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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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 Alysia-Redsmom (VQ-4/ATO) on December 15, 2011 at 12:53pm
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Happy wet, muggy Thursday morning Texas Ladies :-)
10 more days till Christmas.....still have shopping and wrapping to do...looking for some elves. Any takers?
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Comment by MomtotwoNavysailors on December 15, 2011 at 11:21am
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Thanks for the responses. Both my boys are Navy. The oldest which is in BC now is planning on being a SeaBee-construction electrician. The youngest who leaves Jan 23rd for BC is going to be a gunners mate. I haven't gone more then 2 days tops of ever not speaking to my boys so this is tough. The box we received didn't have everything he took in it so we have been watching for another box but nothing yet, he may of donated the rest. I have a stack of letters waiting to be sent. I read that i can ask recruiter to find his address possibly so I am going to go by there today and see if he can. Thanks again for the responses, it really helps.
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Comment by txsailorsam-Donna on December 15, 2011 at 10:29am
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Kuykendal19... Most of us are not there now, but some things never leave your memory.What you will see in your sailor at PIR will amaze you. Write them often, send cartoons and anything that can encourage them PRAY for them. We will go the distance with you here.
All here that get their sailors for Christmas... enjoy. I am happy for you.
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Comment by Maria ( 9/132 - HM- 04-2011) on December 15, 2011 at 9:01am
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Kuykendall19, boot camp is such an up and down period for us. My only son left this last feb and I remember how emotional bc was,. Now that you received your kid in a box you should receive the for letter shortly after that I think the next real letter was not received unto about wk 4. Wow two sons in the military . What branch of the service is he joining. Welcome aboard and get ready for a great ride. Remember take one day at a time and no news is usually good news.
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Hey everyone. My son arrived at bootcamp Dec 1st, we got one box so far but no address. I am missing him so much. My other son leaves Jan 23rd. I am so new to all this that it's driving me crazy waiting on mail man everyday. Anyone else in that range?
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Comment by quiltblue on December 15, 2011 at 1:35am
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My children always remind me of the many decorations I put out, year after year... they love it and always ask me where "such and such is this year?", so even if they don't come home I have to take photos. My oldest only lives 20 minutes away and he didn't come last year or bring my grandsons... I told him he could never do that again! Especially as we do live so close! My Sailor will be home in 8 days or so! Merry Christmas!
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
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Comment by Cece on December 13, 2011 at 6:29pm
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Amen to that!
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Comment by CDMom on December 13, 2011 at 6:29pm
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Thanks Rhonda and Alysa good advice. Yes we are going to PIR Jan 6, 2012 and we just found out we could adopt our recuit, so we will see him for Christmas and we are ecstatic. What a difference a day makes. Information I found out on Navy for Mom's.
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Comment by mumziepooh on December 13, 2011 at 6:15pm
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Ah ladies - your child is off living his dream - working to become a man or woman of substance. He or she would NOT want you at home forsaking your holiday traditions and pining away. We have to honor them buy living OUR lives! It is so hard. Nobody told us that we would have to rip out a part of our hearts when our children grew up and moved away. Especially our children - we raised nobel warriors - they are a special breed. It is going to be hard to not have our children home during the holidays but we have to be strong and we have to continue to live. Some of us have kids at home that deserve to have their holiday - my daughter misses her brother every day! Enjoy your holiday - celebrate this season! Be proud of your child! Plan for PIR or homecomings!
PIR is great - you will be amazed at the man you meet - he won't be a little boy anymore!
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