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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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 5/14/10

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For anyone with a loved on Graduating on 5/14.

Members: 55
Latest Activity: Feb 13, 2013

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Comment by NavyWife10 on April 7, 2010 at 6:43pm: Hey everyone!! So I'm officially into panic mode. No letter, no phone call and this is the third week. Sunday was the time he's been allowed to write letters, I figured it would have been here by now? Is this normal? I'm so worried about him.. help!!! :(

Comment by Skins Mom (Ship 12 Div 186) on April 7, 2010 at 6:38pm: Hi! Wow, this site should be a requirement for all moms! I can not believe the Navy doesn't tell all kids to have their moms sign up! I got accepted to the site today and wished I would have known about it from the start of this journey! Just knowing that there are so many other moms going through the same thing is such a comfort to me! It's funny that you think that you are the only one feeling that way! I have read all of the comments and realized that what I am feeling or the questions that I have are the same as others! Thank you for this site, and the count down:)

Comment by ILNavyMom2010 on April 7, 2010 at 8:00am: wade142 - I didn't even think about the time factor! You must be very proud of both your son and daughter. ; ) Do you think the girls will wear skirts or pants at graduation? Seems it would be kind of hard to march in pumps.

Comment by ILNavyMom2010 on April 6, 2010 at 8:37am: I just checked the Recruit Training Command website and noticed that there are only 6 divisions scheduled for PIR on May 14th. This is good news because I would think it means that if we have extras we'd like to bring to graduation they will not be turned away!

Comment by terry on April 5, 2010 at 10:28pm: My son is on ship 04 div 811. Got the box but no letters or phone call yet. I guess I'll wait patiently.

Comment by NavyWife10 on April 5, 2010 at 6:08pm: You got a letter? !? No fair :( All I got was my paperwork in for the military id and insurance. I should be getting a letter in this week he said..

Comment by debyar63 on April 5, 2010 at 10:06am: Good morning everyone. I got some news Friday night and wanted to share with everyone. My husband told me that our son called our daughter-in-law and said that he was coming home. He is receiving a medical discharge due to shin splints. I have such mixed emotions about this. Don't get me wrong, I am happy that he is coming home but he now has no job to come home to. And I don't know if this is a permanent thing or just until he recovers. Has anyone out there experienced this before?

Comment by CootieBug on April 3, 2010 at 10:14pm: Just got a call from Andrea!! She sounded great! She's caught the "crud" and has some pretty bad blisters, but the Navy podiatrists gave her inserts for her boots and she's on some medication for her cold. She passed the swimming tests the first time through. And she told me that she missed the run time by 2 seconds but blames that on the cold medication. She's eating well and just sounded in such good spirits! She's got a great bunkmate (25 years old with two children from Lansing, MI) but she said there's been problems with many recruits in her division who are "talking too much". So unfortunately, they've all been punished for it. But what's most important is that she sounded very upbeat and seems to be doing very well. God most certainly has answered my prayers. This 20 minute phone call has gone so far to relieve my worries about her. She said she's still going strong and is hoping to get my letters tomorrow. I hope all you other moms get a phone call from your recruit tonight or tomorrow. Happy Easter everyone!

Comment by Arwen on April 2, 2010 at 11:27pm: They used to have male divisions and female divisions, but they were made coed a while back. They sleep in separate compartments, but for their training (every moment that is not spent sleeping, showering or in the head), usually two or three divisions per group are fully coed. The other divisions are all-male. There are no all-female divisions.

Comment by Jessica on April 2, 2010 at 9:26pm: So are there male and female divisions that are mixed? All of the people in my division have daughters and I hope I didnt get the wrong address...