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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

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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 08/17/2012TG 40 — 13 Divisions (249–260 & 940)

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PIR 08/17/2012

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir07202012
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 113
Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2012

Welcome to PIR 08/17/2012

OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance. Please take the timeto read the OPSEC and Community Guidelines. A quick note here: Last Names of Sailors/Recruits are not allowed on this site. If it is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended. First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture.

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Comment by ibmom on August 5, 2012 at 8:07am: Good Morning!!! Less than 2 weeks now, my son is sounding better in his letters all the time. :D

Comment by diannep on August 5, 2012 at 7:52am: Good Morning Ladies!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 4, 2012 at 10:17pm: Thanks so much OcoeeMom :-)

Comment by diannep on August 4, 2012 at 6:31pm: You are very welcome, OcoeeMom! Keep the faith!

Comment by proudmom (ship 11 div 252) on August 4, 2012 at 5:40pm: Hey OcoeeMom

The NEX is like a little department store, kind of like a Sears, where they sell everything from Clothing and perfume, to Electronics and Lawn equipment. MWR stands for Morale, Welfare, and Recreation, that's the organization that organizes special events, travel and such for military.

I hope you get word from your son soon that all is well. We are in the home stretch now!

Have a blessed day!

Comment by diannep on August 3, 2012 at 10:57am: Thanks so much, ProudIdahoNavyMom. Good to know that info. I will update my records!

I agree, NavyGirlzMom. Better to keep those things safe!

Comment by ProudIdahoNavyMom (Ship3 Div253) on August 3, 2012 at 9:32am: Diannep, I just typed this directly from the form letter received July 29, 2012 : Children 15 years old or younger must have one of the following forms of identification: School ID card, Driver's permit, copy of their birth certificate or Social Security card. All other visitors must present valid government-issued photo id such as driver's license, state id card or passport. Hope this helps :)

Kellie

Comment by diannep on August 3, 2012 at 8:12am: Joanie/Lala: Ok, maybe that has changed since my son was there? Just checked my form letter from late 2009 and it says: "....all visitors over the age of 12 must have valid, government-issued photo identification (driver's license, passport, etc). Children under 12 must have a copy of their birth certificate or Social Security card."

Is that what your form letters say? Maybe they have revised it to those 16 and over? Please let me know what the form letter says so I know how to advise future groups.

Sorry if my info is old on that! I DO know that they accept school photo IDs.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 2, 2012 at 10:38pm: A small flat rate Priority box works very well for the contacts. It is a good strong sturdy box and it's free other than $6.10 with delivery conformation so that you know what day it arrived to the base.

Under 16 don't have to have a photo ID but can use that to get in if they have one. They do need some form of ID, like the SS card, birth certificate, of school photo ID.

Comment by Joanie on August 2, 2012 at 10:04pm: My 14 year old doesn't have a school id yet. They dont get them in this area till highschool and he doesn't start till next week.