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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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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 17, 2011 at 5:18pm: Ok, Lala. So, in college....I ended up losing like 10 lbs by eating chocolate and crackers on Fall. Well, not together...but I was "in love" (with my future hubby)...and between classes, studying, jogging, and seeing him...no time to eat! So grabbed M&Ms and packaged crackers...on the run...until my roomie brought me healthier food from the cafeteria and sat me down one night to make me eat it before she allowed me to "run off"!"

So...see? You CAN lose weight on junk food...ok, so maybe only if you are YOUNG which I am NOT anymore....not to mention how unhealthy it was (but it was short-term!). But it was kinda fun!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on May 17, 2011 at 5:10pm: You guys are NOT helping my diet lol

Comment by diannep on May 17, 2011 at 4:59pm: 38 members! Wow, this group is growing fast!

If any of you go on the Bootcamp group, please remind those ladies about this PIR group. Some don't know that the PIR groups exist.

Comment by diannep on May 17, 2011 at 4:54pm: Ahhhh....yes, maybe even the nice big thick hershey bar with almonds! I DO like that!

Comment by diannep on May 17, 2011 at 4:54pm: Ok, so we true chocoholics can be pretty picky about our chocolate...waxy cheap chocolate just doesn't do it! But I'm not a Godiva girl either...I'm still happy with grocery store chocolate...just plain please!

Connie: Now...won't that break your teeth if you eat it FROZEN? I mean..shouldn't you have hidden it in the frig..behind the brocolli so you KNOW no one will find it?????

Comment by ConnieC on May 17, 2011 at 4:51pm: Godiva, lindt and when you just need the "chocolate" then it is a nice big Hersey bar. I sound like a chocolate fiend. Lol

Comment by mominva on May 17, 2011 at 4:43pm: So . . . what's the good chocolate???

Comment by ConnieC on May 17, 2011 at 3:52pm: @Diannep I had to to go to Walgreens today and they had the "good" chocolate on sell so I HAD to buy some, it is now located in the freezer hidden under the frozen veggies lol. I was joking about the depression. Lol

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on May 17, 2011 at 3:38pm: I hope you all are writing lots and lots of letters. Write every day if you can. You can send letters in pretty much any normal size envelope. They say not to send anything that will draw attention to your Sailor like drawing on the back of the envelope or spraying with perfume for you wives and girlfriends lol. I sent a letter every day and wrote about everything from what the "terrible" neighbors were doing, to what the pets were doing. I even sent a letter from our cat to her. It was so funny and she loved it. They don't care what you write about as long as you write. Even those who said before they don't care about mail will change their mind and love hearing their name called at mail call. You can send a few pics preferably 4X6 or you can even print them on the back of your letters. No naughty pics allowed. Space is a concern so you can even send a bigger envelope for them to send their letters back to you for safe keeping. You can send self-addressed stamped envelopes, you can print labels with addresses of the people your SR writes to and send those as well as return address labels with your recruits address on them. All of this will save them time and give them more time for writing. When it gets close to PIR you can send their contacts and a small bottle of solution and some basic make-up for the girls. We even sent a hair straightener and hair-dryer that she asked us to send. They will only be allowed to use these items for pictures and PIR but they are allowed to receive them. The best way to send them is in a Priority flat rate box or bubble envelope sent Priority mail. They will have to open them in front of the RDC so don't send anything else. Most recruits will call or write and tell you what to send.