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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 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

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

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

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**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/29/2014 TG 42 - 09 Divisions (265-272, and 942) Each recruit will be permitted 4 guests

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This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on August 29, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 78
Latest Activity: Sep 24, 2018

WELCOME to PIR 08/29/2014! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP.

CLICK MEforN4M's Community GuidelinesandOPSEC.

~OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance.

~N4M’s also has Community Guidelines just like any other social media.

~Please take the time to read the OPSEC and N4M’s Community Guidelines.

~A quick note here, from the N4M’s CG’s:

• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:

• Sailors’ last names. This includes your username if you share the same last name as your son or daughter.

Some Suggestions:

~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.

~First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember, everyone can see it and someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. Again, your option

~It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends"

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Comment by Evan's mom on August 25, 2014 at 8:01pm: Smotherman Div 270

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on August 25, 2014 at 7:52pm: Just got a call from my Sailor in Ricky Heaven! WOO HOO! So thrilled to hear his voice and listen to him talk. I have forgotten what that is like! He is so happy! I cannot WAIT to see him again and hug him so tight! It's going to be the BEST day EVER!

He said that he got our pictures yesterday. He decided to ship them home, so hopefully they will get here soon.

Comment by Evan's mom on August 25, 2014 at 6:58pm: Sierrasscrappers ship 11 div 276 my Evan ship 14 div270 Big Hugs and tell I love him

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on August 25, 2014 at 6:49pm: We would be MORE than happy to help you out Evan's Mom. I don't know what division he is in, but we will try to locate him so we can take a pic and give him a BIG NAVY MOM HUG from you!!!!

Comment by Mstink Ship 14 Div 269 on August 25, 2014 at 6:45pm: what div is smotherman??

Comment by Evan's mom on August 25, 2014 at 5:21pm: To all the luck parents who are able to see the Sailor in person . Hopefully one sailor will know my son . I'm not able to make trip will be watch online. His last name smotherman and would able take couple pic .I would be forever grateful please and thank you

Comment by CatMom509 on August 25, 2014 at 11:09am: Good Morning!

     "And He said to them, 'It is not for you to know

      times or seasons which the Father has put

      in His own authority.' "

                                                            Acts 1:7

Comment by diannep on August 25, 2014 at 6:57am: Matt'sMom: Any backpack he carries while in uniform must be solid black or navy, no insignias, writing, etc. Also, he will be in charge of keeping up with a large seabag and garment bag (uniforms)---both are checked but they cannot ask for help in carrying their luggage....and he will have his Navy-issued backpack as well. We don't encourage extra bags for the reason. But can take it with you, and see what happens at the airport----maybe he would have some room in his existing luggage to put these extras in there???? Although they are pretty tightly packed. I read the other day where one sailor was going to check his Navy-issued backpack too, so if your son did that, it would free up your son to have his civilian backpack. But again, there would be concern that he could manage all of this luggage by himself and the backpack itself must meet Navy guidelines. You can always ship it to him at A School!

Good Morning All !

Comment by Matt'sMom EM on August 25, 2014 at 12:15am: I know this has been discussed before.... We can bring our Sailors their cell phones, computers, etc, before they ship out... However, mine wants his civilian backpack with a variety of items at ORD before he goes to SC. Will this be allowed in addition to his Navy backpack? Thanks veteran Moms for all your knowledge and expertise in these areas!

Comment by Raemac07 on August 24, 2014 at 8:28pm: Thanks for you help ladies! I just wanted him to get them for as long as possible :) I am so excited to see him Friday!