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

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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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Alumni PIR 9/7/2012

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A Place for loved ones of SR in PIR 09/07

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 119
Latest Activity: Feb 12, 2013

Welcome to PIR 09/07/2012

CLICK ME for the link to the RTC WEBSITE

CLICK ME for the PIR 09/07/2012 MEET and GREETS

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 happyfeet(ship 09/Div 288) on August 12, 2012 at 7:24pm: Hi LalaRQ~ I just put my order in for my ribbon. I hope I gave you enough time to do it as I leave on 09/04 (we're taking the train). Anyhow, I can't wait to see it!

Comment by diannep on August 12, 2012 at 8:06am: Good Morning all. Have a wonderful Sunday!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 11, 2012 at 10:03pm: I actually hadn't heard of them before we got to PIR and when I saw one of the Sailors go down and dragged into a room to the back it was scary. I was so glad he was okay :-)

Comment by diannep on August 11, 2012 at 9:31pm: bethr: To add to what Angie said, my son told me that they are told ahead of time not to be jerks (they used a stronger word than that!)...." if you see one of your shipmates is about to fall, catch him/her!" It is quite scary to see them go down, but it most all cases, they are ok and as Angie said, taken behind the scenes to recover.

Comment by bethr311 on August 11, 2012 at 8:38pm: Congrats Lala! Can you explain "bodysnatchers," please? Thanks!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 11, 2012 at 7:41pm: Hi everyone, yes I am back lol. I will be in and out a lot. We were pretty busy all day and tomorrow we are having a going away party for our daughter. We will be taking her to UNC Wilmington next weekend. We are actually planning to have dinner in the Wrightsville Beach area On Saturday (8/18) with some other navy Moms that I have met on here and of course their husbands/families as well. So if anyone lives in that area that would like to join us please let me know.

My daughter was in the choir during bootcamp. It was AMAZING to hear her singing for all those people. I can't even explain the way it makes you feel :-) There are actually several different performing divisions that all rotate. One PIR date will have the band, choir and drill team and they are known as the triple Threat. The PIR performing division graduating the next week may be the Flag Corps and the week after that would be the Sailors who are the behind the scene workers and the side boys, and body snatchers. There are usually 3 performing divisions from 3 different PIR's all working together to put on the amazing show at PIR. So if your soon to be Sailor is in the band, choir, flag, drill, side boy etc you may be able to get a pic of them performing. They normally perform at the 2 PIR's before their on and perform at their own as well. You can join the two PIR groups before your own and ask them if they could please take a few pics and come back and post them. Let them know where your recruit will be, like choir, band, drill, state flags etc and that will make it easier for them. I was able to get a pic of my Sailor by doing that :-) And then you can do the same for the PIR performing divisions who have PIR the two weeks after yours. Let me know when you find out what your recruit will be doing during the performance. If you have any questions at all please let me know. I am happy to help. Here is a pic of my Sailor singing with the choir. She is the blonde to the right of the mic standing next to the guys..

Comment by Cjohnsonusc on August 11, 2012 at 11:09am: Ljo1959 my sr is ship 12 div 286!!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 11, 2012 at 6:57am: in case anyone will arrive early for PIR or will be site seeing on Sat. There are fireworks at the Navy Pier every Wednesday and Saturday night.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 11, 2012 at 6:46am: Good Morning everyone. I hope you all have a great Saturday :-) One more day closer to the PRIZE :-)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 11, 2012 at 12:40am: Fireworks on the Weather Widget tonight...should come up when you first open this page...to see them again refresh the page...fun!