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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

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 4/16/2010 Alumni

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For anyone with a loved one graduation April 16th 2010

Members: 94
Latest Activity: Apr 22, 2012

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Comment by Deidra- HM & Nuke Mom on June 12, 2011 at 11:35pm: Hello, my son was Ship 157, and is station in New London. He and his wife are enjoying being in New England, but they sure miss their family in Texas. Now I'm getting ready to send my other son to Great Lakes for boot camp. He is going into the Nuke program. I am so proud to be a military Mom to USN Sailors!!!!

Comment by Becky (J's Mom) on June 10, 2011 at 5:06pm: My J was Ship 157. He's now in Okinawa, where he's been since right before Christmas. He'd been at Camp P. in Cali. since Sept 1. Luckily he was able to come home for a few (3 1/2) days before leaving. He is planning on coming home in Nov. if he can get leave. We get to text and Skype regularly, thank goodness. J is working as a corpsman at a clinic with the marines. Sounds like he's loving it!

Comment by ShortBecky on May 15, 2011 at 4:03pm: We just got back from Dam Neck (Virginia Beach) this week from seeing our Sailor.

It was wonderful, we rented a condo for the week and I got to cook alot for him.One night he brought 3 buddies over. They had all been in boot camp together. We made LOTS of tacos and they ate them all!

Comment by Sue(Daniel's Mom) on April 1, 2011 at 3:04pm: Well, here I am again. I was wondering if there are any Moms on this site who had a son or daughter in Ship 13 Div 160? Would love to here about your Sailor's experiences since BC. I will pass info onto Daniel as I know he would love to here from his BC Buddies. There are a couple that he has seen at Norfolk and he keeps in touch with them, but I know he would love to hear about others. Take care and hope to hear from you soon. He always commented that his division had it tough at first but they all came together and became a good team.

Comment by Sue(Daniel's Mom) on March 26, 2011 at 2:33pm: Hello Everyone ! Been sometime since I checked this site and I am glad to see some recent posts. Daniel is currently stationed at Norfolk and we have visited him once and he has been able to come home for short visits. It's hard to believe that he has already completed one year in the Navy and will soon celebrate a year since graduation. He has a close friend who leaves for BC on Monday and he is visiting with him now. He is giving him all of the "BC" advice and I hope it helps him get through. I feel so much for this young man's wife as I know these next weeks will be very hard on her. So our prayers are with them. Take care and God Bless you all.

Comment by colleen on March 21, 2011 at 8:43pm: Hi all,

My son Andrew is on the Submarine Nebraska, somewhere in the Pacific. It ports at Kitsap Base in Silverdale, WA. Anyone else have a loved one on this ship?

Comment by Deidra- HM & Nuke Mom on March 21, 2011 at 11:45am: We just got back from visiting Logan at Groton, CT, wheere he's a Corpsman at the clinic on base. He and his wife are really enjoying living in the area, and we are finally adjusting to his living so far away. Our youngest son leaves for Navy bootcamp on June 27. We are hoping to all meet in Chicago for the graduation ceremony, prior to Colton's leaving for A-school.

Comment by sacha3357 (Wife of an FC) on March 21, 2011 at 6:44am: My husband leaves Great Lakes the 25th. Headed to San Diego where we will meet up with him beginning in June.

Comment by ShortBecky on March 4, 2011 at 9:05am: We hope to go shortly after our son gets there.

Comment by navymom20 on March 2, 2011 at 10:20am: Hi,

ShortBecky No we haven't been there yet - hope to this spring!

No he didn't have any trouble finding a place, however he's trying to get into an apartment so he's on a waiting list.