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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:

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**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

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ALUMNI OF PIR 03/08/13 TG 17 - 10 Divisions (105-112, 916 and 917)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 03/08/2013. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

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: 85
Latest Activity: Mar 10, 2016

WELCOME to PIR 03/08/2013! 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 ME forN4M'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".

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Comment by spomss on March 19, 2013 at 10:49am: Thanks Catmom-so look forward to your posts-and I am so glad we found out about that personal property info!

It has been wonderful being able to talk with my Sailor-and hope you get tons of calls from yours!

Sounds like the adjustment is going well-already told me I can come visit :)

Comment by CatMom509 on March 18, 2013 at 3:36pm: Friends,

           "So do not fear, for I am with you;

            Do not be dismayed, for I am Your God.

             I will strengthen you and help you;

             I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

                                                                     Isaiah 41:10

Comment by CatMom509 on March 18, 2013 at 6:12am: Hello All,

One of our Navy Dads, posted this info. Please re-post to any groups you are a part of. We need to help our Sailors (and their families) save money!!

I'm sure each base has their own Personal Property office.

Comment by Dad of Sailor, IT Corry Station 13 hours ago

Personal Property Information for those in Pensacola/Corry Station.

I wanted to give you all a heads up that your Sailors are authorized personal property shipments when they leave A School headed to their first duty station. My son said no one knew about it and for some reason the schools do not tell the students about this and my son said his friends were all paying out of pocket to ship stuff home.

Once they have hard copy orders they need to visit the personal property office and they will be given instructions on how to ship their goods at the Navy's expense. Sailors should not be paying to move themselves. I got the information for my son and he went and did it and found it an easy process.

Personal Property Office - Corry Station

(850) 452-6105 (850) 452-6086

Personal Property - NAS Pensacola

(850) 452-4730 (850) 452-4727

Comment by CatMom509 on March 18, 2013 at 6:09am: You're welcome Kelso 12!!

Comment by Kelso12 on March 17, 2013 at 5:32pm: CatMom, thanks for the verses!

Comment by CatMom509 on March 17, 2013 at 12:52pm: Friends,

           "The Lord is my strength and my song;

             He has become my salvation.

             He is my God, and I will praise Him,

             My father's God, and I will exalt Him."

                                                         Exodus 15:2

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 17, 2013 at 10:43am: Happy St Patrick's Day Everyone :) Don't forget to wear green :)

Comment by spomss on March 17, 2013 at 10:31am: Catmom-glad you got an address for your Sailor!

Ellen-That is great! Last time I talked to my Sailor he explained some of the progression to me so its nice to have some reference info.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 17, 2013 at 2:38am: :-) Ellens son will be a PO3 (Petty Officer Third class;E-4) in August.

CONGRATS to him!

Ask your Sailor about the correct rate for his/her address.

E-1 SR - Seaman Recruit

E-2 SA - Seaman Apprentice

E-3 SN - Seaman

See these links for some additional info on Rates (Enlisted Navy have rate not rank. Rank is for Officers) and also Ratings if you like:

Here are some links to see the rest of the Group Rate Marks and insignias and to look into the structure: (This can be a little mind boggling...not for the faint hearted LOL! )

Group Rate Marks for Pay Grades E-1 to E-3

Enlisted Rating Insignia

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ranks/rankrate.html (This is the home page for the above two links)

Ratings (Occupational Speciality that they are in training for)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings

Rates

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates

Warfare designations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_wa...

Comment by CatMom509 on March 17, 2013 at 2:21am: FYI,

My daugher wrote to her sister and she referred to herself on the return address as SA Last Name, First Name.

I looked up the Ranks and Recognition page of the START Guide that Daina received when she joined, and it says, E-1 is Seaman Recruit, E-2 is Seaman Apprentice, and E-3 is Seaman (S?)

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ALUMNI OF PIR 03/08/13 TG 17 - 10 Divisions (105-112, 916 and 917)

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WELCOME to PIR 03/08/2013! 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.

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Ship 02 (USS Reuben James) Divisions 916 and 917 (Brother Divisions).

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