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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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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 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

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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RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

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

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

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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 January 27, 2011 at 10:49am: Son has settled in at pcola. classes are going well. he alreay requested for us to mail him some of his personal clothes & Xbox360 (LOL) he should phase up this friday (off base liberty & can wear personal clothes). tlaked to him last night and he is getting sick.....:( really bad cough with sore throat; he went to nex and bought some meds if not feeling better today will go to medical for check-up. looking forward to him getting to phase 3 so we can go visit him & his friends!!

Comment by bluewarriorlady on January 26, 2011 at 11:10pm: Hope everyone is doing well!

Comment by Tamme on January 21, 2011 at 12:43pm: Our son is at A-school in GL as well. We didn't get a call from him until very late Wednesday night (had to remind him of the time difference). He said they have five days of "classes" covering finances, A-school, etc. and should start EM school next week. He has had to use the pay phones in the building and pays to use the computers there as well. I mailed the phone yesterday. He said to use regular mail because they have to go to a building far away to get packages. Hope you hear from your son very soon. I believe he won't be able to go get his phone and computer until they are granted liberty. From the experience with our other son at GL A-school, they couldn't leave the base until they phased-up which was a couple of weeks.

Comment by DramaboysMom on January 20, 2011 at 2:30pm: We took our Sailor Son and his 2 buddies down to Eleven City Diner at Wabash at State (where our Sailor went to college. He LOVED that diner!) They paid for their meal and gave them Eleven City T Shirts and Swedish Fish. I think the boys also were "picture panned" from the TV crew that was filming for an episode of "Unique Eats" on the food network!.

Ladies, it has been a blast. I am sure I will check in from time to time, but I am off to his A school posts so I can get a feel of where he needs to be.

Comment by ProudGMBarb on January 19, 2011 at 11:15pm: Wanted to share a touching story. On Sunday morn, we had breakfast with our sailor at IHOP. When we went to pay our bill at the register, a waitress came up to us and said, "It's taken care of." We said, "What do you mean?" She said one of the other guests saw us and said he/she wanted to pay our bill as a "thank you" for our grandson's service. We asked who it was, but she said they didn't want to be identified. So we asked her to please thank them for us. OMG...we were so surprised, and deeply touched. We left the restaurant with tears in our eyes. My husband told our grandson how wonderful that was, and how different people are now as opposed to how they treated the service men/women who returned from VietNam. How thoughtful that anonymous person was!

Comment by pinkaboo202 - Ship 07, Div 47 on January 19, 2011 at 10:03pm: When I was at Gurnee Mills, I passed by the nail salon and stuck staring through the window when I saw this young lady receiving a pedicure. She looked like she was in 7th heaven and had been waiting for this for a while. Oh, the things we take for granted :-)

I'm not sure who the mother is of this Sailor, but I did ask her if it was okay to post on Navy for Moms. She said her mom is on here and she didn't mind at all.

Comment by PJ on January 19, 2011 at 7:34pm: ProudGMBarb. He is going to be stationed on The George Washington. I believe he said he was the only one from his Div. to go to Japan and yes, he will be in A School in Japan. He is so excited to go...He ships out on February 27th....

Comment by ProudGMBarb on January 19, 2011 at 4:46pm: PJ...Yes, it was awesome! WOW...your sailor gets to come home for 2 weeks so soon! How wonderful. What is his A School? And going to Japan!!! How exciting. What is his job going to be? Will he be in more school in Japan? My grandson has A school I think until September ...for ET, but in Great Lakes. Sure wish we could see him again sooner!

Comment by PJ on January 19, 2011 at 4:39pm: We went to the Meet & Greet at the Ramada Inn but we didn't get there until 8:00....I just didn't realize it started at 7:00....I know it said it was from 7:00-9:00 but,I thought it was a come and go as you please type thing and I misunderstood what was going to take place....I tried to get some information before we left but didn't get any...needless to say......I didn't get to meet anyone from N4M's which stinks......I would have loved to have met you all....my bad! Good luck to all new Sailors! I am so proud of them all!

Comment by PJ on January 19, 2011 at 4:35pm: Hi Everyone! Made it home this morning from a great long weekend with my Sailor/Son...It was so good to see him! He looks so good! Graduation was AWESOME! I spotted him right away and couldn't take my eyes off of him! We hugged and cried and I couldn't let go! It was so good to see him...he is off to A School in Great Lakes for 3 weeks and then home for 2 weeks and then off to Japan for 2 years......