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This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

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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

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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:

RTC Graduation

**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

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.

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ALUMNI OF PIR 05/10/2013 TG 26 11 Divisions (177-186 and 926)

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This PIR Group is for those members that have loved ones who will be graduating Boot Camp on 05/10/2013. 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, UIllinois
Members: 104
Latest Activity: Sep 10, 2015

WELCOME to PIR 05/10/2013! 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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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".

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You need to be a member of ALUMNI OF PIR 05/10/2013 TG 26 11 Divisions (177-186 and 926) to add comments!

Comment by Steph Proud AG Mom on March 19, 2013 at 9:16am: hi- the 21st my birthday- will be two weeks- I'm checking with her boyfriend to be safe- but I don't think she'd send it anywhere but home. I am worried due to the password- knowing my daughter it's be something weird and off the wall- guess we'll just keep waiting...

Comment by diannep on March 19, 2013 at 8:44am: Receipt of form letters can take anywhere from a few days after they depart to about 2 weeks. They can only send out one form letter, so if you have not received it by 2 weeks, think if there is anyone else your SR could have mailed it to? It is important to have the password that is in the letter to download your RTC gate pass shortly before PIR.

I see it is snowing again in GL from the weather widget above!

Comment by diannep on March 19, 2013 at 8:42am: Welcome to the group, ssbeach and Liz'smom! So glad you found it so fast! I am one of the N4Moms veterans on here, along with FTLW, Lala, ellen, and Betsy, to help you through this experience. So....stay tuned! Post any questions you may have. We will be posting info on here as bootcamp goes along.

Welcome!

Comment by Missy on March 19, 2013 at 8:41am: My son arrived at the Great Lakes on, 3/12/2013. I received his form letter and his box yesterday (3/18/13). He is Ship 12 DIV 177 and his PIR is scheduled for 5/10/13. He will move on to the Nuke Power School in Charleston, SC after that. I can't wait for May!!!

Comment by Steph Proud AG Mom on March 19, 2013 at 7:37am: Hi All- My daughter arrived at bc on 3/7. I originally thought she would PIR on 5/3. but I called her recruiter and found out she is ship 14 division 179 which is not in the 5/3 line up for PIR so, here I am. I too have not received my form letter yet and driving me crazy. My daughter will be a MA.

Comment by ssbeach on March 19, 2013 at 7:09am: Hello Ladies! My son left on the 12th, and though I've yet to receive my letter, I'm assuming that his PIR date will be the 10th. His rating will be either ET or FC, so he will stay in Great Lakes for A school. I'm not a new Navy mom, since my son-in-law is a nuke on a sub stationed in Guam, but I am a new boot camp mom, since my daughter met him while he was at NNPTC. I'm very much looking forward to my son's PIR! After waiting for six months to report to boot camp, we were all ready for him to go, lol!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 18, 2013 at 11:53pm: Hello!

Welcome to your PIR Group!

My Sailor PIR’d in 05/2011. He is a Seabee Reservist. I have been an AF (Security Forces) Reservist wife for 27 + years…I know …not Navy…but I am somewhat familiar with military life! We have been through two Deployments. Our son enlisted while Hubby was in Iraq. This site was a Godsend and helped me get through not only our sons BC experience but my husbands and my separation for 6 months.

I am a “veteran” mom on the PIR groups mostly. I have been on them now for over a year and we have 7-8 PIR groups running at the same time.

I will check in here to see if I can answer any questions and lend support. There will be a few other veteran moms along to lend a hand and support you all through your PIR experience. Others drop in occasionally too…plus we are always looking for more to “join the ranks”. Things change in the military and we like to give out the most current info that we can so moms that have just gone through this help a lot.

I have a lot of PAGES with information to provide you along the way. I will post as the subjects come up! Please ask any and all questions…there are NO dumb ones Folks!

Hang on for the ride!