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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:
Events
**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:
**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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- Graduation Info
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- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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ALUMNI OF PIR 05/24/2013 TG 28 - 11 Divisions (195-204 and 928)
Information
This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 04/19 /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, IL
Members: 85
Latest Activity: Apr 25, 2014
WELCOME to PIR 05/24//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.
~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 my3rdchild on April 5, 2013 at 10:30pm
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I miswrote mt son's placement on an earlier posting; he is in Ship 11 DIV 196 too.
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Getting excited and looking to make reservations. Any suggestions? Anyone ever take the amtrak up there? I would love to and then just rent a car......Thx...
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Comment by diannep on April 5, 2013 at 6:42pm
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Virginia: Did you try Residence Inn Waukegan? 4-5 miles from RTC...they have 2 bdrm 2 bth units with full kitchens, living room with sleeper sofa. Pet friendly too! Might be a little closer than the one you are in. It is close to one of the more popular MeetandGreets (Sarges) which will be the night before PIR.
We stayed at this hotel and really enjoyed it. They have PIR shuttle which worked great for us since we didn't want to drive to PIR.
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Comment by Paula (Will's Mom) on April 5, 2013 at 5:36pm
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My son is in Ship 12 Div 199!! I hope the time goes fast! See everyone at PIR on 5/24!
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Comment by Dink(Vinson) on April 5, 2013 at 5:19pm
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Just received The Letter! Ship 12 Div 199. May 24th PIR. See you all there!
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Comment by VirginiaDW Sh14 Div198 PIR 5/24 on April 5, 2013 at 5:03pm
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Just made my room reservations for PIR weekend! Had to get further from RTC than I wanted because we are traveling w/my adult daughter and my MIL, so we wanted a 2 bedroom suite with kitchenette and living area to hang out with our sailor. We're about 15 minutes from RTC, but since we're taking our car we'll deal.
Mailed my backlog of letters yesterday afternoon. Sending another today. Keep finding myself looking at the envelope. It's nice just to see his handwriting and have the physical proof that he's still out there somewhere.
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Comment by ColleenE'smom on April 5, 2013 at 4:48pm
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The whining paid off! I got the letter! May 24th ship 2 div 928! It would have been a long weekend for all in my house if I was miserable:)
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Comment by Tallblueks(ship02div928) on April 5, 2013 at 3:24pm
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thanks. diannep. appreciate the info. I found out that he is in ShipStaff, so won't be performing but doing the other stuff.
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Comment by Iteach on April 5, 2013 at 2:57pm
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Ship 12 Div 199
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Cute story, number3!
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