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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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:
Events
**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:
**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
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.)
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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
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ALUMNI OF PIR 10/03/2014 TG 47 - 11 Divisions (305-314 and 947)
Information
This group is for those who have loved ones that graduated from boot camp on October 3, 2014. A place to keep in touch with each other as the sailors continue their Navy journey.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 91
Latest Activity: Jan 30, 2015
WELCOME to PIR 10/03/2014! 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
~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
Ship 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Division 313 and 314 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by Belinda Oct 10, 2014. 108 Replies 3 Likes
Ship 14 (USS Arizona) Divisions 309 and 310 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by lovingmom Sep 30, 2014. 45 Replies 5 Likes
Ship 11 (USS Kearsarge) Divisons 305 and 306 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by J'sstepmom (Ship11/Div 305) Sep 26, 2014. 16 Replies 5 Likes
Ship 09 (USS John F Kennedy) Divisions 307 and 308 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by HollyPhx Sep 26, 2014. 26 Replies 9 Likes
PERTINENT PIR TIPS!
Started by CatMom509. Last reply by CatMom509 Sep 21, 2014. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 12 (USS Triton) Divisions 311 and 312 (Brother Divisions)
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by navyprincessmom Sep 17, 2014. 22 Replies 2 Likes
My sr is sh 13 div314
Started by VICTOR'SMOM. Last reply by ellen0502 Sep 11, 2014. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Ship 02 (USS Reuben James) Division 947
Started by ellen0502. Last reply by ambermc Aug 20, 2014. 2 Replies 2 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by CatMom509 on September 8, 2014 at 4:36am
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williewish,
Yep, diannep asked me to post the encouraging Bible scripture to the other PIR groups after my Sailor daughter had her PIR in March 2013. I started with a few PIR groups at a time, then worked up to all of them. Then I started answering the mommas' questions when I knew the answers usually after the east coast veterans have retired for the night since I am on the west coast. Just watched diannep, ellen0502, Lala, and FTLW (not on as much anymore) responding to everyone's questions and always so graciously!! If I wasn't quite right, it was okay, they just gave the right one and I learned from that~~ Oh, lemonelephant on Boot Camp Moms is a wealth of information too!! I feel like we are a family of veteran sisters here!! :D
I am also part of the Christian Chat group here~~
You're also welcome, williewish, I do love to help here as much as I can~~ I feel this is God's ministry for me!
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Comment by Beth805 on September 8, 2014 at 1:09am
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Mandy, my son is on 9/307 PIR 10/3. Its exactly how I feel. Missing my son so much. I got a very short letter 9/5 the other page says "omg paper! (sorry I'm so tired)". coz I send him return envelopes with a piece of paper, postage, & address labels. So i can just imagine how tired he was. Just had a good cry this afternoon. Sleepless nights too lately. We have to stay strong. Sending you good thoughts and (((hug))). I hope and pray they do well to get the chance to call us.
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Comment by Samantha on September 8, 2014 at 12:41am
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Or near there, I believe our SRs connected at bootcamp
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Anyone from Killeen, TX?
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Comment by diannep on September 7, 2014 at 11:05pm
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You are very welcome, williewish!
Mandy, hang in there. Bootcamp is like that....so emotionally up and down. PIR will be so worth all you are going through!
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Comment by Mandy_0329 on September 7, 2014 at 10:00pm
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I've had a busy week and havent been on for a while,but I'm missing my boy so much tonight. I've had a lump in my throat kinda like when you were young and had been gone from home just long enough you were starting to get home sick. I feel silly for feeling this way and in my head I keep saying 'suck it up' but I really just want to have a good cry. Havent felt this way since the first few days and I'm not sure why its hitting me like this tonight. I hope they can call soon.
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Comment by williewish on September 7, 2014 at 9:50pm
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diannep,
Thank you for staying on and helping the newbies. You have helped me tremendously to get through a very difficult time in my life. Just having information that I would not have gotten if it wasn't for you. Seeing that others are going through the same thing that I am going through and you...you have already experienced it. Thank you!!!!
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Wear comfortable ones, Samantha, as there is a good degree of walking! So good shoes are a must!
williewish: My son was at Bootcamp in 2009. I decided to stay on these groups after he graduated....so having been here for so long, you learn alot! We are in touch with the Public Affairs people when we need questions answered....and there have been a few more who work up there in the A School who have helped us in the past. We also get lots of our info from YOU all....people report changes to us that they get through their SRs....and anything that may be different about PIR. So far, most things are the same as when my son was there.
CatMom is one of our newest N4Moms veterans! She was posting bible verses in the PIR group that her daughter was a part of over a year ago.....I really liked her contributions to her group and asked her if she would consider staying on and doing that for all of the groups and helping out! She was very willing and has been a wonderful asset to our "team" since then! We welcome anyone who is interested to stay on these groups after they have a sailor and help....we never can have too many!
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Does anybody know how much walking we will be doing the day of PIR on average? I'm trying to decide on shoes :)
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CatMom,
I hope that you are right.
CatMom, I am just curious. How did you and diannep become so knowledgeable with the Navy? I realize that you have family in the Navy but..... you have been so helpful to so many of us.
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