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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:

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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).

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**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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ALUMNI OF PIR 3/16/2012 TG 18 — 14 Divisions (087–096, 807–808 & 918–919)

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This site is for families and friends of Sailor Recruits with PIR March 16, 2012. This is a great way to share information, concerns and to connect as we continue the journey through bootcamp to PIR and beyond.

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir03162012
Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 124
Latest Activity: May 18, 2013

Welcome to PIR 3/16/2012

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OPSEC, OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance. Please take the timeto read the OPSEC and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names of Recruits/Sailors are not allowed on this site. If it is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture.

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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 15, 2012 at 1:21pm: Congratulations to all the new Sailors!

Comment by diannep on March 15, 2012 at 7:58am: With such a large PIR group, there will be lots of traffic/crowds. I would be on the earliest shuttle you can get on (we were on the 6:30 shuttle...arrived at the PIR hall by 7 a.m.).

If you are driving, you will need to be in line very early...at the latest, by 6 and probably earlier than that.

Remember, people also can park at the train station, which is just past RTC. It is then a short walk to RTC.

Enjoy!

Comment by diannep on March 15, 2012 at 7:56am: Congrats to all of the new sailors of PIR 3/16! HOOYAH!

Safe travel, ladies, and enjoy the MeetNGreets tonight! Be up early and on the road early for PIR...it is well worth it!

Comment by ChipsAhoy (ship 3 div 89) on March 15, 2012 at 3:03am: I just wanted to join in the travel day excitement. My plane leaves for Chicago from San Diego at 6:30 AM. Which definitely means I should be sleeping. I am instead having teary flashbacks of how the night before my husband left for Chicago 9 weeks ago, he didn't sleep either.

I can't believe this took forever to happen so fast. You guys have been amazing. And this site has gotten me through some tough nights just reading your positive thoughts and excitement.

Happy travelling to everyone.

(And I promise to try not to openly sob the entire graduation.)

Comment by zStratMom on March 15, 2012 at 1:27am: Robin - the Metra is pretty easy (if you don't have a car). The Shedd is nice, and the adjacent museums are also great to visit. The Field museum (and Sue, the T-Rex). So much to do, so little time . . .

Comment by zStratMom on March 15, 2012 at 1:07am: For most of you, tomorrow is a travel day, AND you may be going to Meet & Greets (I hope so!!). Make those face to face connections, have fun, bond with your N4M friends . . . but get to bed! You want to be at RTC early, early, early!!!!! Friday will feel like one of those "BEST. DAY. EVER!" type days. Here's a couple of thoughts for you . . .

--Be "present" in the moment. When you're with your Sailor, let everything else fall away for the day.

--They probably will NOT want pizza! They had some serious gorging on pizza one or more nights this week.(he he he he)

--There are nearby places which will "treat" your Sailor to a meal. (SARGE is a good resource; we went to a small Italian place in Libertyville--very close).

--THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, even if it only applies to a couple of you: If your family is one where some attendees have conflict with each other, call a truce for the day! Be the generous soul who is kind and gracious. This is your SAILOR's day. Let it be memorable for all the right reasons!

--Finally, make memories, take pictures, and get your HUGS in.

I'm so excited for you, and it has been a pleasure to share this journey. HOO-YAH! (and OOO-RAH!)

Comment by chopsmom on March 15, 2012 at 12:28am: Oh my! Take the train into Chicago! The Museum of Science and Industry is amazing. Navy Pier is exciting. Oh, and Giordano's pizza is a MUST!! See you Friday!

Comment by Robin - Nuke ET on March 15, 2012 at 12:23am: We arrived in Chicago this evening for PIR on Friday (I'm a worry wart so we came in a day early:)

The only question is now what do we do for the next 1 day, 22 hours and 50 minutes until I see my sailor in uniform!! I am so thrilled to be here with all of you. Safe travels and hope to see you in GL.

Comment by brandnew on March 14, 2012 at 11:58pm: Im packed and ready to leave first thing in the morning. getting so excited

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 14, 2012 at 8:58pm: ha, ha, ha, ha,...snort, snort!!!
Rebecca...I think the term you are looking for that one mom coined so well is "technotard". That would be me...can I get an "amen"?!