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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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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 3, 2012 at 8:20am: Jen: So very sorry....I know emotions are just raw now. Praying that your son is led on another path soon....so glad he has family to help him through this.

Comment by sharbear36(ship 9 div 288) on August 3, 2012 at 12:07am: I was reading some of the comments on that link and its so sad. What happens to these "kids"? I know it could be a bunch of different things but are these SR's getting hurt during BC for the most part? I pray my SR makes it through because that would be so difficult. I can't imagine what these parents are going through. Makes me feel bad that I stressed over waiting for my letter when it really could be worse. I'm so sorry again Jenmac. It seems as though there is alot of support there. It's always good to not feel alone. Good luck to your SR and your family.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on August 2, 2012 at 10:25pm: I am so sorry jenmac, that must be so hard to know that all that time was spent doing everything requested and then he was sent home. I know right now it probably won't help much but I am sure there is something very special in store for him in the future. I hate that it takes so long for the paperwork to process them out of there and I hope it is much sooner than 14 days. I will keep you and your son in my thoughts and prayers. Please come back and let us know how he is doing and what he decides to do with his future. And please please tell him that I said that you so much for choosing to serve our country <3

Comment by mryer465 on August 2, 2012 at 9:39pm: So sorry Jen. I will be praying for you. I hope things work out for u and ur sin. I know how you feel. This stress is too much. I pray they don't send him home.

Comment by Katvando on August 2, 2012 at 9:22pm: I too feel so SORRY for you and what you must be feeling. That has been my biggest fear, my daughter not making it.... I to do scrapbooking, so seeing all you have must be awful...

Comment by sharbear36(ship 9 div 288) on August 2, 2012 at 9:09pm: Jen, first I have to say that is just awful. I'm so sorry. I sent you a friend request to send you a message and forgot the personal message. I can't imagine the emotions both you and your SR are having. I don't even know the right words to say. Why the delay in getting home, I'm sure he'd like to be near family now. I would be willing to buy the book, I don't think you should take a loss. We could all be this very moment at any time and it's scary.

Comment by jenmac ship-03 DIV 281 on August 2, 2012 at 9:02pm: Hello everyone! well i wont be seeing you all at graduation. My son ship 3 div 281 has been discharged from the navy (medically). We did everything that was requested. Did PFT testing, Got Waiver for Asthma, and spent all this time to build something great for him and He got sent home. i will get a call within 4 to 14 days to pick him up. I have a wonderful blues uniform Navy Scrapbook that i was going to build for him with his going away pics and bootcamp things.. Since i wont be using it and i dont want it to go to waste,. Who ever wants to send me you address I will mail you the scrapbook and all the navy scrapebook stickers that i have. thank you all for your help and support.

Jen

Comment by diannep on August 2, 2012 at 7:24pm: sharbear: Hoping that you can bring the "whole group" who are not on the list...they will have to wait probably but should get into PIR hall!

Comment by diannep on August 2, 2012 at 7:21pm: Yep, FTLW. Don't think I had shared that before. My heart was racing for quite a while when I found out it was the Medical area phone....not fun!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 2, 2012 at 7:19pm: Whew diannep! Don't remember if I heard that story yet!

So hard but good that you googled it rather than called it. A caution...if your SR calls and you miss it...don't call the number back.

If he says he needs info though and asks you to fax something then do so.

Oh bethr. so, so sorry...I missed one of my sons first calls too...it was early on as well when many are still homesick...he was! It was so hard...the ladies here helped me so much! diannep's advice is great. BIG HIGS to you!