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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

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

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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on June 21, 2011 at 2:58am: Welcome Lindee!
I'm one of the veteran moms!
It looks like you are brand new to Navy for moms :-). If you look over to the far right...yup...yup...way over there...then up…that second dark blue bar down that says, “First Time Here?". Underneath it is a link to the community guidelines for Navy for Moms. There you can read all about how the site operates and there will be another link for something called, "OPSEC". Operational Security. This is a very important one to go to. Like Sandy said this is a very public forum...anyone can read the posts in the groups.

OPSEC is to keep our Sailors safe...that's why we don't allow last names on here. Its good practice for when your SR (Seaman Recruit) becomes a Sailor and is out in the fleet etc. ESPECIALLY if he has a high security rating. So I would copy your post, delete your SR name and repost. First names ARE allowed but not recommended. We usually just say, "My SR...” If you have a picture of your SR plus a name he will be easily identifiable. As Sandy said, the RDC's do get on here and read the posts; we just had a couple linked up with their "moms" on another group. One has to do 5 push-ups for every time his mom posts!

When you "friend" other "moms" and send messages those are secure. Only you and the friend you email can see it.

Hope that helps. Please ask ANY questions you might have...there are no dumb ones! There are several veteran moms on every PIR group who have already been through Boot Camp (BC) and your fellow moms that have been with this group from the get go!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on June 21, 2011 at 2:34am: Ladies,

Grad-n-Go information posted in the discussion area.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 21, 2011 at 12:50am: Southern Mom, You might be able to see your son for more than just a couple of hours. I have heard of many families waiting with their Sailors at the airport before they go off to (A)school. You never know how much time you will have until you see your son at PIR. There he will be able to give you more of the details. Have you joined the Grad & Go group on NavyforMoms? Many Grad & Go families share their stories.

Comment by southern mom on June 21, 2011 at 12:45am: Welcome Lindee!!! My son has also spoken very highly of the guys in this div. as well. He absolutely has found his niche too! I cannot wait to see him on PIR and hear all about his experience! I know it will be short lived because he will be leaving and going to San Antonio, Texas for A school. But just to see him for a few hours will be worth all the traveling to get there!!

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 20, 2011 at 11:06pm: Lindee, Hi welcome to the group. Please don't post your son's last name unless it is via personal message on NavyForMoms. This is not a secure page. Not only that but the RDCs read posts on here.

Comment by diannep on June 20, 2011 at 11:27am: Ladies, please don't forget to go to the BattleStations discussion group above. Then once there, click on the link in the group to read about BattleStations. What they actually do in BattleStations is confidential....they sign a confidentiality paper...but you will get an idea of the organization of it.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on June 20, 2011 at 8:03am: Christy- I have had a couple people from your DIV who have ordered ribbons so far. I don't know their N4M name because they sent the order to my email. Keep in mind if they are in bootcamp band or choir I add a music note to the ribbons as well and the gold ones are much nicer than the silver ones I could find. Also, if they have family members who are in active duty/retired/veterans etc I add a flag to the ribbons to honor their service as well.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 20, 2011 at 12:05am: Gidget28, Sometimes Sailor get them for their families too. Our gave us all one as a gift. My son said that each division designs their own. There is a deadline when the divisions need to have their designs completed and ready to be printed. I will ask my son. Maybe he remembers what week they had their tee shirts done.

Comment by Aussiesmom on June 19, 2011 at 9:45pm: Thanks for the question about T-shirts. I was just getting ready to ask the same thing. I appreciate the information!

Comment by diannep on June 19, 2011 at 9:12pm: Gidget: Here is the website to order the division tshirts:

www.mwrgl.com

Click on Enter, then on the TRAVEL DISCOUNTS/Recruit Grad tab, then scroll down to MAIL ORDER FORM. There are phone numbers on there if you have any questions.