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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 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.

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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Comment by ColoradoNavyMom on March 14, 2017 at 12:52am: Tpadul, my son is qm too and graduates 4-21-17. Congrats to your daughter. I did get a form letter last week but that's it so far. I'm praying I dont miss the call because i can't always get to my phone at work. I hope you get a letter soon.

Comment by tpadul on March 11, 2017 at 8:45am: HI trk thanks for your post!! I hope I get a letter today. it feels like time has stopped since she arrived. I only received the box in the mail, and I didn't even get the form letter in the mail like all the other moms did that had kids arrive the same day and the day after my daughter did, so I'm feeling pretty sad. I hope I get something soon.

Comment by trk on March 10, 2017 at 5:05pm: tpadul Hi! My son is also QM and currently in BC with PIR 3/31/17. He was able to send a letter 1 week after he arrived, but not everyone did so if you don't get a letter soon it is coming. I am sure she will be fine, we received a phone call on a Sunday his 3rd full week. He told us it wasn't that bad, and his recent letter said the same thing, so she will be just fine. I am wondering if there just aren't a lot of QM's.

Comment by tpadul on March 10, 2017 at 3:23pm: Hello I am new here, My daughter is now in BC at due for PIR on 4-21-17 her rate is QM and her A school is at Great Lakes. I was excited when she was given this rate and she has heard it is a really good rate. I'm excited for her and now just keeping fingers crossed she gets through BC OK. I'm still waiting for letters to come and have not heard from her yet.

Comment by msrottievalor on March 3, 2017 at 8:04am: Mesonj, have you tried fb groups? Some can be good. Others? There are some "mom" groups. There are also ship groups. Some are hidden but can be joined once you find a connection.
I went through deployments last year with my boys. If you connect with the ship ombudsman that gets you info too. You have to get info from your sailor to be on the list.
Hope that helps

Comment by mesonJ on March 3, 2017 at 1:31am: QM Deployed. No success connecting with other groups/blogs that are current. Feeling sad not knowing anything.

Comment by msrottievalor on February 20, 2017 at 2:41pm: No problem. Need anything else, will try my best. I don't check the site much, but do get emails from it. QM site doesn't move too much as you can see.
My QM did not re-up, so is back home. My AG is still serving.

Comment by trk on February 19, 2017 at 10:46pm: msrottievalor, Thank you!

Comment by msrottievalor on February 19, 2017 at 9:10pm: Trk, it has been a few years, but my son went straight from basic to A school. After QM graduation, he got to come home for a little bit before reporting to his first duty station. I hope that helps.

Comment by trk on February 19, 2017 at 11:43am: My son is currently in boot camp then on to QM "A" school. Do they normally go right into schooling or do they have to wait for a period of time?