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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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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For any woman waiting for the return of her sailor, be it from boot camp, A school, or a deployment!
Location: Good Old Red White & Blue!
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Latest Activity: Jul 31, 2015
Discussion Forum
In need of advise
Started by Jasmine<3. Last reply by Jo (Wife of an ET Radioman) Dec 14, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Missing THE phone call
Started by SAwife11. Last reply by frogmansgirl Oct 7, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Where to start
Started by HoldFast86 (Ship 12 Div 325). Last reply by Mrs Eubank Aug 14, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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Comment by Casey<3Will on September 21, 2010 at 10:03am
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.I completely understand how crappy it is having your hubby miss all these important events! My husband was gone for our first anniversary and most importantly he was gone when our son was born! Missed birthdays, holidays....all of that. It's hard for us....but I feel worse for him because he's the one missing out on all of these things. I know it kills him. He feels like he is missing our life together. Especially when our son was born! We can celebrate birthdays and holidays and anniversaries when he gets home......but he will never be able to go back in time and see the birth of his son :(
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Comment by always waiting on May 26, 2010 at 8:47am
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I'm sorry. :( That's how my husband and I will be next year. He was on an underway for his birthday this year and will be on another one for mine. Who knows what the rest of the year will be like. I know its not the same as a deployment, but it still leaves us alone for the special days. If you need to talk feel free to message me. :)
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Comment by Elizabeth on March 24, 2010 at 11:22pm
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I'm not sure if this helps anyone, but my boyfriend was in officer candidate school and missed both my birthday, and his, also Valentines Day. What we are to doing to remedy this is to honor the days on their respective days in the coming months in the order they occured. It was a really sweet idea he proposed, and is lots of fun!
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Comment by Amanduh on March 24, 2010 at 8:53pm
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I'm glad I could help! To be honest, I think it was harder on him than it was for me. I was still surrounded by friends and family, and my parents even got me an anniversary card and took me out to dinner. Poor Eric was stuck at bootcamp.
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Comment by Hope-Nuke ET Wife on March 23, 2010 at 11:14pm
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Eric's Wife.. Thank you for that. My husband is going to miss our first wedding anniversary too and its had me super bummed out.. I feel a bit better now.
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To Everyone w/ loved ones at bootcamp- My husband graduated bootcamp a few weeks ago, and like everyone else says, keep busy! The first couple weeks are the hardest, with no letters and no contact. You don't have to wait for them to send you a letter to get their address, go see their recruiter and they will be able to give you the address and what division thy are in. Even though bootcamp is only 2 months, my husband managed to miss my 21st birthday, our first year wedding anniversary, and valentines day! I kept myself sane by reminding myself of the huge sacifice he was making in order to create a better life for us. There will be tons more bdays, anniversarys, and valentines days. Try to keep your letters up beat and positive. Those letters mean so much to them when they are isolated from the outside world. I wrote my husband everyday, even though they don't receive mail everyday (which i later found out). I just told him stupid things like how my day went, my plans, and how proud I was of him. Something is better than nothing when it comes to letters, so don't stress out if your letter isn't several pages long.
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Comment by MrsOryD*Ship12~Div183* on March 18, 2010 at 10:15pm
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My husband just left for boot camp on Tuesday March 16th. I was having an extremely hard time with him being gone especially going to bed and then waking up looking for him. We have only been married for just over three months! He is everything to me and its hard being by myself. If anyone has any advice I would love to hear it. Thanks!
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Comment by Samantha on February 6, 2009 at 1:15pm
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Just checked I will be there Thursday morning....I swear it said 4...I don't know what I was thinking..lol
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I'll be there Thursday around 4pm. Im sure I'll see you there.
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Hi Sarah! Like Lucy said I will be going down there. And I will also be staying at the Navy Lodge! It would be great if you came to hang-out with Lucy and I. When are you heading down?
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