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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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Comment by Cristina (Robin'sMom) on October 26, 2011 at 11:18pm: Hi, is there a group for North Orange County. I live in Brea and my son is leaving on Nov. 17th for BC. Thanks

Comment by Bandito's Mom on October 20, 2011 at 11:11am: Hello everyone, Have just added a new group called Los Angeles Region. We are going to try to have our first Meet & Greet Jan 21 somewhere near Santa Monica or the 405 & 10 intersection. More details to follow. Would love some help and members. As we get closer to the date, I will come back here and give more details.

Los Angeles Region

I know it is far away, but my son is PIR in Nov, then there is Thanksgiving and the Holidays,,, and before you know it, it is January! Please pencil in the date if you think you can make it.

Comment by Jenn (Proud AO Mom) on October 17, 2011 at 7:01pm: Thanks JI-ISmom - it's good to hear from someone whose gone through PIR at Thanksgiving. I was wondering if he may end up staying through the entire weekend. I'll have to look into the cost of staying all weekend long and see if I can swing it.

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on October 17, 2011 at 5:49pm: Hi Jenn, I have been through 2 PIR's and flew into Milwaukee both times. Great airport to get to GL. I also had a son Grad on Thanksgiving. They gave them from Graduation until they had to report on Sunday with the families so we had him for almost 5 days. He flew out to his A school on the next Monday for Virginia. I have no idea if they plan on giving them that much time again this year, but it turned out wonderfully for us last year since we weren't scheduled to fly home until Sunday afternoon.

Comment by Jenn (Proud AO Mom) on October 17, 2011 at 4:29pm: Thanks NavyMomJeg - I've heard good things about the Milwaukee airport so I'm hoping that they all prove to be true. I think I'm mostly nervous about the possibility of driving in bad weather. I've lived in SoCal for the past 20 years - I think I may have forgotten how to drive in the snow. I will check with RTC on Facebook - I hadn't thought of that. Thanks for the suggestion.

Comment by NavyMomJeg on October 17, 2011 at 2:43pm: Good luck on you're trip. We flew in and out of Midway on Southwest and wished we had gone to Milwaukee. Our son graduated on a non-holiday week (9/30/11) and was shipped out the morning after PIR. Have you checked with RTC on Facebook to see if they have any answers? They are usually very helpful!

Comment by Jenn (Proud AO Mom) on October 17, 2011 at 1:17pm: My son is graduating on Nov. 23rd. I'm flying out of SD into Milwaukee on Southwest on Tuesday early morning and leaving to come home Friday afternoon. I would have liked to wait to leave until Saturday but the flight was about $400 more and I just couldn't afford that difference. I booked a room at the Navy Lodge ($65/night, no taxes), just need to rent a car now. Not sure how long we actually get with the kids - I think it just depends and could all change. My son will be going to A school in Pensacola so I'm anticipating he won't leave right after graduation (although I know it's always up in the air) so I think I will have Wednesday after grad with him and then all day Thursday since it's a holiday until he has to be back on base. The million dollar question all of us with PIR on the 23rd are asking is if our kids will fly out to school on Friday or on Saturday. Nobody knows and we probably won't know until our SR's tell us before PIR.

Comment by AlohagirlinCA (Mom of MT) on October 16, 2011 at 1:43am: Is anyone elses kids Graduating boot camp on Nov 23rd?? HOW are you getting a flight during Thanksgiving week and where are you staying and how long do we get with our kids??

Comment by Bandito's Mom on October 10, 2011 at 11:25pm: Ok, here is the deal, if anyone else from South Bay or even close, wants to carpool, I may be willing to commit. But, there is no way that I can drive down from LAX area after work, be there by 6:30 and drive back up.... so.... looking for a good Navy Mom car pool.....