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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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 Feb. 11, 2011
Members: 172
Latest Activity: Nov 11, 2015
Discussion Forum
Ribbons - PIR 2-11-11
Started by aprul(ship11,div63). Last reply by J-04/128 Feb 26, 2014. 19 Replies 0 Likes
Hey PIR 2-11-11,I am making ribbons for anyone who wants them. Some of you have requested information from me and I have tried to email or message each of you personally. You can send supplies or some of the ladies are sending money orders. The…Continue
Nuke A School FAQ
Started by NF Mom. Last reply by SailingHi Ship 9 Div 071 Feb 25, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Nuke A School FAQ click the Above LinkContinue
who has a Sailor staying in great lakes for A-school???
Started by Mrs Eubank. Last reply by Mrs Eubank Feb 19, 2011. 9 Replies 0 Likes
my sailor is staying in great lakes for AECF and his rate is ET. anyone out there with that or just in great lakes????????
*******BattleStations********
Started by diannep. Last reply by vydeoynkhorne Feb 16, 2011. 150 Replies 0 Likes
This is the final test for your recruits. When they pass this, they are sailors and trade in their recruit cap for their sailor cap in a capping ceremony afterwards. The ship they do this on was designed by Disney, so it is very realistic. During…Continue
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Comment by DorriO on December 21, 2010 at 12:20pm
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Hey friends! I just made our travel arrangements. Went back and forth about whether to drive, fly or train... we are in Northern Virginia near DC, so the drive seemed too long. So, we decided to fly Southwest into Midway instead of O'Hare in hopes of less delays and cancellations. Arriving at 2 on Thursday, flying out at 8:30 Sunday.
We're staying at Spring Suites -- only 1.5 miles from all of you at the Residence Inn. Our 10 year old daughter REALLY loves to swim, so I decided to go this way. The reviews are really good and it is $89 a night for Navy rate. Not bad!
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Comment by cathyo Ship 11 Div 063 on December 21, 2010 at 12:04pm
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Mamawalrus, If it's not too late, can you add another room. There will be three of us. Thank you,
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 21, 2010 at 11:59am
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If no one has added the meet and greet event you can go ahead and do it if you want. It is simple. Just go to the events tab and go to the calendar and click on the day for your meet and greet and add the event. It will lead you through it. Then a few weeks from now when you are getting closer to PIR you can send an event invitation to all the members in your group and they can RSVP. Then about a week before PIR you can call the Ramada and let them know about how many will be attending from Navy for Moms site. There will be others there as well.
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Comment by Lynne on December 21, 2010 at 11:35am
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Proudnavywife...when I was younger I used to ride amtrak to WA state to visit relatives...it was about 30 hours...we looked forward to that trip...it was a good time..and I think AMtrak has improved since then....lol!!
If you are making plane reservations try Orbitz...remember they have a new insurance you can buy for about 45.00 that allows you to change your tickets for basically any reason...lol....it may be worth it..
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Hi all, sorry I have been MIA for a few days...I had pneumonia and the hospital and I had a little rendevouz...however I am doing better`and will try and help out again some. Our PIR had 13 divisions that graduated 1026 sailors and everyone got in. One of our recruits had 7 extra guests with no problems whatsoever so I wouldn't worry too much...we just scrunched together...and actually there was some left over room in the balcony.
Dianne...I did hear that as well about the extra guests...you may want to have your recruit ask if that is the new policy...or if that is the policy of that RDC. One of the things that has become clear to me, before I got sick (lol) is there are a lot of new RDCs that have many new rules or interpretations of the rules so it may be that we want to check...lol!!
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Comment by dee'smadre on December 21, 2010 at 11:29am
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OK, mamawalrus. You can add two more rooms to your list
1- 2BR
1 1BR
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Comment by pench on December 21, 2010 at 10:34am
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I have a question maybe someone can answer, maybe I just need to call the hotel and see how it will work but I was wondering if anyone know how the free shuttle thing works? my hotel offers it and said we can bring our sailor back on it but supposibly my son will have to go check in before leaving on liberty and It could take up to 5 hours. do you call the hotel to send the shuttle or what?? sorry if this is a stupid question, I just have never used a shuttle before. friends of ours hows son PIR'd 09 told my husband to get a taxie and let them drop you off other wise you have to take your vehicle through security and there are long lines and they park your car like a mile away of you use a shuttle or taxie they drop you off at the gate and not as much trouble.
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Comment by angies on December 21, 2010 at 10:07am
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mamawalrus- you forgot me... one room, one BR would be ok.
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Comment by diannep on December 21, 2010 at 9:15am
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mapakids: Can you post all of your division numbers at the top of this page? It is helpful to have that up there. Yours are 63-74, 804, 912. Makes it easier when trying to determine BattleStations dates down the road. Thanks!,
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For those worried about extras getting in for PIR, go on 1/7 group...and leave a post for Lydia. She was a member of the large Sept PIR group I mentioned below...same number of divisions as you all have (14). I believe I remember her posting that all got in...they were VERY FULL...but all were there...and their PIR was during nice weather back in Sept.were weather difficulties wouldn't have prevented families from getting there.
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