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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 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

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 12/21/2012 TG 6 - 11 Divisions (031-038, 803 & 904 -905)

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This Group is for those with sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 12/21/2012.

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

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

sjtina

Cor

Information PAGES LINK for PIR 12/21/2012

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 110
Latest Activity: May 31, 2022

WELCOME TO PIR 12/21/2012! 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.

CLICK ME forN4M'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 your 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 MommaJeri on November 3, 2012 at 12:28pm: bamanavymom - Sorry about your missed call. I don't think our SR's can write yet, so I don't expect to receive a letter for another couple of weeks.

Comment by bamanavymom on November 3, 2012 at 12:21pm: My daughter tried to call me when I was in a meeting at work. I missed it by 4 minutes. I was upset all day. I carry my phone with me everywhere .....even the bathroom ....I know TMI... But I cannot keep it on when I am speaking in meetings. I have been so sad since it happened. I know we get so few chances to talk to them. The good news is she did talk to her dad. She is a momma's girl and as she became an adult....my best friend. She was only allowed a brief call to get some information for her security clearance. We still do no have any letters from her but we are writing her everyday since we received her address on the form letter. She left on October 23rd. Has anyone received a letter from their SR yet?

Comment by diannep on November 3, 2012 at 10:43am: Felicia: Yes, it is hard for those still waiting for the form letters, but they usually eventually get there....happy for those getting them, and prayers that the rest will arrive shortly!

Again, ladies, if you do not receive the form letter in the next couple of weeks, think if it could have been mailed to anyone else. They can only send out one. You can also call RTC to confirm your SR's grad date (hopefully!).

847-688-2405

Good Morning all!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on November 3, 2012 at 6:47am: Good morning everyone, sorry I have been MIA for a couple days. i was subbing, Thursday was 5th grade and supposed to be the same on Friday and we were going on a field trip but I got moved to 3rd grade so no field trip for me lol. I felt like I forgot my permission slip lol. So busy busy evenings and family here this weekend. I had lots to get done. Now I am working on a Tee-shirt quilt got my Sailor :-) and i have to have it finished and in the mail by Monday YIKES. I hope you all are doing well and have a wonderful weekend

Hang in there everyone, and write a letter every day if possible. They will be begging for them once they start getting mail call :-) Remember the days drag by but the weeks pass quickly.

Comment by Felicia TEXASNAVYMOM on November 2, 2012 at 11:09pm: @diannep. I received my son's letter a few days after he arrived at bootcamp. I just feel sorry for those moms who have not gotten theirs yet.

Comment by KTKat on November 2, 2012 at 9:01pm: Hang in there ladies regarding the PIR form/ box. I didn't receive my PIR form from my boyfriend until about the 3rd week. It came with his first letter. Sometimes they hold them from sending any mail out at all until Sundays.. That was the case for mine.

Comment by erush89 on November 2, 2012 at 8:46pm: I haven't gotten the letter or box yet. I live in Louisiana. There are probably some delays because of the mess that Sandy made. A lot of roads have been closed. I'm anxiously waiting to get something, though. It's so sad to look in the empty mailbox everyday.

Comment by RanesMom(Ship02Div905) on November 2, 2012 at 8:21pm: We are still waiting, too, but we realize we are waaay down south and in a rural area. Looking forward to the mail truck tomorrow! :) I will continue to repeat: Patience IS a virtue. hehe.

Comment by lipperk07 on November 2, 2012 at 8:16pm: still waiting.. learning patience as i go. Stay strong ladies!

Comment by diannep on November 2, 2012 at 8:04pm: Ladies, some of the form letters can take a while to arrive. We never have quite figured that out, but figured it is just a mail service/location issue. So hopefully all will receive them soon.

Has anyone considered bringing the family pet (if driving) to reunite with your new sailor after PIR? If so, Residence Inn Waukegan is pet friendly! We stayed there..nice...PIR shuttle, hot buffet breakfast, close to SARGES MeetandGreet held the night before PIR (great info there). Just thought I would throw that out there. Saw a beautiful Golden Retriever there when we went to my son's PIR.