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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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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 5/07/2010

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For Everyone with someone graduating boot camp 5/7/10. Share and Discuss.

Members: 66
Latest Activity: Jul 26, 2011

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Comment by Stephanie-Sub-Wife on March 24, 2010 at 1:06pm: Thank you SAfutureFC, that is really sweet, and helpful of you!

Comment by SAFutureFC~ship 12, div 181~ on March 24, 2010 at 1:03pm: Good Morning Everyone! As you can see i just joined your group, my fiancee is in div 181. I graduated boot in Nov '09, so if you have any questions about what your kids are talking about in their letters, such as abbreviations, or what they are saying they are doing, i will try and help answer them. As i can see most of you have gotten "the box", don't worry if the form letter comes a day or so later, since the boxes are made up and mailed like the day after they get there and the form letters are done a few days later. Also keep in mind how far away you are from the Great lakes area, some letters take 3 days some take 7 days. At first your SR will only be allowed to send letters on Sundays, after a few weeks, they are allowed to write letters for 30 min on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well as mail them on those days. When you get your first phone call, the best thing to do is just listen, they will be bursting w. info to tell you and they have a limited amount of time to tell you it all. The questions about how are you, are you getting enough to eat, etc, can be asked in the letters. If you ask a lot of questions, especially yes/no questions, type of a checklist with space for added comments, you'll get a lot more info from your SR then if they have to write everything you want to know out. If you all have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Comment by Libby(CJs Mom) on March 24, 2010 at 9:55am: Thanks for the link to the map Mom2sailorsX3. As I read it, it means our sailors-to-be are in the "USS Triton." Nice to be able to put some context around all those big, blank roofs on the Google Maps satellite shots.

Comment by Popeye the sailor dad_S12 Div183 on March 23, 2010 at 8:36pm: Hi group, my son Justin is in ship 12 div. 183. Can't wait for May 7th.

Comment by navywife10 on March 23, 2010 at 10:48am: bella232...I was also excited when I heard they were wearing white! I got a navy blue dress also I'm so excited for my husband to see me :)

Comment by All for Spike on March 23, 2010 at 10:28am: Got our son in a box and 1st letter yesterday. My understanding thus far is NOT to count on that date till they get MUCH closer. All info on this site this far has been VERY helpful, including the fact that most cell phone providers offer military suspensions for they cell phone accounts at NO COST for boot camp and/or deployments. I can confirm Verizon does and it only took one phone call !!!!

Comment by Libby(CJs Mom) on March 23, 2010 at 12:02am: Our son left on 3/16. We got "the box"on the 19th and the letter with his division and grad info on the 22nd. It all came a lot sooner than we expected.

Three cheers for graduating on Mother's Day weekend!

Comment by bella [mrs. ae2] on March 22, 2010 at 9:57pm: My boyfriend is ship 12 div 179. see all you guys at PIR. :D so i heard they will be wearing white uniforms? So then I will buy a blue dress! :D

Comment by Tracey on March 22, 2010 at 8:55pm: My son is Ship 12 Div 183. He left for bc on 3/16, I can't wait to see him. his letter said bootcamp was going good and he misses home already