmas too the year he went in. Yes, their first leave will be after they have completed A School.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 19, 2012 at 6:11pm: will they come home for Christmas or not? It seems a bit confusing.

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on November 19, 2012 at 5:25pm: I'm with FTLW and think that there is a good possibility that most of them will likely fly to their A school on Saturday. There is always the greater possibility of inclement weather in January and flight could be interrupted, so I would think that they will probably take that into consideration as well. Of course, like FTLW said, anything could and sometimes does change.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 19, 2012 at 5:09pm: alleyoop90 - Well, ANYTHING could happen! Since the Sailors that are on Leave have to be back on 01/06 they may make sure that the new Sailors get there on Saturday. But, they could leave Sunday as well.

I am guessing that it will be "worked out" based on the different Commands (are they going to be receiving them on Saturday) RTC and flight availibility.
Several Factors are involved

I will take a look at last years PIR...but that would only be a "picture"...each year is different.

We do recommend for every PIR that if you can, book through until late Sunday. The possibility that those that fly out for A school could leave on Sunday rather than Saturday is there for EVERY PIR...not just ones that have a Holiday involved.