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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 11/30/2012 TG 3 - 15 Divisions (019-030, 801-802 & 903)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/30/2012.

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

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 175
Latest Activity: Apr 20, 2016

WELCOME TO PIR 11/20/2012

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 11/30/2012 TG 3 - 15 Divisions (019-030, 801-802 & 903) to add comments!

Comment by Debbie on December 24, 2012 at 1:28pm: Merry Christmas, Amanda!

Comment by amandamomof4 on December 24, 2012 at 12:43pm: Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone.

Comment by Debbie on December 14, 2012 at 5:18pm: Anybody know of challenge coins for ship 04 div 022?

Comment by ElsieS on December 6, 2012 at 9:59pm: Lots of albums of pictures from PIR on a fb page (that took me a while to find)! There are several different pages with similar names, but the one I found the pix on was "U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command" (a Gov't Organization) with nearly 40,000 "likes." Some good shots of nearly every division and some from overhead. My own shots were either blurry or too bright! Lots of the 900s....

Comment by NavyM♥m on December 5, 2012 at 2:43am: Michelle, I stayed at the Navy Lodge this past weekend. I just had to give my son's last name to reserve a room. There are quite a few Sailors living there. One had her dog living with her. There were 2 Sailors in the room next to mine who are going to be there for the next month. I met them. I didn't ask why they were living there. The hotel staff are VERY helpful. Just tell them you have a military ID. It's not "on" base but VERY close.
Navy Lodge, Great Lakes - ph. 847 689 1485 Front Desk ext. 0
Washers, Dryers, free Internet. Microwave & refrig. in the rooms.

Comment by diannep on December 4, 2012 at 6:36pm: So glad that all had a wonderful time at PIR and that your sailors are safely at A School now! Blessings to each of them in their Navy future!

Comment by Michelle on December 4, 2012 at 6:36pm: Yea that's what he told me, I thought it was pretty odd. Does anyone here know why the don't allow the Sailors to be at the Gateway?

Comment by Michelle on December 4, 2012 at 6:19pm: Thanks Bernadette! I was thinking about the gateway too but my husband was telling me that they don't really allow the Sailors to go there for some reason.

Comment by Michelle on December 4, 2012 at 6:07pm: Hello ladies! So my husbands A school is right in Great Lakes, so I was thinking of staying down there every other weekend or so to be with him until we move down there. I was wondering, would I still be able to stay at the Navy Lodge or is that just for people going to PIR, I have my own military ID if that helps

Comment by Treymom321 on December 4, 2012 at 4:44pm: Just wanted to add my thanks to all the Veteran Moms for your sage wisdom and information during this first step of our "Sailors" navy careers. You made this process so much better by providing the information we all needed. Thanks again.