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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

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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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Graduation Info
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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!

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

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

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Comment by Bobbo on July 16, 2013 at 12:51pm: Shello63, you will want to stay around Great Lakes for Friday night. If you are flying out early Sunday or even Monday (since your son could be there til late Sunday as mine was), then think of the Carlton.

Comment by Bobbo on July 16, 2013 at 12:48pm: Southwest Airlines flies into Midway, which is southwest of downtown Chicago. You can skirk traffic from there and it is much easier to go in and out of. If anyone is looking to fly out of there but needs/wants a good hotel outside of Midway, I give The Carlton Hotel a great referral. It is an older place (motel) that has been re-habbed. Everything is new in the rooms. Yet very INEXPENSIVE!!! And they have a small frig and microwave. The people who run it can't do enough for you. And it's right outside Midway with a shuttle.

Comment by shello63 on July 16, 2013 at 12:16pm: I am trying to find the information for my choices of airports to fly into, and am unable to find it again! could anyone help? I know O'Hare, Milwaukee?? maybe? Is there another? I fly SW airlines and they do not fly in to O'Hare. Thanks in advance!

Comment by ellen0502 on July 15, 2013 at 4:46am: Carmen47, There are only three guests allowed per the RTC. I don't know why but the SRs have been given the wrong information in the last couple of PIR groups. The link below is the RTC website that shoes the number of guests.

http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/upcoming_grads.asp

Comment by Zig's Mom - carmen47 14/307 on July 15, 2013 at 4:03am: Help.. for pir 8/16/13
Ship 14 uss arizona ..DIV 307
Is it 3 or 4 guest. Too by understand the guest list change to
3 (three). My son said no its (four). 4

Comment by Bobbo on July 13, 2013 at 4:39pm: I just thought I'd check in since my son just graduated from A-school (METC). I know it was hard when your Sailors went to boot camp...and PIR weekend (if you're lucky) goes by really quickly. My son is coming home this next week and other than the PIR weekend 4 months ago, I haven't seen him in over 6 months but it goes faster and faster. Now it looks like he will be in the general region for awhile. See??? Good things do happen! ;-)

Comment by GrannyShip03Div271 on July 13, 2013 at 4:17pm: SouthernCalimom, Bookmark that page! U r gonna need it often!

Comment by lemonelephant on July 12, 2013 at 1:59pm: SouthernCalimom, the Page, What does ??? mean? (A Guide to Navy Abbreviations and Terminology), within Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) wil help you. I invite you to join that group and to check out the other Pages (found under the pictures of the Members) as well.

Comment by Bobbo on July 12, 2013 at 4:06am: Hi SouthernCalimom. Welcome. I remember being just where you are. My son just graduated from A-school and is now a Navy Corpsman.

PIR = Pass In Review

Its another name for 'graduation' because that is what they do...march pass in review. It reminded me of an old movie. Its quite moving and lots of tears in the stands.
Hope this helps.

Comment by SouthernCalimom Ship 13 Div 333 on July 12, 2013 at 3:39am: I am way out of the loop. What is PIR, and where can I learn what the abbreviations ?