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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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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

Myspace Countdowns, USA Countdowns at WishAFriend.com

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Comment by Lolly on March 31, 2010 at 9:29am: I'm in central Florida and it's a beautiful day here too! I got up early and walked 3 miles with my work-out buddies this morning. While we were walking I told them about this wonderful site and how nice it was to be able to share my thoughts with people in the same situation. Even though I am SO PROUD and happy for Ginger I keep crying everytime I talk about boot camp!!!! I've got to get that under control!!!! : ) Have a great day everyone....I'm off to get another letter in the mail!

Comment by CootieBug on March 31, 2010 at 9:27am: Navy4my2 - Thank you so much for the count down to PIR! (I wish I could send it to my daughter!) Hello debyar63 - welcome to the group! These days are passing painfully slow, but it is nice to check in here each day to read the comments and share my thoughts with others who fully understand what I am feeling. Easter Sunday will be tough without my daughter. She is the only one that helps me with the dishes after our big family gatherings!

Comment by debyar63 on March 31, 2010 at 9:01am: Good morning everyone. I'm not sure where you are all from but here in Central Pennsylvania, it is a beautiful day. We are another day closer to PIR!!! Isn't that wonderful!! And Navy4my2 - thank you so much for the countdown for PIR Graduation Day. That is so cool and very great to see. Hang in there everyone. Yes, it is hard. You can try to tell yourself that your loved one is on vacation but when you get your "box" it makes everything seem so real then. Just remember they are doing something so wonderful not only for themselves but for their family and country. Sorry, don't mean to sound like I am preaching to everyone. I thank the good Lord for finding this web site. It is wonderful and great to have "contact" with others going through and feeling the same way. Have a great day everyone!!!

Comment by Navy4my2 on March 30, 2010 at 11:20pm: Myspace Countdowns, Video Countdowns at WishAFriend.com

Comment by ILNavyMom2010 on March 30, 2010 at 10:53pm: Arwen - Thanks for explaining the shot. It's no wonder my daughter said she was afraid to get her shots this past week! We've always told her that it will stop hurting when the pain goes away.

Comment by Arwen on March 30, 2010 at 10:21pm: You can see a week-by week breakdown of what they're doing at boot camp at about.com.

Comment by Arwen on March 30, 2010 at 10:12pm: A peanut butter shot, aka the golf ball, is 5cc of mixed antibiotics injected into the buttox of every new recruit in order to treat/prevent as much as the "recruit crud" (various illnesses the thousands of recruits bring with them to boot camp) as they can.

As of February, they get it when they arrive, then again on day 5-1.

It's given these nicknames because "it feels like peanut butter going in" and once it is in, it "feels like a golf ball sitting inside the butt-cheek." It tends to be painful, and has been known to cause temporary numbness in the leg, so recruits have to be careful with jumping out of their rack, etc.

Comment by AnG on March 30, 2010 at 10:02pm: My son is Jordan. He is on Ship 4 Div 811 with a PIR of May 14. Just got "the box" today. Kinda tough.

Comment by mrthlap on March 30, 2010 at 9:35pm: Hi Erin - I received that information from my son's recruiter within about 5 days of his leaving - you could probably call your recruiter. Good Luck!

Comment by Lolly on March 30, 2010 at 4:40pm: Hang in there Karla - I'm sure she's fine. But I totally understand!!! My Ginger is 23 and in the same ship/div as Destiny. She left on 3/23. She has 2 Mom's (long story!) and I was not the Mom that got the phone call so I was thrilled to get the form letter! And I can't wait to get a "real" letter. As debyar63 said, I find myself thinking all day long "I wonder what she's doing right now".