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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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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 11/16/2012 TG 1 — 9 Divisions (001–008 & 901)

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This Group is for those with sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/16/2012.

A place to keep up with each other as the journey continues.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

Location: Great Lakes IL
Members: 103
Latest Activity: Sep 26, 2017

WELCOME to PIR 11/16/2012

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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You need to be a member of ALUMNI of PIR 11/16/2012 TG 1 — 9 Divisions (001–008 & 901) to add comments!

Comment by Brittany on November 11, 2012 at 11:12am: Happy Sunday Everyone! 4 more days til we get to leave and 5 until we see our Sailors! Congrats to all who have already received the 'Im a Sailor call" and congrats to Div 008!! woohoo!! Any veteran moms have any experience living in Norfolk VA? My hubby sent a letter confirming that would be where we are stationed... he got assigned to an aircraft carrier ;-) So exciting... he told me to start looking for homes but I am at a complete loss at where to start! We have a baby, so I want somewhere safe! Thanks again for all the help and encouragement through this whole process, I would not have made it without this site!! xoxo

Comment by martiheg on November 11, 2012 at 11:06am: Glad this newbie could be of help. : D

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on November 11, 2012 at 11:01am: martiheg, Yes, thanks for posting that. All caps ladies!

Comment by martiheg on November 11, 2012 at 10:57am: Note to everyone ~ I just went to print my Gate Pass and, to spare everyone the brief moment of panic I had, the password is case-sensitive! So make sure you write it as your SR/Sailor wrote it. Mine needed to be all caps, and I'm assuming the passwords are all that way.

Comment by martiheg on November 11, 2012 at 10:47am: Kguzman21, I would be happy and honored to meet your Sailor and snap as many pics as he'll stand still for. Message me and we can figure it out.

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on November 11, 2012 at 10:25am

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on November 11, 2012 at 10:07am: Mike'sMom, thank you so much, that is so sweet of you to say that. We really appreciate your kind words.

Good Morning everyone :)

Comment by DebbiL on November 11, 2012 at 9:10am: Veteran Moms: I would like to thank you for YOUR service today, this Veteran's Day. I don't know if you've officially served in one of our military branches, but you certainly serve your country! Your service to this website, and the love and support you give your Sailors is something to be highly commended.

Thank you so much for all you've done!

Comment by diannep on November 11, 2012 at 9:05am: Sometimes there are 3 winners of Captains Cup. All-Male, Integrated (male/female), and Motivational Chant. But many times, one of the first two winners also wins Motivational Chant.

Kquzman: Why not post in your division discussion group above that you can't be there and see if someone can give him a hug for you and snap a pik to send to you? The ladies are so wonderful about that. Just be sure to private message his name, don't post it up there.

Dina, so glad that you finally spoke to him. YAH!

Good Morning Ladies!