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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.
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:
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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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To all Veteran Moms and specially to
Diannep
LalaRibbon
FTLW
Catmom
Lemonelephant
I want to express my sincere gratitude for taking my hand and guide me for what has been the most challenging 2 months of my life. I can not believe I will be heading to PIR in just 9 days, and this 2 months were easier thanks to the help of this great moms that have the time, patience and love to make sure we don't loose our minds during the process of delivering a new Sailor!
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. You will be in my thoughts for ever.
Please know that you make a difference in the life of many.
God Bless you.
Kailee, it is not always the same. Some can leave from Ohare and others from Midway on the same day going to the same place. Be sure you get the info from our sailor right after PIR so you don't end up at the wrong airport Saturday morning.
My son's car was stolen :( It was an older BMW and had broken down on the road and when he went back for it it was gone. It wasn't towed by any police, troopers or sheriff and he only had liability insurance on it. So sad that some people are so bad.
KaileeGirl: Will be either OHare or Midway....your sailor will find out by PIR.
What airport does the sailor report to after graduation if he has A school in Pensacola?
You are very welcome, amity! And....I so agree.....freedom certainly IS NOT free!
Ok, someone sent me a friend request asking about a page about Great Lakes and the ships.....when I hit ACCEPT, it wouldn't let me go to her page to reply and I didn't notice the name, didn't know the PIR group. If anyone on here sent that to me, please post here. So sorry about that! I have no way to private message you!
N4M: Thanks for sharing that. The bad part is that although you would arrive at RTC in plenty of time to make PIR, you will find many of the seats taken by the time you get into PIR Hall if on the 8 a.m. shuttle. You still have to go through security and then walk to the hall, so probably wouldn't be in there before 8:30 or later (PIR starts at 9). So---- hoping that you get on one of the earlier shuttles! You can always use Sarge's shuttle service too!
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