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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

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 8/26/11 (13 Divs - 269-280, 941)

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A group for folks who had sailors graduate from boot camp on August 26, 2011.

Members: 94
Latest Activity: Jul 28, 2012

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Comment by 1DYBUGs Mom/Dana - S9/D280 on August 29, 2011 at 7:38pm: Sorry I had a bad connection at the hotel and couldn't get the photos uploaded. As I am typing this they are uploading to Photobucket, and I will link it as soon as I can. There are some aftermath shots of Irene in there too, just ignore them, I will be moving them out of this album as soon as I am done uploading.

Comment by Kira's mom Ship 02 Div 941 on August 29, 2011 at 6:50pm: I uploaded my pictures to snapfish too. I would love to share with others too. Just send me your email and I will send you a link. If you have pictures to share too could you send me a link also? Thank you!

Comment by Doreen(07/272) on August 29, 2011 at 5:31pm: I posted the pics that we took. However the "my photos" link was inactive until a few minutes ago.

Comment by Brenda72 on August 29, 2011 at 5:17pm: Did I miss something? Photos?

Comment by Doreen(07/272) on August 29, 2011 at 5:16pm: Hey everyone, my photos were approved...the link should work.

Comment by Debera1952 (SR Kyles Mom) on August 29, 2011 at 9:17am: Now they are Sailors on their way to A school. Our son Kyle had so much from with everyone from Heidi's family to Sandi's family. The photo's are great! I know if we were able to make it his day's would have been spent helping his father and I in the hotel room take our medications, eat, take more medications. No young person needs that he had enough of it growing up. The last time I recall seeing our son so happy was before my husband and I got sick. From the bottom of our hearts again thank you so very much he has his Navy Family now too. And knowing this it makes it a bit easier for not only him but us too. God Bless you all and God Bless America.

Comment by Jana on August 28, 2011 at 11:11pm: I thoroughly enjoyed PIR (except for the part where my son was one of those that passed out during the ceremony) and it was so moving for me. I also enjoyed the time that I got to spend with my son and to share his birthday with him and was so glad that his grandmother got to come also. She has not seen him since he was 2 years old and this was the first time that she has ever seen my daughter, her granddaughter. It is so nice to have communication back again! We are on our way back to Texas. We left Waukegan about noon today and made it to Marion, Illinois tonite. We will spend the nite here tonite and go as far as we can tomorrow, and plan on making it home on Tuesday. Thanks to everyone who has helped me along the way...thanks to the veteran moms for being so helpful and enduring all my questions and for the support that everyone gave me. Stacey-it was great to meet you and your family. Your son seems like he is a wonderful young man and you should be very proud of him.

Comment by diannep on August 28, 2011 at 9:30pm: You are so right, Doreen. His next "room" could be his rack on a ship! :-) Glad he is doing well and adjusting!

Comment by Doreen(07/272) on August 28, 2011 at 9:06pm: I posted an album to my profile. Anyone can view it...It has been nice to be able to text my son and kinda know what he's up to. He sent pics of his new room at A-School. Walk in closet, large room that he shares with another guy. Fridge, microwave...kinda like a hotel. I told him to not get spoiled-his next room may not be as fancy.

Comment by Doreen(07/272) on August 28, 2011 at 8:50pm: I have some pics...we were using a new a camera and didn't realize our battery was going to die so soon. We wanted to save power for when it ended as well...