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Navy For Moms

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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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 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 Reference Information

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A permanent place for information about PIR. Forum discussions have been created to serve as file folders for specific details regarding different aspects of PIR. Please post information in the appropriate forum discussion. Thank you!

Members: 2412
Latest Activity: Dec 14, 2024

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Comment by LMC -mom of 2 Sailors! on May 22, 2011 at 2:28pm: Should but bring the birth certicate. (stretch marks don't work as proof. LOL Hee hee)

Comment by fbettyboop on May 21, 2011 at 10:03pm: will they except a school id for a 16 year old for graduation, does anyone know

Comment by mrs.twstd on May 21, 2011 at 9:40pm: Thank you for all of the info!! I will re-checking everything before we leave for graduation!! So excited to see my boy!!

Comment by Mama C (PS E-Class 1202-1) on May 20, 2011 at 8:15am: Pattyb - As soon as PIR is over your sailor will tell you how much liberty he or she has. Sad to say for our sailor, for PIR 5/13, we had to have him back to the Base no later than 7 pm. We actually got him back to the Base by 6:20 p.m. He had to walk to the far reaches to get to his compartment and we didn't want him being late.

PIR ends at approximately 10:30 a.m. local time. By the time we left the Base, it was about 11:30 a.m. So we had roughly 7 hrs. with him before we took him back. The next morning we met him at the airport and stayed with him for about 1 1/2 hrs. before he had to board the plane.

Each Sailor's departure is different. If yours is a Saturday departure, your time may be spent at the airport. You can get a gate pass to be with them at the airline ticket counter. If your Sailor is staying in GL, your time may be a bit longer, but again, your Sailor will know all that.

Hope this helps!

Comment by WandaG on May 19, 2011 at 7:28pm: AuntKimmie, thanks for the feedback :o)

Comment by pattyb on May 19, 2011 at 7:11pm: When do we find out how much time we get to spend after graduation 6-3

Comment by LoriMN - Ship 11 Div 185 on May 19, 2011 at 3:35pm: Hi Everyone,

We are going to my sons PIR 6/3 and he wants to go out for a big greasy burger! any reccommendation for Waukegan? GL?

Comment by AuntKimmy on May 19, 2011 at 12:22pm: WandaG....she will either get her orders a few weeks from her PIR or they can wait and give them their orders when they get to A school. I had a niece that got them in BC and a nephew that got his while he was at A school.

Comment by WandaG on May 18, 2011 at 7:16pm: Thanks gnomesweetgnome! Can't wait for PIR!

Does anyone know if the sailor's get orders for their A School once bootcamp wraps up? I'm handling my daughter's student loans and they want orders for her A School so we can apply for an in-school deferment. They won't do a military deferment until she gets orders for her first duty assignment.

Comment by Mama C (PS E-Class 1202-1) on May 18, 2011 at 10:28am: Even though my sailor is now in A School, I'll still be visiting this group. I love to hear PIR stories and hopefully stay in touch with many of you. Good Luck to all you newer moms and dads as you anticipate your SR's PIR. It was an awesome experience that I wish I could do over again, just for the thrill of it all!