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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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Latest Activity: Jun 22

Please, please remember before you post: our sons are part of a Special Operations community, even while in training, and it is vitally important to form the habit of not divulging any information that could possibly compromise the safety of any of their members. This would especially apply to names, dates, places, procedures, etc. You might like to read the "Discussion Forum" titled "OPSEC" for some guidance. If you are still in doubt, please ask one of our members for their opinion by private message before you post. We are here to help each other, but we must be careful at all times.

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Comment by gksailormom on June 23, 2013 at 10:36am: Hi Everyone! I haven't posted for awile. My son has the fear in me to me be on here according to his instructors. I love reading all the posts and it is very reassuring to me to have this place to go. My son has started his journey at Coronado and everyday is definitely a roller coaster ride for him but even for me. It's a very intense training they go through! Praying for him every day and Iight my blue candle everyday! I pray for ALL SWCC! They are a group of fine young men!

Comment by Trixiebell on June 12, 2013 at 10:03pm: Your welcome :-)

Comment by Trixiebell on June 12, 2013 at 9:49pm: @Susan1114 in October of last year. My W had 3 days with us after PIR as well and it was great. We did allot of sight seeing.

Comment by kelly67 on June 12, 2013 at 9:00pm: Susan1114, W stands for "Warrior" Someone came up with that to describe our SWCC in training & beyond.

My son had 3 days with us right after PIR so we were thrilled!

Comment by Trixiebell on June 12, 2013 at 8:42pm: @Tikkie, yes they are allowed to have their cars on base, he will have to register it and get a sticker to put on the car in order to get the car on base. They are also allowed to have their phones, laptops, TV's, xbox.

Comment by kelly67 on June 12, 2013 at 8:13pm: SWCC staying in Great Lakes for training before going to Coronado will be totally beneficial for them. This is new since my son went through & the more training they get prior to beginning BCT in CA the stronger they will be! :)

Best of luck to all beginning the SWCC journey

Comment by Trixiebell on June 12, 2013 at 8:04pm: @Tikkie, yes they do stay at Great Lakes for more training before going to Coronado. Yes the W's can come home during Christmas :)

Comment by sheryl Navy 2 on June 12, 2013 at 7:31pm: Hey stacy i just saw your smily face !
How are things ? Hows your son doing now ?

Im loving living in SC :) both sailor and swcc guy doing well and other kids too . Jess transferred and will start at college of charleston in the Fall . So glad to have one out of 4 nearby

Comment by Tikkie on June 12, 2013 at 2:54pm: Hi all -- My son Charlie is 45 days out from Great Lakes and just took his last PT. It seems like he gets a little more information as his departure gets closer. Yesterday we learned that after boot camp PIR the SWCC stay at Great Lakes for more training. I guess we thought he'd go right to Coronado. ALSO, we heard that training at Coronado is suspended during the Christmas holiday. Can the trainees come home during that time?

Comment by D'sMum35 on May 29, 2013 at 11:00am: Tikkie----please check the discussions above. There is a discussion on what they can bring. When in doubt, check with his recruiter.