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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).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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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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You need to be a member of ALUMNI OF PIR 12/21/2012 TG 6 - 11 Divisions (031-038, 803 & 904 -905) to add comments!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on January 7, 2013 at 12:14pm: FTLW, diannep and all the other "veteran" mom's on here - a great big THANK YOU for all you did for our PIR group! This site has kept me going and I continue to learn so much valuable info about the whole Navy process. I coulnd't have done it without the support from you and all the other mom's going through the same thing..... a great big NAVY HOOYAH to all of you!

Comment by deniseMatt'smom on January 6, 2013 at 4:15pm: Thank you FireTeamLeaderWife for keeping this going even though they have moved on they are still struggling with being away from home....luckily they have their friends from bootcamp to help them adjust to their new environment !!! Bless you all!!!

Comment by Craig on January 6, 2013 at 3:27pm: Guys,

Just to let you know I'm going crazy getting the USS Burke Challenge coin done. The non-spec ops one Burke will be done on the 11th. The Spec-Ops one will be soon after that. The Spec-Ops coin is much, much, harder to make because the mold is very detailed because of the skull. The orginial mold just didn't look good and I rejected it...

So, those that got non-spec ops will be seeing it soon. Just wanted to give you the update... Sorry, but hopefully you will see it soon...

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 6, 2013 at 7:32am: Sorry to get to this so late :-)

I just wanted to say on behalf of all of the PIR Group Veteran Moms thank you for allowing us to journey with you through your BC experience!

I have added "ALUMNI OF" to the title of your PIR group and you are all welcome to come back here and keep in touch. It is your PIR group :-)

If there is any way we can help you further with the site or guide you to Groups etc. please feel free to contact us.

Blessings to you and yours!

FTLW

Comment by Alvarez02 on January 2, 2013 at 5:10pm: My girl got to Florida with no problems. She went to The USo and a family that had sons going to the base took her. We have been lucky that she has had good people helping her. I miss her so much but atleast I get to talk to her more now.

Comment by deniseMatt'smom on January 1, 2013 at 3:05am: You are so lucky to have Sarge at GL ...my son had to report to Gulfport by 4 yesterday but his plane was delayed at the gate, he missed his connecting flight and after finding a change arrived at Biloxi with only minutes TO spare and took a random taxi to the base....how I wished we could have call Sarge cause I know he would have made sure my son got to the base in plenty of time!!! Happy New Year Sarge!!!!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on December 31, 2012 at 9:21pm: Oh mickeyd - that is wonderful what Sarge did for your son! He truly is an amazing gentleman.....he was there for us when our son PIR'd - he made our trip and travels much easier!

Comment by mickeyd on December 31, 2012 at 7:49pm: I want to share to you about Sarge is what he did for us last night. Our son flew back to GL yesterday and Sarge was at the airport to pick him up. We had scheduled ahead for this of course. What Sarge did for our son was over and above what we expected. Because it was a little late Sarge took our son to his house to pickup his personal car because it has a pass on it to get him on base. Sarge took our son to the gate he needed to check in at and waited on him and then drove him the two miles to his ship so he would not have to try and find it alone and in the cold and dark and with all his gear. I was blown away! Oh yea and Sarge called us at home to let us know he had our son and what was going to happen. I am so thankful for Sarge. I know without a doubt that if our sailor needs anything while he is in A school, Sarge will help if possible. Sure made this sailor's mama breath easy!

Comment by rksteinke (Ship 11-Div 32) on December 29, 2012 at 4:57pm: I will be in your shoes on jan 5th. My son leaves next saturday, it will come really quick. I am super proud of all our kids!

Comment by NauticalGem(Ship02/Div904) on December 29, 2012 at 4:05pm: My son just left this morning for A school. Tears are inevitable. I am not in such shock as when he left for bootcampt though. I was able to enjoy him for a week and it was true bliss. I'm so proud of him and all of "our" young men and women.