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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!

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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

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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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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).

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**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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ALUMNI OF PIR 11/25/2015 TG 03 10 Divisions (019-026, 801 and 903)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/25/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 62
Latest Activity: Dec 1, 2016

WELCOME to PIR 11/25/2015! 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.

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N4M's Community Guidelines and OPSEC.

~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"

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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 13, 2015 at 2:11am: VirgoMom904 - Recruits are at BC for 7.5 to 9 actual weeks.

If tomorrow is exactly two weeks from the date that he arrived then he is at the very end of Training Week 1 or the very beginning of Training Week 2.

To add to CatMom's post when you ask him to write the Training Day also ask him to put the actual Calendar day next to it.

I will add a Post on the "counting of days" at BC next.

Comment by CatMom509 on October 13, 2015 at 1:45am: VirgoMom904,

If you are trying to figure out which week of training your SR is in, ask her to write the training day (3-1, 3-2, etc...) at the top of her letters. That's the only way to really know where her division is in their training since they are all different.

Incidentally, this is the 3rd week of Boot Camp out of the 9 weeks you count down to PIR~~

Comment by CatMom509 on October 13, 2015 at 1:40am: Proud Navy Mom,

I don't think I said that you would get to spend Thanksgiving with your new Sailor. VirgoMom904 correctly assumed it. Since this PIR is on Wednesday, instead of Friday, it is probably a good chance you will spend Thanksgiving with your Sailor on that Thursday. I'm pretty sure the Navy does not fly the Sailors to their A schools until at least Friday (Black Friday to most of us!)

Comment by VirgoMom904 on October 13, 2015 at 1:02am: Just have a question, tomorrow will be two weeks since arriving at RTC, so does that mean it's week 3 or 2? The timing confuses me :/

Comment by Proud Navy Mom on October 12, 2015 at 10:09pm: @FTLW - LOL I understood. :)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 12, 2015 at 9:51pm: Ugh...I need to check my auto correct.

Who's Mike?! Mile not Mike...sorry.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 12, 2015 at 9:48pm: Ths Navy Lodge is located whithin base housing (ungated) about a Mike and a half from the gate you enter RTC for PIR. It is not located on RTC grounds. RTC is a restricted base and does not contain quarters for Sailors on travel orders or leisure.

Walking isn't really recommended because of the distance and if I remember correctly there isn't sidewalk along part of it. Plus, weather conditions etc.

It is the closest hotel to PIR and some just like to stay "Navy" .You do not have to be military to stay there. You just let them know you are coming for PIR and they will want your recruits name.

They provide a grab and go type breakfast (Navy Lodge Brown bag)

Comment by Brenda on October 12, 2015 at 9:45pm: @ Proud Navy Mom

My son is also on Ship 11 Div 019 and is going to A school in Penscola, Fl. You really need to read all the great info our group leaders are posting. they are diannep , FireTeamLeaderWife, ellen0502, Craig, and CatMom509. The question you jut asked is answer in the previous post. I find that if I go back two or three pages and read forward that most of my question are answered. Hope this helps. So happy to be going thought this journey with you.

Comment by diannep on October 12, 2015 at 9:40pm: Proud Navy Mom: In previous years, the new sailors have had Thanksgiving Day with their families. Those staying in GL for A School will have time with their sailors Wed after PIR, Thanksgiving Day, Fri/Sat/Sun during the day. All must return to A School base at night (they move over there right after PIR is over and you pick them up over there later in the afternoon). Those flying out will return to base PIR night, have Thanksgiving Day with their families, returning to base that night, and most likely will fly out on Friday. This is based on what has happened in previous years.

Comment by diannep on October 12, 2015 at 9:37pm: SRs can write to you once a week....collected on Sundays, mailed out on Mondays. They receive your mail M-F. This is after their first mail delivery which is usually 2 weeks after they arrive at Bootcamp. They can't write or receive mail until the Recruit Mail Petty Officer is trained which takes 10 days to 2 weeks.