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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 diannep on November 24, 2010 at 8:49am: Judie, I should add that they announce each division as they enter the hall.

Comment by DramaboysMom on November 24, 2010 at 8:27am: My SR went to college right down town Chicago for 3.5 years before joining up. Just a reminder, the weather and walk in January can be BRUTAL on the Magnificent Mile and also Navy Pier. You may have to bundle up. (then again, that could be the January thaw weekend! Been there at both times) He worked for Best Buy as well and says that most graduating Sailors LOVE LOVE LOVE to spend that money they have earned at BC in Gurnee Mills Outlet Malls. Most will be killing themselves to get the the electronics stores.

Comment by diannep on November 24, 2010 at 8:23am: No, Judie, they don't.

Comment by JudieK on November 24, 2010 at 8:01am: Does anyone know- do they call each sailor's name at graduation, like in HS?

Comment by Lynne on November 24, 2010 at 2:59am: Bluewarrior...one more thing...here is another group you may want to join...http://www.navyformoms.com/group/ship12div041

Comment by Lynne on November 24, 2010 at 2:58am: I think it was in this group that someone was asking about how to take the train downtown Chicago. Well i finally tracked down that information. One of the moms in my PIR group used it the whole weekend we were there and now considers herself quite an expert...lol. Here was her advice: someone asked about the train to chicago...it's literally at gate 3 of main base...you can see PIR hall on RTC base from station as well. It cost $7 round trip and took about 45minites...not bad at all! It drops u off downtown where it's about 20minute walk or 5minute taxi ride to magnificent mile shopping district. Navy Pier is about 10minute, $10(including tip) taxi ride...very easy!!!! Hope that helps!!

Comment by Lynne on November 24, 2010 at 2:53am: Bluewarrior you have come to the right place you will meet many folks going through similar things to you here. First congrats on your pregnancy. Next, wow I have lots of respect for you going through this during boot camp, bet those hormones are not helping your emotions. I was just helping a young woman in another group who wanted her hubby to feel more invovled in her pregnancy. So she is now writing him a little note everyday few days from her unborn child using this cool app from facebook. http://apps.facebook.com/birthwatch/

You are doing just the right thing by coming here and talking about how you are feeling. You aren't alone. Hang in there. We will be with you every step of the way. I am one of the seasoned moms so to speak but you will meet lots of moms who are going along with you on this journey.

Comment by bluewarriorlady on November 24, 2010 at 1:57am: Hello everyone! My husband's PIR is on 14 Jan 2010. He is on Ship 12, Div 041. Anyone else having a rough time right now? I am 5 (almost 6) months pregnant and I find myself even more emotional through this whole ordeal. Any suggestions?

Comment by Lynne on November 24, 2010 at 12:54am: Ash...here is that app...you can set it for weekly or daily...it doesn't send out to your friends on facebook during the first trimester but does send to your email...it should be fun for you to reword as a daily note to your recruit from his unborn baby...have fun with it..

http://apps.facebook.com/birthwatch/

Comment by diannep on November 23, 2010 at 10:42pm: Oh, and he was setback a week and after that, when he joined a new division in the next PIR group, he was also in the first division of that PIR group.