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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Comment by d o on September 16, 2013 at 11:33pm: Will do Nancy. I will remember you too, as you keep the faith!

Comment by Johanna on September 16, 2013 at 4:44pm: Our youngest Sailor is driving cross country to WA to report for duty . It appears that not all the family members understood it to be WA State as apposed to Washington DC. Busy day for texts and phone calls. He is fine and sad for all.

Comment by Mark on September 16, 2013 at 3:43pm: The Washington Navy Yard is the headquarters command for the four government run Shipyards located in Portsmouth NH, Norfolk VA, Puget Sound WA and Pearl Harbor HI. They don't actually work on ships there; the workforce is mostly civilian with a sizable minority of relatively senior officers and very few enlisted personnel. If Admiral Rickover were still around, his office would be there. I feel for my fellows there...

Comment by Storymom on September 16, 2013 at 3:08pm: Deepest prayers and blessings for all those at the Navy Shipyard in DC. Tragic and so sad for the victims & families. Burning my blue candle for this sad day for the NAVY.

Comment by proudmomma (14/176) on September 16, 2013 at 2:20pm: Thanks me too. I know that they were getting ready to leave for Sea for a week so maybe they are just really busy getting ready. But yet I also know that yesterday was his day off. Maybe I am just being a little paranoid. This is my first go around. lol

Comment by proudmomma (14/176) on September 16, 2013 at 1:04pm: Has anyone been able to talk to their sailors Sunday or today? I havent been able to get a hold of my son and wasn't sure if maybe it had something to do with the shooting in D.C.

Comment by Susan mom to Niko on September 16, 2013 at 1:01pm: Your sailors should also check the prices at the Nex furniture store... there is one on Whidbey... they have great prices on furniture!

One other thing after graduation have your sailor stop at the Nex and buy themselves silencers for their dogtags. Most of them will know what they are (the rubber rings that go around the tags so they don't clink everytime they move). They can also purchase an ankle wallet there. Then they can carry their id and some money and even a cell phone while in uniform.

Comment by Johanna on September 16, 2013 at 8:42am: Happy Monday, Jean!

Comment by Oneofalot on September 16, 2013 at 7:50am: Good Morning to Everyone. Happy Monday to all.

Comment by omama on September 15, 2013 at 1:19am: For those of you that live in Washington. I found a wonderful place to by new beautiful furniture for 1/2 the cost of other places! and the guy who does it is a nice honest man! so if your looking for stuff or your sailors are have them check him out! http://www.olympicfurniture.net/