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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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RTC Graduation

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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 diannep on August 5, 2012 at 7:58am: ....Momof5: Looks like a beautiful day up there today...YAH!

Good Morning Ladies!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 4, 2012 at 7:53pm: Ugh...I got long winded and exceeded characters...so I put in Pages...here is the link:

Boot Camp Days ~ How to count them...

Comment by Momof5 on August 4, 2012 at 6:35pm: Looks nasty in Great Lakes, thinking about our SR's.

Comment by sharbear36(ship 9 div 288) on August 4, 2012 at 3:47pm: Yaaaaay......thank you :)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 4, 2012 at 3:31pm: sharbear... I will post an exemplar of the days of boot camp for you soon.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 4, 2012 at 2:01pm: The RDC's have to schedule time at the phone room for their division. It is located all the way across base in the same building as the NEX.
Sometimes individual calls may be "earned" for exceptional performance. Have seen it from shining their boots better than the RDC to grasping folding their clothing well.
And yes...calls may also be delayed or cancelled for poor performance. Sometimes though a recruit may not get to call when his division does as they have watch or an appointment. These recruits are not guaranteed a "make up" call. :-(
That first call home can be a very emotional one for most after three or so weeks of no contact with you. So it can be an "up" and a "down" at the same time.
Every RDC is different in granting calls.
Try not to cry...its hard...but try! (I burst into tears right after I Hung up!) I know that crying is a stress reliever for us ladies, however you don't know how long that call will be and crying could set them off and that's all you'll end up doing!
So write down a few questions you would like to ask...but also let them talk. My sons first call was supposed to be 30 minutes...we got 19. You may hear yelling in the background for them to get off.

Comment by Jennifer on August 4, 2012 at 12:44pm: Another young man from our town is PIR 8/17 and his mother said it took him almost 4weeks to call due to his division not doing well. Hang in there Lisa!

Comment by happyfeet(ship 09/Div 288) on August 4, 2012 at 12:07pm: It seems as though they are going by division. However, it also depends on whether the RDCs are happy with them or not, if they while it's phone call time they may be on watch. There are a lot of variables...

Comment by Lisa ship12 DIV285 on August 4, 2012 at 11:56am: Seems like more and more moms are getting calls. I was wondering if anyone knows who decides who gets to call home.I would love to hear my sons voice.

Comment by Proudmomof2navysailors Div 285 on August 4, 2012 at 11:00am: I am pretty sure from both of my sons letters that yesterday was 3-1 day and with the skipping of Sat and Sun, Monday will be 3-2 day. By the way they are Div-285 brother to Div-286, which to my way of understanding means they are on the same training day.