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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).

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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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PIR 9/24/2010

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FOR moms, dads, siblings, wives, loved ones of recruits graduating from Naval Basic Training on Sept 24.

Members: 83
Latest Activity: Aug 28, 2012

PIR 9/24 Welcome and share your news or ask questions or just chat!

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Welcom Navy Loved ones! This site is so helpful for support and finding information and sharing information. Being a Navy Mom and Wife is such an honor. It isn't always easy to wait to hear from them, or to know that they have been, or will be in harms way, but we couldn't be more proud of our boys. The youngest boy said recently, "it feel pretty awsome to be part of something so big, and respected"... He is still in boot camp... My oldest has served three years and is a wonderful young man, who now believes serving their country is something all young men should do. We are so proud of all of our NAVY sons, husbands, daughters and wifes, boyfriends and girlfriends... Please share, ask questions, and enjoy the support provided by Navy for Moms.

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Comment by SOBE,PIR 6/4/10 IT Mom, Italy on August 9, 2010 at 1:20pm: FYI: Don't lose your form letter! I just read another post of a frantic mom who can't find it and needs the password for the parking/gate pass. Even if you take the motel shuttle to the base, you need the pass to return your sailor that evening, and to pick up/drop off the rest of PIR weekend. Make 2 copies and put them in different places. I put one in my undie drawer because I knew I would open that drawer everyday and not forget where I put it!

TIP: If you change your User ID (in settings, right hand corner) and include your recruits division number and PIR date, it will make locating others easier! Here's how my User ID looked when my son was in bc:
Sobe Div 201 PIR 6/4/10

Comment by SimplyJRB-ADs Mom on August 9, 2010 at 7:58am: Thanks for the questionaires. Is anyone else's recruit in ship 3 Div 319? I have not seen anyone else mention it.

Comment by MidwestNavyMom on August 9, 2010 at 12:02am: JD's Mom - Our sons are in the same ship, division. I was so excited to already get his letter since he left 8/3 and we got it yesterday. I was expecting Oct. 1 as PIR so was surprised to see 9/24.

Comment by JD'sMom on August 8, 2010 at 10:47pm: JD's PIR is 9/24 also. Sorry. I was excited, and forgot to include that in the last comment!

Comment by JD'sMom on August 8, 2010 at 8:40pm: No box yet, but we finally got the letter. My son is Ship13, DIV 322. I was expecting his graduation date to be in October, so was surprised. Don't know yet if we'll be able to go, but am glad to have the info now, and time to work on it.

Comment by SOBE,PIR 6/4/10 IT Mom, Italy on August 8, 2010 at 5:10pm: Please take a moment to read Wolf Grrl's discussion above titled "My PIR Experience", it's great!

Some of the things she shares you may already know, but what I really like is what she DIDN'T do - they didn't plan every moment of their time with activities for her sailor! She was able to stay in Great Lakes until Tuesday when her Sailor flew to A-School (so she wasn't a G&G).

Comment by SOBE,PIR 6/4/10 IT Mom, Italy on August 8, 2010 at 2:21pm: SimplyJRB - the meet & greet is always the evening before PIR day, it's at the Ramada Inn from 6-8pm. It's free and anyone, any age is invited. If you are a guest of that motel, you get a free drink coupon (hard drinks). I'm sure someone in this group will be creating an "Event" for the M&G soon (look for it on the right side of any page on this site).

Guess what? You guys are no longer the youngest PIR group! PIR 10/1/10 was just started, so you are now that much closer to graduation day. I'm sort of a strange person, but when my son's PIR date finally was posted on the Navy's bootcamp site, I printed it out. I got chills when it finally made it high enough on that list to print the gate/parking pass - and when it was finally the highest date on that list, I printed that page. It helped me see that those 8 weeks really did fly by faster than I had realized.

Comment by navy on August 7, 2010 at 7:27pm: Congratulations SimplyJRB and SeamenRSJ.. those letters that tell us something about where they are and what to expect are wonderful!! At my oldest son's PIR the performance Divisions were excellent..I can't wait to see it all again for my youngest son!! So glad you had news...

Comment by SimplyJRB-ADs Mom on August 7, 2010 at 6:28pm: Along with SeamenRSJ, I also got our letter today! Took it Right from the mailLADY....So no kisses (ha-ha wink). He is Ship 3 Div 319 & PIR is 9-24. Is the Meet & Greet always the evening before? Or is it sometimes in the afternoon?

Comment by weimy Ship 06 Div 945 PIR 9/24 on August 7, 2010 at 5:55pm: newmom60....my son is part of Div 945 as well, and I know that he volunteered to play the alto sax in the band for the graduations. I can't wait to see them perform! My bud was a DEP and for the last year has taken to heart everything that the previous recruits have told them to expect. PIR should be a lot of fun!