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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

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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:

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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 Jill (ATO Mom) on July 25, 2012 at 7:09pm: Got a letter today! Makes my heart glad. I was sad though because she said she went two days without getting anything and that made her very sad. I have sent a letter every single day though, so I guess something just got held up. Keep writing to our SR's, they all say that mail call is the thing they look forward to most at the end of a long day. They are all sick and tired and waiting for this all to be over too... let's just keep encouraging them to be their best and finish strong. 3 more weeks of training... they can do this!

Comment by dukelvr on July 25, 2012 at 2:12pm: OcoeeMom, still waiting on my call too! Bf is in the same division as your son! Waiting on another letter too. And yes, they started week 4 today, "Hell's Week." Hopefully it's not as bad as it sounds!

Comment by ProudIdahoNavyMom (Ship3 Div253) on July 25, 2012 at 11:16am: Good morning everyone :) Got my letters out and looking forward to stalking the postmaster tomorrow...brings a smile to my face just to see her have that look of "oh no, it's Thursday and the crazy lady is out" LOL Thought I would post out here for a bit as my PIR group might just all be on vacation and missing mother to mother "been there done that" conversation :) Hope all of you have an upbeat, amazing, and wonderful day and here's to any of us that might get to have mail or a call from our SR's

Kellie

Comment by proudmom (ship 11 div 252) on July 25, 2012 at 9:59am: Good Morning!

We made it to Orlando, we are going to enjoy Sea World today, Disney thru Sunday. Trying very hard NOT to miss my SR ... but it's not working. I wrote letters for each day I'd be gone and have our housesitter mailing them for me... It's just NOT the same as writing to him every day :-( . The hardest part is nt getting to read his letter as soon as it comes out of the mailbox. I had no idea it would be this hard when we made plans to do this vacation. Must forge on and have a good time for our 10 year old... but rest assured the home phone is forwarded just in case!!!!

Comment by ProudLadyOfA1337Guy on July 25, 2012 at 8:37am: Good morning everyone :) hope everyone is starting the day well :) still working out this tummy bug but I'm at work at least :D

Comment by diannep on July 25, 2012 at 8:22am: Good morning ladies!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on July 25, 2012 at 7:39am: I am sure that is true ibmom :-)

Comment by ibmom on July 24, 2012 at 10:01pm: Thanks Lala, I do. I usually do ask on N4M's not facebook. You all have been a godsend over the past year now. Thanks so much. I had no idea at all about what my son was facing when we agreed to go with him at 17 to enlist last July. Thanks for the recruiter for directing me to you guys. He probably realized how much easier it would make it for him. :)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on July 24, 2012 at 9:54pm: jbmom, feel free to ask any questions you have here as well and we will do our best to answer it for you.

Comment by ibmom on July 24, 2012 at 8:43pm: Still here daily, mainly just reading though. I dont' have alot of spare time so i usually go through posts as quickly as possible looking for information on my son's division and looking for others I have messaged with before, until the weekend. I'm on FB as well, mainly just reading there also. AmOm I do see alot of your posts and when you have a question, I am usually thinking "I hope one of the lady's who know what they are talking about answer her". I try keep my mouth shut because I usually am NOT one of those ladies. :)