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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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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 FresnoNavyMom (Nuke School) on October 4, 2012 at 11:41pm: If it were my son, he'd love the cupcakes. But, that's because there's this sweet/weird tradition on his dad's side of the family - for every birthday, his dad's grandma bakes a cake for the birthday boy to take to work and share with everyone. She's been doing it for four generations now, starting with her husband, all the way through my son. They get over that embarrassment associated with birthdays/cake/etc real quick in that family. However, for normal people... it may not be the way to go.

Comment by MamaLamaDingDong: AO/Pensacola on October 4, 2012 at 10:52pm: Hi ladies! I agree with Angie! Balloons. Roll up different denominations of money and stick a bill in each balloon. Blow them up, tie em off and stick them in a box!

Comment by Angie CTT/Pensacola on October 4, 2012 at 10:17pm: Balloons...

Comment by Angie CTT/Pensacola on October 4, 2012 at 10:15pm: Dauber Mom I say neither...if he was at his first command I would say the edible arrangements because things would be different. Send him a card and let him know y'all will celebrate when he gets home!!! School environment is totally different. Now if it was your daughter it would be different story...just my opinion
Do a Figi's gift basket without the balloms!!!

Comment by Ellenelle on October 4, 2012 at 9:50pm: IDK daubersmom, I think great idea on both but I think my son what just die if I did something like that. If we were at home around family he would love edible treats or cupcakes but around his shipmates may not be a good idea. Maybe throw in a bunch of hs fav things in a care pkg and send It to him.

Comment by daubersmom on October 4, 2012 at 8:36pm: Hi all,

Question, my sailor is turning 19 on Oct 19, first birthday alone.. :( thinking of sending either an "edible arrangment" or trying to contact a local bakery and having some cupcakes delivered or him to share.. any thoughts on either one?

Comment by Lynda (MA-Little Creek, Va) on October 3, 2012 at 7:20pm: I got to talk to my son yesterday. He passed his pepper spray test. He said it was the worst thing he's ever gone through. He won't have to go through the whole spraying in the face again. If he needs to get recertified he just has to wipe a rag soaked in pepper spray across his forehead and eyes. Still sounds painful.

He's really enjoying himself in San Antonio. He says it's an airshow everyday. He put the phone out so I could hear the F16's fly by. He sounds sooo happy. A little over a month and he'll be home for a while.

Hope everyone is doing well. Missing hearing from all of you.

Comment by Mike's Mom (S-PACT/Yokosuka,JP) on October 3, 2012 at 3:29pm: My son called while I was on the way to the grocery store last night. I pulled over and he was chatty Cathy. Glad my husband had fallen asleep or he would have wondered why it took me so long to "run" to the store and back! He is so excited to get out to "the fleet". He's getting a couple of weeks leave before he goes so we'll get to have him at home for a few days, yeah! It is soooooooo nice to be able to reach them fairly easily. Especially since I know that it won't be that easy once he is on a ship and out to sea. Hope everybody is having an easier time with thier SRs now that BC is over.

Comment by FresnoNavyMom (Nuke School) on October 3, 2012 at 12:02pm: I got to talk to my son for an hour yesterday, and the best part is - HE called ME! It was really nice.

How is everyone else doing?

Comment by Momof2sailors on October 3, 2012 at 9:20am: Good Morning! Is everybody doing ok? I just want to touch base...it is wayyyyy to quiet on here! Just praying that everyone is doing well.