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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).

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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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Comment by Abucking on August 17, 2013 at 6:45pm: thisistuff, I'm guessing your son will be at Ft Jackson. It's a very good program, and very quick, once it gets started. It will seem like no time till you are going to another graduation! Since you're in GA, your son may get to come home some, or you can visit. Also, some of the posts below describe what it's like. Best Wishes!

Comment by thisistuff on August 17, 2013 at 12:45pm: My son's PIR is this Friday 23rd Great Lakes and will go to A schooling SC. What can he (we) expect? We live in Georgis so we are happy he will not be so far away. This has been a very difficult time for all of us, he sounds really good and we are really proud of his success.

Comment by DevilinSide on August 13, 2013 at 12:45pm: She graduated last Friday, August 9th. The ceremony was so nice and I'm glad I went!

Comment by Abucking on August 7, 2013 at 9:30pm: Yes, you only need your photo ID to get on base. Graduation was in the morning at about 9, I think, when my sailor graduated. We only live 2 hrs away, but stayed in a motel the night before to make sure we got there on time.It was very nicely done. What is your daughter's graduation date?

The SC State Museum is in Columbia, and there's a big mall called Columbiana near I-20 and I-26.

Hope y'all find something interesting to do.

Comment by DevilinSide on August 6, 2013 at 12:23pm: Thanks Abucking - I still haven't found much for us to do (my daughter isn't a naturey kind of person) but we'll figure something out. I just hope the weather co-operates! How nice that you'll be able to see your son often. Mine will be at Pendleton in Ca.

By the way, do you just need your photo ID and car information to get on the base for graduation - and what time does it start if you remember?

Comment by Abucking on July 19, 2013 at 10:33am: Hello DevlinSide, and congrats on your daughter's graduation! My son graduated in May from RP school. We are from SC, so it was an easy trip. And the best part is that his permanent duty station is also in SC!! We get to see him often. As to answering your questions, there's a nice water park at Ft. Jackson that your daughter and mom may like. Also, the Riverbanks Zoo is really nice. The Charleston Aquarium is good, but a bit far away. But that means the beach is 2 hrs away, too. Not Myrtle, but several other nice ones near Charleston. Folly and Edisto are two. And the mountains are only about 2 1/2 hrs away too! Yes, we have mts in SC!

Comment by DevilinSide on July 19, 2013 at 10:03am: I'm going to my daughters RP graduation next month with my 81 yr old mom. My daughter is 20. I'm struggling a bit trying to find something fun to do that they'll both like. I see there's a zoo nearby and the SC aquarium about 2 hours away but no idea if either are worth going to. If anyone that's been to the Columbia area has a suggestion, I'd appreciate it!

Comment by Abucking on June 1, 2013 at 2:12pm: I agree with Chris. (Great to meet you there, Chris!) The address to the sailors was indeed very poignant and I even took notes. He seems to be a wonderful man, in many ways. It was an honor to be at the ceremony. My Sailor and his girlfriend were so cute! We took pictures with the gigantic anchor outside the school building. My Sailor has learned so much since Feb. 10, and now he gets to put it to work. So proud. HooYah!

Comment by Chris(14/142) on June 1, 2013 at 10:35am: We had the great honor of attending our Sailor's graduation from RP A school this week. While certainly not as full of pomp & circumstance as the PIR, it was nevertheless full of ceremony & meaning. It was a wonderful experience, and MasterChief Medler's address to the Sailors was very well done. The staff at the school were very welcoming and accomodating to family members. Both they and the graduates exhibited tremendous patience as the cameras flashed for that perfect picture! My only "disappointment" was that more families were not represented that morning. I realize there are a number of reasons (financial & logistical) for that, but as we have so few opportunities to share in the accomplishments of our sons/daughters as they make their ways in life, every one is precious! So my thanks to the staff of the Naval Chapliancy School, and my prayers for the newly graduated class of RPs.

Comment by jeffiner-desert-wind on May 26, 2013 at 6:43pm: As I have been reading the posts of how much your sons want to spread the Gospel it makes my heart glad. My son didn't think he would get RP as his recruiter didn't think that there were any openings. There were two and three DEPers wanting it. It has been three years since then and two years since he graduated from RTC of which is a GREAT experience if you go to PIR, and he just got bumped up to RP3. It is awesome to see RPs who have a heart for The Lord come aboard. Blessing to all your RPs as they grow up in the Navy.