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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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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Centennial PIR Group (07/01/11)

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For those with Sailors who participated in the Recruit Training Command Centennial PIR on July 1, 2011.

Members: 74
Latest Activity: Jun 29, 2012

Congratulations new Sailors! We are so very proud of you.

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Comment by diannep on May 25, 2011 at 6:42pm: HAAA, katiesmom. You are too funny! Don't worry...she WILL learn to do pushups! Like a sailor!

WOW, you are so right, Connie! Thanks for correcting that! :-) Remember...I have an excuse for the slip up....got up that hour early today by mistake....zzzzz!

:-)

SR, SA, SN

Comment by ConnieC on May 25, 2011 at 6:07pm: Not trying to be the Navy Rank Nazi but the pay grade is Seaman Recruit, Seaman Apprentice and Seaman.

Comment by diannep on May 25, 2011 at 5:51pm: Here is a link for the different types of pay in the Navy:

http://www.navytimes.com/money/pay_charts/

Comment by diannep on May 25, 2011 at 5:48pm: ...meant to say, "but they earn pay from the day they start...." sorry!

Comment by diannep on May 25, 2011 at 5:48pm: In bootcamp, they are all paid as E-1s but I have been told that they get the "makeup" pay after bootcamp if they are actually E-2's or E-3's. I didn't know this when my son went through--he entered as an E-3 because of a college degree....he had a Navy Fed account so I was never aware of his actual pay. Also, they have uniform/supply charges taken out of their first 2 paychecks so don't be surprised if these are a bit lower. Their pay usually starts after they have been there for about 3-4 weeks, but they are earn pay from the day the start. Just takes a while for the banking, etc to be set up.

And, yes, esther...they are all SR's (Sailor Recruits) in bc.

Comment by diannep on May 25, 2011 at 5:42pm: Sunshine: Here is a link that will explain the "rates."

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ranks/rankrate.html

Comment by diannep on May 25, 2011 at 5:38pm: katiesmom: Haaa! Too funny! I think Betsy meant what Navy "job" does your daughter have--the one she will go to school for...

Comment by ConnieC on May 25, 2011 at 5:37pm: Hey Blu, glad to hear you got some letters, I thought I would have one today but the mailman only brought me JUNK!!!! He got the stink eye from me, he drove away rather fast, lol.

Comment by diannep on May 25, 2011 at 5:36pm: The 900 divisions are the "performing" divisions. Those with music, singing, or drill experience can disclose that and be put in these divisions. They enjoy performing and in some cases, actually get to leave the base to perform (sometimes in parades...such as possibly this weekend since it is Memorial Day). There are also members of that group that do "behind the scenes" activities at PIRs.

Comment by esther22ship02div932PIR7-1 on May 25, 2011 at 5:34pm: E-1, E-2, and E-3 are all ranks, I'm pretty sure. Depending on if you had college credits and how many you can get rank when you sign your initial contract. My husband went in as an E-3 since he already had a bachelors degree. We might go down the officer road one day, but we're happy with enlisted for now. I also believe they are just all Sailor Recruits in bootcamp? I didn't think they recognized rank amongst their peers? Soooo not 100% positive about all that, sorry if I'm way off here.