Welcome to
Navy For Moms

This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

FIRST TIME HERE?

FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

Events

Add an Event

**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).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

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

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

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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
PDF – 2.7 MB
PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

Latest Activity

Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

N4M Merchandise

Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.

Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.

Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

Badge

Loading…

Get Badge

ALUMNI OF PIR 09/11/2015 TG 44 - 13 Divisions (299-308, 817-818 and 944)

Information

This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 09/11/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 110
Latest Activity: Mar 24, 2016

WELCOME to PIR 09/11/2015! 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

CountdownClockCodes.com

CLICK ME

for

N4M'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"

Discussion Forum

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of ALUMNI OF PIR 09/11/2015 TG 44 - 13 Divisions (299-308, 817-818 and 944) to add comments!

Comment by diannep on August 27, 2015 at 2:35pm: GP Mom: Yes, every car going on base needs to have the gate pass. If in a rental, you will also need to show the rental agreement and your drivers license. Those driving personal vehicles will need to show registration and insurance, in addition to the gate pass.

The password in the form letter enables you to download this pass. It will be available to download 10-11 days before PIR on the RTC website, Graduation page (scroll to bottom and look for your PIR date). It will say "Get Gate Pass" after your PIR date when it is available. Be sure to type the password in ALL CAPS. If you have a problem printing it, try another browser.

Comment by diannep on August 27, 2015 at 2:31pm: FTLW: I was in contact with someone at RTC...I was told that this is NOT a new rule...always has been a rule....but I know many in the past were not aware of that and posted after PIR that it worked out well for them to get the OHare Hilton day rate and have a place for their sailor to rest and relax before flying out.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 27, 2015 at 2:30pm: "The reason that they cannot visit when they are waiting for flights is that they are no longer on Liberty, they are now on orders. So they have to follow the rules for being on orders."

Hmmm, I didn't word this very well. I do not know the actual reason for them not being allowed to visit, I was just trying to differentiate between being "on Liberty" and "on orders".

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 27, 2015 at 1:13pm: The reason that they cannot visit when they are waiting for flights is that they are no longer on Liberty, they are now on orders. So they have to follow the rules for being on orders.

I'm sure they weren't supposed to visit in the past but honestly this is the first time I have heard this come up...and that is a new written addition to the Liberty info that RTC puts out.

One thing about RTC is that verbal info to the sailors comes first but what gets out to the public can take a while. Sometimes a looonnng time and in some case maybe never. My assumption for the long time or never for written is because, well, things can move slow and fast and always have a priority level or maybe they decide it is a temporary change. That's just the nature of the beast.....

Not a slam on RTC at all...the personnel work diligently there ...I really appreciate it when they get something in writing forus to refer too. :-)

Comment by GP Mom on August 27, 2015 at 12:21pm: Good morning ladies . I was just wondering if we have to print a pass for those who rent cars to get through the gate. I understood in the letter that we have to print some kind of pass, but my son said all I need is the gate security code which is on the letter.
Can anyone clarify or confirm the gate pass, please?

Comment by diannep on August 27, 2015 at 8:47am: Good Morning!

Comment by diannep on August 26, 2015 at 4:21pm: Thanks, MrsG. Just confirmed that. Was told it was not a new rule....so seems that those who did it in the past were not supposed to. What I don't understand though is that the sailors CAN visit the hotel rooms of their family members after PIR during the day, just no overnights. This would be the same thing? Still PIR weekend....just visiting in their family member's hotel room at the airport. Interesting that there is a discrepancy there....but whatever! Your sailors will know what is allowed and what is not!

Comment by CatMom509 on August 26, 2015 at 4:01pm: Greetings!

     "The Lord is my light and my salvation --

       whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold

       of my life -- of whom shall be afraid?"

                                                           Psalm 27:1

Comment by tristansmom on August 26, 2015 at 12:35pm: Jayzmom, the one Hooyahwife posted. Sorry it took so long to get back with you!

Comment by MrsG on August 26, 2015 at 12:35pm: Hooyah Wife, I will pay close attention to the information which the RTC sends out. They are the ones who know what "their" rules are, not saying that the admins are not a great source of information because they are, but rules change.