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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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SOUTH CAROLINA MOMS

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Comment by Kim - Josh's Mom on April 27, 2009 at 7:00pm: Hi from Hilton Head Island

Comment by Kim - Josh's Mom on April 2, 2009 at 8:33pm: Hi Cindy, Josh does get to come home for 15 days if they would just issue his orders. He sitting waiting at GL doing absolutely nothing. I just want him home with me.

Comment by CTmomof3 on March 3, 2009 at 9:59pm: Barbara...I just checked this site. Sometimes Ryan doesn't answer his phone especially if he doesn't know the number, glad he cooperated this time. Wish I could give him one last mom hug before he goes. This was just ment to be. I will never be able to repay you for this great act of kindness. I showed the pictures to people at work and they all said the same thing "he looks like he's 14" he wouldn't like to hear that though.
I've heard places in the south totally shut down when it snows. This is strange to me too. Few southern folks know how to drive in the stuff unless you were raised or lived in the North.
Kim....Thankyou also for the offer to make the long drive for Ryan. You are a wonderful person. Barbara was closer .....whew right LOL

Susan

Comment by Kim - Josh's Mom on March 2, 2009 at 7:54pm: Hello all from chilly Hilton Head Island, SC. Josh should finish GM A School in just a few weeks. He is so excited!!

Comment by CTmomof3 on February 21, 2009 at 4:42pm: OH Barbara thank you thank you. I've been stressing about this.
My son will be arriving at Ft Jackson today. He ordered a years supply of contacts but they didn't arrive before he left his base. Thank you USPS over night delivery AHH. A new shipment will be arriving to me on Tuesday and I need to get them to him. I believe he will be at FT Jackson for 3 weeks for combat training. Since he won't have a Military address on this base can I send them to you if it's not too much trouble and have you get them to him?. I don't know where at FT Jackson he will be yet (do navy IA's go to a certain place I thought he said camp something) once I find out his schedule or whatever I will let you know.
We Navy Moms sure need to stick together. Was your nephew Navy?

Susan

Comment by CTmomof3 on February 19, 2009 at 12:08pm: He will only be there for 3-4 weeks for combat training then he going to Afghanistan for a year. I don't know if he will have an address at FT Jackson (since he's only there a short time)and my/his problem is he ordered something overnight delivery last thursday and it wasn't received before he left his base this past Monday. I am in the process of traking down the pkg and need to get it to him before he leaves the country. So my hope was that maybe a mom lived near FT Jackson I could mail it there and she could get it to him.

Comment by CTmomof3 on February 19, 2009 at 10:47am: Hi is anyone near Ft Jackson? I'm a Connectiut mom who may need some help for my son. He will be arriving on Sat.