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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.

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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

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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:

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ALUMNI OF PIR 01/13/2012 TG 08 — 07 Divisions (037–042 & 908)

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This group is for families and friends of Sailors who graduated on January 13, 2012. We can share information, concerns and ways to connect as we continue the journey from bootcamp to PIR and beyond.

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir01132012
Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 82
Latest Activity: Mar 6, 2016

Welcome families and friends to PIR January 13, 2012!

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Comment by kev323 on November 23, 2011 at 9:45am: Good Morning all! One quick question, what type of callings cards to you give/send your SR's? What is a good amount dollar wise to send?

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on November 23, 2011 at 9:41am: I wouldn't worry about using colored paper too much. especially now that you will be sending one or two letters in each envelope. They take the letters back to their rack and read them there. They only have to open them in front of of an RDC if they are large or a package. Most of them won't give them a hard time at all for colored paper or colored envelopes. :-)

For the Navy Lodge, just call them direct and tell them you are coming in for PIR. They will put the room in your recruits name and ask you to have him/her stop by the front desk after PIR but they don't really enforce that once you are there. Ask them at the front desk and they will give you a temporary pass to shop at the Nex (without your Sailor) which is just don't the street.

Comment by diannep on November 23, 2011 at 8:11am: disneyfans: We always recommend that you all plan to stay until Sunday just in case your SR is there for the weekend. Normally they fly out on Sat, but sometimes Sunday. Just make sure that NavyLodge knows you are there for PIR. You give them the name of your sailor. Lala probably will have more info on this since she stayed there. She knows exactly what to do!

Comment by From WA: NOP Leanne on November 23, 2011 at 3:19am: Snickerdoodlemom- Yeah ! Glad to hear you got the form letter. So was the previous info you had correct? DIV.038

Comment by Navymomsquared on November 23, 2011 at 1:16am: I forgot a funny-just had dinner w/ my youngest (lives w/ dad). She commented on how neat g's writing was too. Then when he wrote a little on the back it was still his sloppy writing :)

Comment by Navymomsquared on November 23, 2011 at 1:00am: diannep: I sent a big envelope with a bunch of letters. Some of them are on colored paper. I didn't know that would be a problem. I was just having fun. I hope he doesn't get in trouble.

Snickerdoodle-yippeee!!!!! What ship & div??

FTLW-again, awesome! I'm going to try & figure them out!!!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 23, 2011 at 12:52am: Emoticon time!...hmmm...let's see...

uhhh...Rudolph...you're early...get lost!

Comment by disneyfan on November 23, 2011 at 12:02am: Question regarding Navy Lodge and PIR, I just looked at the site as SR parents are we allowed to stay there for PIR weekend? It said something about family can stay as long as enlisted checks them in??? For PIR on 1/13, do most people come in on the 12th and leave on the 14th, or longer? We live only about 1.5 hours away.

Comment by Rexy on November 22, 2011 at 10:40pm: Snick, So glad that you got your letter.

Betsy and Kev, I was so excited to get a call- hope everyone can look forward to one soon.