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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

Events

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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: 2414
Latest Activity: Jan 28

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!

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Comment by amanda on October 23, 2015 at 6:35am: Thankyou lemonelephant:)

Comment by lemonelephant on October 22, 2015 at 11:03pm: amanda, yes, you can if they have enough rooms left when you call.

Comment by amanda on October 22, 2015 at 10:59pm: Question.can u rent two rooms at navy lodge?my family doesnt fit in one room

Comment by lemonelephant on October 15, 2015 at 9:50pm: Suzie1507, no, there is no place to drop off someone closer to the chapel since anyone who is to go to the Chapel must start at the Visitors Center and be escorted with the group to and from the Chapel. If this person is able to stay at the hotel and watch the Livestream there, that would be better, especially since the Chapel is not always available to everyone who seeks to use it. See the info in PIR Day and Liberty During PIR Weekend.

Comment by Suzie1507 on October 12, 2015 at 2:29pm: I'm sorry if this already listed somewhere - I haven't seen it. Is there a place to drop off a handicapped person that is close to the "overflow" viewing area? Grandma would like to attend, but walking long distances affects her breathing. Just curious. If everything is a lot of walking, she may view online. Thanks for any insight!

Comment by lemonelephant on October 1, 2015 at 11:59am: Recruits (actually Sailors at that point) are able to change the names on the Access List up to 24 hours before PIR.

Comment by lemonelephant on October 1, 2015 at 11:58am: Classycalico, your recruit has not submitted the names for the Access List yet. The names on the form letter are for you. Write him now and explain and let him know the names of up to four people that he should list when the time comes to submit the names 3 to 10 days before PIR.

Comment by Classycalicat on September 26, 2015 at 3:47pm: I received my sons form letter with his graduation date. He listed his Grandfather as a guest, however due to health issues he is not able to make it. Can my son change his guest list?

Thank you!

Comment by lemonelephant on September 3, 2015 at 12:59am: Recruit Training Command/Naval Station Great Lakes will shift to winter uniforms — Dress Blues — as of Monday, Oct. 5. This means the Oct. 9 Pass-In-Review will be the first group to graduate in their dress blues.

Comment by lemonelephant on August 31, 2015 at 8:54pm: mickey1928, yes, All rooms include direct TV and DVD, a refrigerator, a microwave, and free Wifi. "Breakfast to go" is just that. It is breakfast in a sack that you take with you. See the info on the Navy Lodge in Saving Money PIR Weekend.