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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

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.

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ALUMNI of PIR 11/21/2012 TG 2 — 11 Divisions (009–018 & 902)

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This Group is for those with sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/21/2012.

A place to keep up with each other as their 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: 121
Latest Activity: Apr 29, 2013

WELCOME to PIR 11/21/2012!

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 11/21/2012 TG 2 — 11 Divisions (009–018 & 902) to add comments!

Comment by GoNavyShip014Div013 on October 12, 2012 at 3:10pm: What are BCG's ? I am still awaiting to get a letter from my SR, hopefully today.

Comment by Kellyd on October 12, 2012 at 3:05pm: I got a letter! Yeah!

He said that boot camp is no fun. He said everything has to be dne a certain way and they get yelled at all the time. They gave him BCG's. he has never needed them but I guess he does now. He also said that he was struggling with the PT. he was worried about that. He lost 35lbs before boot camp. He said I lost the weight but I stink at running.
If he is worried about the PT, should I be overly worried?

Comment by KristineLynn on October 12, 2012 at 2:29pm: Just wanted to take a minute to thank all the veteran moms for your information time and effort that you put into N4M. Us newbies wouldnt survive with our you We all appreciate you soo much!!!!

Comment by SailorMom59 (son deployed) on October 12, 2012 at 12:17pm: BMLMOM, My son didn't take stamps, but I enclose a stamped addressed envelope with my letters, so he doesn't have any worries..

Comment by SailorMom59 (son deployed) on October 12, 2012 at 12:16pm: to bayoukat!! woo hoo!!! that's awesome!!!!!!!!

Comment by bayoukat110 on October 12, 2012 at 12:04pm: I finally got my first letter today! I'm one happy momma!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on October 12, 2012 at 8:54am: Good morning Navy Family; happy Friday :-)

Comment by diannep on October 12, 2012 at 8:22am: They can buy them at the NEX, BMLMom. They have a "purchase card" given to them when they arrived to buy supplies. So no worries! But you can mail the SRs stamps if you want to!

For anyone with questions about absentee ballot voting for their SRs, please call the Voters Assistance number:

847-688-3793

Comment by BMLMOM on October 12, 2012 at 7:55am: What happens if they didn't take stamps with them? My sons recruiter told us he didn't need to take them!

Comment by debnchris on October 11, 2012 at 11:37pm: I bought my son a book and he took it in his wallet and I still have not got one.. But tomorrow is a new day.