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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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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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Alumni of PIR 7/15/11 TG 35 - 227-230, 816, 935

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Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 21, 2011 at 12:26pm: keger, How exciting!! Are you going to rent a car while there?

Comment by elizabeth on June 21, 2011 at 12:05pm: Keeger2001,I know it seems like time is flying now, maybe that's because I have my two grand children for the next 2 1/2 weeks. The SR's have only three more Sundays to write home, can't wait for this weeks letter.

Comment by keger2001 on June 21, 2011 at 11:42am: Finally have our reservations made for PIR on 07/15/11 !! getting closer!

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 21, 2011 at 11:21am: Lala, So there is an Airport on Base? I am sorry you did not get to see your Sailor leave.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on June 21, 2011 at 11:15am: You can also meet them and go visit in the USO if they are leaving from Ohare. You won't need a pass because the USO is before the security gate. They are used to having families wait with Sailors so it is not hard to get the pass to go past the gate. Just remember if you sailor tells you after PIR that they are on a chartered flight they won't come into the airport. They will go straight from the base to the jet and you won't be able to see them at the airport or give them their black bag or cell phones. Thanks goodness this does not happen very often but it does happen sometimes. It happened to me and my sailor :-(

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 21, 2011 at 11:09am: Southern Mom, When you go with your Sailor to check in at the airport most airlines will issue you a Gate Pass no problem. Just tell the airline that you want to say good bye to your Sailor. I think your Sailor will have to be with you at the desk as you ask for security reasons. If your son is meeting you at the airport he could help you with that. You would get a gate pass from the airline he is flying with.

Comment by southern mom on June 21, 2011 at 10:58am: Thanks Sandy for the info! I sure hope I get more time. I know they all have a job to do and I understand that so whatever time I get, I will be so grateful!! I have made plans to leave on sunday so that should give me enough time to see him off to A school. So, I do have one question..... If we are planning to meet him at the airport to wait with him, do we need a special pass for that. If so, where would we get that?

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on June 21, 2011 at 7:54am: Welcome Lindee, I bet you are getting excited about going to see your son at PIR. This site will help you through so much. You will learn more than you ever thought you would about the Navy. My daughter/sailor was shocked at how much I knew and even asked me questions and had me search for answers. By the time she got out of bootcamp I knew a lot more about her rate and what A-school would be like than she did lol. So if you have any questions please ask. I sent you a friend request as well. Again, welcome :-)

Comment by diannep on June 21, 2011 at 7:52am: HA! That's great, Sandy! Nothing like the RDCs taking our posts here and using them to "motivate" the SRs! HOOYAH!

Lindee: Welcome! You will find alot of great info here....fireteamleaderwife, Sandy, Lala, Betsy and I are all veteran ladies who will do our best to help you through. And, fireteamleaderswife is right ...please delete your post (hit the "x" in the box) since you disclosed the last name. This is Navy security for all groups on here...but in your case here, it does obviously identify you with your SR. We try to get on this site to support each other, not cause any problems for our SRs. So just try and not disclose too many personal details that could identify you with your SR.

Again, Welcome, and hope we can help you through this!

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 21, 2011 at 3:31am: Fireteamleaderwife, and Lindee. My son's RDC used to read the posts on our PIR group every morning. We mentioned (with out using names of recruits) how several SR were not following orders. Their behavior was causing all the recruits extra work and push ups. The RDC said to the Recruits: See, you have all these moms mad at you.

What could be worse than a bunch of mad moms from NavyForMoms??