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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:

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RTC Graduation

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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.

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Alumni of PIR 8/24/2012 TG 41 — 09 Divisions (261–268 & 941)

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This is a group for friends and family of SR's with a graduation PIR date of 08/24/02012 from Great Lakes, IL.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 98
Latest Activity: Sep 9, 2012

Welcome to PR 08/24/2012

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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 JordanMom-Teri(Ship11 Div 262) on July 5, 2012 at 2:23pm: I was told that the Navy Lodge was full...hummm Maybe I will call them.

Comment by julabula35 on July 5, 2012 at 1:58pm: I just got my form letter today!! I got the box on Tuesday. We are Ship 9 and Div 265 with a PIR date of 8-24-12. Made reservations at the Navy Lodge...any veteran navy moms stayed there or know anything about it? I was told to make the reservation in my son's name and mention that we were there for PIR in the comments section of the reservation.

Comment by JordanMom-Teri(Ship11 Div 262) on July 5, 2012 at 1:54pm: Has anyone received there letter yet...saying that graduation is forsure on the 24th? I am still waiting and found great ticket prices..I am holding off, but so ready to get things moving..I know once I get that done..I will be pushing for more..lol

Comment by mkcmom on July 5, 2012 at 12:46pm: OH and I too received 9 prepaid calling card pin #'s in my email after just sending an email to them, took about 30 minutes. Awesome program that is! Our Recruits will not be given 9 - 20 minute phone calls home in the next 8 weeks, i can assure you, so please tell your recruit to SHARE! I'm sending them to him today and i will tell him to pass them out as needed! we send a 30 minute prepaid card with our son, cause we knew to, but they can also buy them at the commissary. BUT free is BETTER! ;)

Comment by mkcmom on July 5, 2012 at 12:43pm: Diannep -- I figured things had changed since 2003, they have even redone the entire bootcamp....ships USED to be bricked and in the shape of the letter B...they have redone the whole thing! This is GREAT news that they are allowed to ride the shuttle! We so wanted to ride it but when they told us our sailor wasn't allowed to ride back with us, we chose to drive. Either way is fine. but the Shuttles are very COOL so yes, moms, if this is the case then Please utilize these, they are free and there for YOU! Thanks for correcting me! I hate to give out wrong info, but its all I knew from 2003......good to know!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on July 5, 2012 at 12:00pm: I agree Diannep, everyone please keep coming to this page. There are moms and other members who don't "do" facebook and they will be looking for support here. Some of them are here just reading posts who are too shy to post anything their selves so they rely on what they read here to get them through this experience. If you want some great facebook groups here are the ones I have seen the most activity on. Also remember some group are closed and some are not. You should never post any private info or ship movement, Sailor travel details on any page or group no matter if it is private, closed or open. Always be safe and keep your Sailor safe.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/327167160695549/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/46342059809/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/40865546374/

Comment by loveofanavymilso on July 5, 2012 at 11:51am: srmproudmom- just found out my boyfriend is in div 941 and ship 02. how cool he is in a special division!! my boyfriend is also cincymomdp 's son!

Comment by diannep on July 5, 2012 at 11:47am: ooops! Meant ...mkcmom below. Sorry about that!

Comment by diannep on July 5, 2012 at 11:46am: Ladies, if you decide to go over to FB, be sure to stay on here too. There are many N4Moms veterans on here who will intercept questions and answer them here (or find the answer for you!). Most of us "veterans" are not on these FB groups and we are finding that the ladies on those, who are not staying on this group too, are trying to answer the questions themselves. Therefore, there has been some wrong info passed around.

So...if you want to know factual info, please stay on here and we will help you!

Comment by diannep on July 5, 2012 at 11:42am: mksmom: After reading your next post, I can safely say that all has changed since you were there in 2003. No one rides a bus on the base. You walk from where the shuttle lets you off...or....from where you park your car. As far as we know, there is only one PIR hall....haven't heard about it being held in another facility. Betsy, Lala, FTLW, etc have been on these sites for a few years now and it has been that way.

Sounds like lots has changed since you were there! And...you are correct...there was no NavyforMoms back in 2003. It was started by the NAVY back in March 2008.