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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

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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 of PIR 09/14/2012: A global force of TazNavyan Momsters!

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We've survived Boot Camp and now dedicate ourselves to supporting, comforting, and sharing the next steps in ours and our sailor's lives!

Location: United States of America
Members: 125
Latest Activity: Dec 8, 2018

Welcome to PIR 09/14/2012! A place for friends and family to stay connected!

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 in your username you will need to change your username. If yours 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 to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. 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 Sherry (MA, San Antonio) on September 18, 2012 at 1:25pm: Just found out if an active duty persons driver license expire it will remain valid until they are able to return to their home state to renew it. Though I would share this with you all in case it applies to any of your sailors.

Comment by MamaLamaDingDong: AO/Pensacola on September 18, 2012 at 1:17pm: Awesome answers! Here's another question. Does anyone whose sailor is at P-Cola know if their address needs to have the base name on it? Ericka gave me her address, but just checking before I send stuff...

Comment by Sherry (MA, San Antonio) on September 18, 2012 at 12:56pm: 1. Being able to communicate with my son when I want.

2. How handsome he looks in his uniform.

3. All the wonderful comments I get from family and friends regarding my sailor.

4. Being back home and getting some much needed rest.

5. Wearing my Navy mom clothes proudly!

Comment by cynthia/Matt'smom@SanDiego/FN on September 18, 2012 at 12:53pm: Ok...Question of the day....

What are the 5 things that make you most
happy right now?

1) Being able to have more communication with my Sailor.

2)That I'm feeling so humbled from this Navy Mom journey.

3)spending time with my dog, cuddling.

4)Planning for passing out my Sailors pictures.

5) How awesome PIR was & the family time spent making memories!

Thank You MLDD

Comment by Maltobella (HM - San Antonio) on September 18, 2012 at 12:32pm: 1) People saying how handsome my son looks in his uniform.

2) That his gf is so awesome and supportive.

3) That I have some really amazing family members, living and deceased.

4) I'm not in a lot of physical pain today.

5) My sailor and my 9 year old will be using facetime by the end of the week.

Great idea MLDD.

Comment by MamaLamaDingDong: AO/Pensacola on September 18, 2012 at 12:28pm: Ok...Question of the day....

What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?

1. Being able to call/text my daughter.

2. Telling people about graduation and hearing how proud they are of our sailors!

3. Planning care packages.

4. Getting sleep (felt like I didn't sleep at all while in Chicago land)

5. Fall is finally in the air here in Phoenix (which means, it's still in the high 80's, but to us that's fall!)

Comment by MamaLamaDingDong: AO/Pensacola on September 18, 2012 at 12:21pm: Good Morning ladies!!! If you have a moment check out this video!

http://www.starspangledbannerchallenge.com/

I am a huge fan of the Star Spangled Banner in it's original state, but I love that this band is attempting to make it "cool". So, check it out and let me know what you think! I love the video portion of it!

Comment by Mommaof4 (FN/MM Groton CT) on September 17, 2012 at 11:22pm: Hi ladies! I hope everyone had a wonderful time at PIR! It was so wonderful to meet those of you who were at Sarge's. He was awesome also. We had to cut out early as my mother in law called with a slight emergency at home.

Still trying to get caught up with everything! It seems like it took forver to get here and it was over before I could blink. I am truly blessed though that he is only 4 hours from home and he can have visitors every weekend and when he gets to phase 3 in about 4 to 5 weeks he can come home every weekend! As long as he doesn't have watch that weekend. My husband just looked at me and said "We are going to be up there every weekend aren't we?"! :-) He knows me so well!

I will still be on here MLDD! You ladies are the ones who got me through those rough 2 months! I thank each and everyone of you!

Sherry, I know what you are going through with the facebook and ex family. I blocked mine from my ex also! Best thing I ever did!

Comment by Robertsmom (Ship 14 Div 292) on September 17, 2012 at 10:09pm: Thanks MLDD I found it in in one of the discussions! The link is usnavytees.com

Comment by Sherry (MA, San Antonio) on September 17, 2012 at 10:07pm: Thank you MLDD! I went and blocked her from the pics! Of course I get the speech from the hubby about that's why he hates Facebook!

Luke and daubers mom I completely understand! My son was kind of that way before he left because he went from being on his own at college to being home for 7 months before leaving for BC. But he did tell me prior to leaving hindsight is 20/20. That I do at times know what I am talking about. Really surprised me!

I did text him tonight to slow him a pic I forgot to show him this past weekend. He replied, I text back. He replied again and said I'm on a date. Well didn't take him long!