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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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Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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ALUMNI of PIR 04/12/2013 TG 22 10 Divisions (143-150, 809, 922)
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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 04/12 /2013. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 85
Latest Activity: Feb 11, 2014
WELCOME to PIR 04/12/2013!
~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".
Comment Wall
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Comment by KansasNavyMom on April 16, 2013 at 3:04pm
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PS - Diannep and other veteran mom admins on the site, if there is ever anything I can do to pay forward all of the caring concern you showed to us, and hold a rookie mom's hand as she struggles through this experience, I hope you'll look me up. I would love to be able to repay your many kindnesses.
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Hi Everyone, like Winski, I'm feeling like the weekend is over and we're back to our normal lives. Although we're pretty much worn out from all the excitement! It was so great to meet some of you and I'm sorry I missed some others but hopefully we'll catch up with each other down the road. The weekend was amazing. I'm glad we ordered a DVD because I realized halfway through PIR that I wasn't taking any photos because I didn't want to miss a thing! I hope we stay in touch - I'd like to know where your sailors end up and how they're doing. Mine is loving Goose Creek and TEXTED ME (yay!) a photo of their group shopping for laptops at Best Buy. They looked so happy and cute in their NSU's (see, I'm learning Navyspeak!!)
Fair winds and following seas to you all!
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Comment by Abucking on April 16, 2013 at 9:23am
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No, we didn't. I'll just treasure that memory!
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Comment by diannep on April 16, 2013 at 8:44am
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Abucking: Did you or your sailor order the PIR DVD? It has a segment when the door opens on it (or should---mine did!). If you are interested in ordering it, I think it is $29. Not sure if it is too late to order it, but you can call 847 578 6205 and see.
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The weekend was great, but too short, of course! Really wish I had videoed the door going up and the sailors marching in. The one distinction div 143 had in all of boot camp was that it was the first to march in! My son made some great friends, and I did too, here and on FB.
Fzn2fb even recognized me by my picture...in a parking lot in the dark!
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Comment by ohwhere on April 15, 2013 at 10:21pm
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Hi Everyone! Well that was a roller coaster ride. Sorry I didn't get to meet any of you. But if you were at the Midway Airport on Sat I was there with my sailor wearing a pastel green shirt. It was bitter sweet seeing my husband. Friday was too rushed getting to our shuttle in time and getting him back on base, but Sat made up for it at the Airport. Things are still in the air as far as me going to Pensacola to be with my husband. He doesn't understand his orders and needs to talk with someone. I guess everyone is in trouble over there and liberties are being taken away because of underage drinking... So it was good but short, I'm ready for the next thing. I hope you guys all had a wonderful time :-)
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Comment by Treysmom on April 15, 2013 at 8:37pm
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Oh, and I keep replaying in my head - "Now hear this, now hear this - LIBERTY CALL" Perfect day :))
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What an amazing weekend!!! Was so happy to meet the Momma's at the meet & greet! I have to say - I have never had a prouder moment than when the doors rolled open at the ceremony :) still get goosebumps thinking about it! I hope we stay in touch!
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Comment by Winski on April 15, 2013 at 8:47am
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Well the weekend is over and we are back to our daily routine. I want to tell yall that I so enjoyed meeting all of you at Sarges! It was so sweet, the hugs and smiles from my Navy family! I hope we can stay in touch and keep each other updated on our sailors' lives and accomplishments.
FishingQuilter did you make the anchor cookies? If so, I was the one in line with you at the end to talk to Sarge, and my husband took about 5! He said they were very good!
CatMom509 you had the perfect verse for me yesterday and I so appreciate the Lord laying that one on your heart! I was very "down" about my son's decision to leave the spec ops and his early departure to Florirda. I was really questioning what was going on, That verse really helped me to remember God is in control no matter what I think my son should or should not be doing! I have to accept what decisions he makes, and lean on God for understanding!
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Comment by CatMom509 on April 13, 2013 at 5:20pm
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Hello Everyone!
"Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and your plans will succeed."
Proverbs 16:3
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