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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Would like the address so I can send my son a card before three weeks.
Started by Regina-ship11Div049. Last reply by Pam Nov 12, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by navymom2013 on December 7, 2013 at 10:29pm
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January sounds great - that will make four of us me, sharonscar, Mom from St Pete, bluesarasota and possibly a fifth Elijac913 we would love to have you and Dana - girl I know you are busy but maybe?
Now all we have to do is decide on a day.- January 19th sounds like a good day, what do you all think? Anyone else want to come? Someone else needs to pick where we meet.
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Comment by sharonscar on December 7, 2013 at 9:03pm
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My son is in CT, too. Would like to meet up with you all and January sounds great! I'll watch for your updates. Thanks
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Comment by Mom from St Pete on November 21, 2013 at 7:29pm
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If you want to wait till January after the Holidays that would be ok too. What ever is better for most of us.....
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I would love to meet with you guys but my son is going to be home for most of the month of December and for some reson it is getting pretty busy for me. Let me know where and when-you decide, I will try to be there..
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Comment by bluesarasota on November 17, 2013 at 6:39pm
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I would be interested in meeting, as long as it is on the weekend.
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Would any of you moms want to meet some time for lunch or coffee?
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Hey Ya'll My son called me this morning. He passed his test and has his yellow card. He said some of the guys did not pass. They get to go to some night school and get to try again. I am glad it is him and not me, I never did tests well. I decided not to use autotrain to bring his car - I heard some really crummy things about the sleeping conditons, bathrooms and food. So - I will soon be going to CT. in his car - driving - when he gives me the word. I hope it makes it up there and no a/c - yuck! He does have a great radio though and I can play DVD's while I am driving- I don't think so.
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Comment by Michelle_TJsMom on August 15, 2013 at 10:14pm
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Thanks Dana and navymom2013. I am new to this whole environment, but quickly learning as it won't be long till my son is in A School then off to work. I am excited to meet some families in the area and to support our troops.
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Comment by eljac913 (Ship 12 Div 053) on August 15, 2013 at 9:01pm
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Thank you Dana. Looking forward to helping with the parking parties and meeting other families making the sacrifice.
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Comment by Dana on August 15, 2013 at 7:39pm
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Hi everyone and welcome Michelle and eljac913! It's great to have newcomers to the TB M&G group. I share myself between Molly's Adopt a Sailor project because there are activities ALL over the country with this group. There's a real bonding between everyone and they have groups monthly that we can all help. Some months we can and some we can't. Everyone understands and that's the beauty of it. We just had a great community donation and shipment to the USS Stockholm. I'll stay in touch here whenever we have something local. Pop into the Molly's Adopt a Sailor group and join if you wish. Once you join, you'll see all the adoptions.
It's great!
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