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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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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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PIR 1/14/2011

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This is for all of us who have recruits graduating from RTC on January 14th, 2011. Here we can all support eachother through the long separation and prepare to see our US Navy Sailors for the first time after RTC.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 111
Latest Activity: Jul 29, 2011

This PIR group includes Divisons 39-48, 908!Best of luck to all of them!

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Comment by Alysia-Redsmom (VQ-4/ATO) on November 28, 2010 at 12:26pm: Good morning ladies.....enjoying this cold morning drinking some coffee feeling blessed to have a son at boot camp and he seems to be doing well. 46 days & counting till PIR and I am counting!

Comment by joyceann on November 28, 2010 at 12:13pm: JessicaB--thanks for that letter. I would hate to have people freak out when they saw the fbi standing on their doorstep. It's exciting to expect, but makes you nervous too! I can't wait though. Wonder if they will let me take pictures? :) ha

Comment by Bubba's Mom on November 28, 2010 at 12:06pm: Hi Vanessa I read yesterday that they may have been delayed by a week because their division did not fill as quickly. My son accually got there on the 9th of Nov and he was put into a division after some that got there a day or two later. I'm with you seeing that some have gotten their first phone call and first letters I am extremely happy for them but it just killed me that I still hadn't received anything in the mail yesterday. Being on this site helps a lot after your done your crying time for the day. I have listed the Meet & Greet at the Ramada on our group. Hang in there.

Comment by AshJewell on November 28, 2010 at 11:33am: Is it normal to feel angry at my husband for going to boot camp? I think I have hit every emotion possible, including anger. I feel terrible that I feel that way though. I'm sure it could just be the pregnancy hormones, but I am happy for him, proud of him, missing him, and now even almost angry at him all at one time. I am angry that he left me here, alone, with no family and pregnant. I hope this is just a phase Im going through because with this anger I dont even want to write him a letter in fear of I'll say something terrible.

Comment by Vanessa on November 28, 2010 at 11:23am: Keep all of us with SR's in ship 02 div 908 in your prayers... people on here have been receiving phone calls & letters... we have yet to get anything. Thanksgiving was hard, and every day is a waiting game... just can't wait to get SOMETHING.

Comment by Karla~ (S 12 D 042 - PIR 1/14) on November 28, 2010 at 10:56am: groovyghiagirl - There is a group (above) for Div 42 that you should join!

Comment by Bubba's Mom on November 28, 2010 at 10:50am: Thanks much Jessica's Mom will do that right now

Comment by Karla~ (S 12 D 042 - PIR 1/14) on November 28, 2010 at 10:31am: Bubba's Mom - We are at the Residence Inn as well.

Comment by Bubba's Mom on November 28, 2010 at 10:27am: Thank You to all you veteran MOM's who have commented this has been a great help and I look forward to helping in the future. Can't wait for the day I say I am a veteran Boot Camp Mom. Does anyone know what the procedure is to start a Meet & Greet. I have reservations at the Residence Inn starting January 13.

Comment by Karla~ (S 12 D 042 - PIR 1/14) on November 28, 2010 at 9:36am: It was mentioned earlier to bring cash for t-shirts and for spending at the NEX for Navy things. What kinds of things are there for families to buy? What are some of the HOT items everyone seems to want? Are their things the sailors like to buy after graduation? Just thinking ahead!