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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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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Comment by Oneofalot on June 17, 2015 at 8:23am: Good Morning to Everyone.

Comment by Oneofalot on June 16, 2015 at 8:22am: Good Morning to Everyone.

Comment by Oneofalot on June 15, 2015 at 8:13am: Good Morning to Everyone.

Comment by Storymom on June 14, 2015 at 11:48am: Enjoy your Sunday!

Comment by Storymom on June 12, 2015 at 9:59pm: thoughts and fingers crossed for your boy ROTC!

Comment by Oneofalot on June 12, 2015 at 10:48am: Good Morning to Everyone.

Happy Friday everyone.

Comment by Odi_Ship09_Div140 on June 11, 2015 at 3:17pm: We used a cab (Sarge) to go to PIR from the navy Lodge and it was well worth it - no hassles getting there/parking etc. He also has a get together for parents/families the night before and it was nice. I am disabled and he carted us around and kept us informed by email ahead of time (He also arranged for another cab (Mark) when he was booked whom was even more kind and helpful. I no longer have his number but the PIR or Great Lakes groups should have it.

Comment by Storymom on June 10, 2015 at 7:20pm: anna: good info there!

Comment by Anna on June 10, 2015 at 12:40pm: RoTcMom,

Since you are driving I will strongly suggest you approach Great Lakes/Waukegan from the North!!! Avoid going through Chicago at all cost!!! I lived in Waukegan, very close to Great Lakes and then moved to the Milwaukee area. Every time we had to drive south through Chicago we would get stuck in heavy traffic, especially on 95!!! I'm talking about taking an hour or longer just to go a few miles!!! Doesn't matter day of the week or time of day!!! Chicago highways are insane!!!!! So if you head for WI take 95 south to Great Lakes and you will get there with a lot less stress. WI is doing some major replacement of 95 through Racine and Kenosha but the southbound lanes were done and they were doing the northbound lanes when we left last December. Even with construction it's better than Chicago!!!! Safe travels and enjoy the trip. All that Storymom says is spot on, the Navy Lodge is basically across 41 from the gates, it's a walk but it can be done if you really want to avoid that wait in the car lane. Cars will start lining up on the far right lane before the gate even opens but then those gate guards are pretty good about getting everyone in on time. Every car is searched so prepare for that as well. You might check to see if the Lodge offers shuttle service. When we went to our daughters PIR we stayed at a hotel that had a shuttle (we weren't living there then) and the driver dropped us off at the walk in gate so we didn't deal with a line. Shuttle then took us and our brand new sailor back to the hotel, even after we took some time to shop at the NEX!!!