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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

Events

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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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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: 2408
Latest Activity: on Friday

In order to make this a reference site, please use the Discussion Forums to post information. ____________ Treat them as though they are file folders. Please use the Comment Wall to post your questions. Thank you!

Be sure to click on "View All" at the bottom and to the right of the list of discussions, so that you will see them all. YMM

Be sure to follow OPSEC rules when posting any comments. See details below. YMM

Link to RTC Website: http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/index.asp

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Comment by lemonelephant on January 16, 2016 at 3:24pm: racer88, you are very welcome.

Comment by racer88 on January 16, 2016 at 3:18pm: Thanks!

Comment by lemonelephant on January 16, 2016 at 2:43pm: racer88, yes, since your recruit will be flying out and not staying in GL, you should be safe with reservations at noon. See PIR Day and Liberty during PIR Weekend to help you know how to plan your weekend.

Comment by racer88 on January 16, 2016 at 2:08pm: Making lunch reservations after PIR. Wondering if they get to leave right away. I was thinking noon reservations. Does that sound about right?

Comment by lemonelephant on January 15, 2016 at 5:37pm: racer88, thanks for sharing.

Comment by racer88 on January 15, 2016 at 5:30pm: Just a quick FYI. I saw that if you are renting a car, that in some cases it could cost you $400.00 for a deposit/hold fee.I was worried so I called Dollar Car Rental and with a Master card (debit) it does in fact cost quit a bit, but with a Visa (debit) it is only 15% of your total rental costs.

Comment by encourager on December 24, 2015 at 9:50pm: My Navy moms, let's light up the site with good wishes for Christmas. I start!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.. Thanks for all your support throughout my Sailor's Naval career.

Comment by Lloyd on November 25, 2015 at 10:30am: 053 are making calls!!

Comment by Lloyd on November 18, 2015 at 3:45pm: I just received the official letter from my son. Ship 03, Division 053. PIR 01/08/2016.

Comment by Suzie1507 on November 17, 2015 at 8:20pm: Dear Administrators, We just experienced PIR on 11/13/15. It was a fantastic ceremony!!! I never saw anything about the actual ceremony before we went, and I was hoping to share an idea with the group (and hoped you would share it with future groups). During the ceremony, they present the state flags and the flags of the protectorates. Everybody cheers when their own state flag is presented, but then a few states had no cheering! As I "heard the silence", I realized that just because family members from a certain place might not have been able to attend - it did not mean there wasn't a recruit from that place. Each recruit deserves to hear their state being cheered. I started cheering for every place after that (I feel bad about those states that had silence now). Please encourage families & friends to cheer each state (go crazy for their own, of course) - Go crazy for them all!!! We're now one Navy family, right? Just my two cents. Thanks again for providing this place for knowledge and support!!!