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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Any questions regarding DEP, boot camp, A school or in between can hopefully be answered here. I myself was in boot camp from June-August of '09 and am now stationed in Norfolk, Va. This site helped my mother so much, its my time to return the favor.

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Comment by alessandrabeason on September 18, 2010 at 4:12pm: i'll suggest it to her. thanks nicole!!

Comment by nicole~a sailors girl(: on September 18, 2010 at 2:59pm: well, there were 10 in my boyfriends, all extras were let in, if there's less than 15 divisions, you SHOULD be okay for extras..hope this helps.

Comment by nicole~a sailors girl(: on September 18, 2010 at 2:07pm: Nope, i'm positive(: I think that would scare my boyfriend a bit if I was though! LOL, i've just been through it, and i'm enlisting in a year or so, so I just relay what I learn, go through, or am told(:

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on September 18, 2010 at 1:59pm: nicole are you sure your not a 40 year old in a 20 year olds body?? hahaha You are just too smart!!

Comment by nicole~a sailors girl(: on September 18, 2010 at 1:20pm: Alright, here's the thing about extras, I was an extra in my bf's PIR. Do you know how many are graduating, how many divisions? Go to bootcamp.navy.mil/ (you have to use google chrome, or mozilla to see it) go to "families" then "graduations" it will pull a side bar, click "upcoming graduations" go to that, find your date and it will tell you how many divisions. also, 10 days before your PIR, you can go print gate passes, i suggest printing a few.
Okay, so extras, I WAS an extra, No, they do NOT have to be named off by your sailor, They DO need proper ID, just like you, and they MUST walk in with you so they can be identified as one of your extras. Kids 12 and under don't count as for the alotted 4, but they still need a social security card, state ID(get it at the DMV) or a birth certificate. As far as adult extras, they need ID. Just have them walk in with you, and go through security with you, they should be able to get right in. However, It upsets people a little if you bring like, 10,11,12 people, try and keep it down around to 6,7 adults, especially if you have a large amount of graduating DIV'S, my boyfriends had 10, and everyone was seated fine, still crowded, but fine. You just don't want to have so many people in your group that someone elses 1, or 2 extras can't get in...make sense?

Comment by alessandrabeason on September 18, 2010 at 12:45pm: yes i know but she can't wait around because of her bad back so she's just staying back at the hotel :( it stinks but oh well...

Comment by Who on September 18, 2010 at 12:32pm: Sailorgirl, there will be plenty of seating. Everyone should have no problem getting in

Comment by alessandrabeason on September 18, 2010 at 12:14pm: i don't know all he said was that she'd have to stay at the hotel and it really made me mad that he waited until a week and a half before PIR to do this. i'm not happy at all... so she said even if he's able to get her in shes not bothering now. i think she's a little hurt and disappointed. but again he didn't even offer that so whatever.

Comment by Mom-to sailor-Alli_Div950-10/29 on September 18, 2010 at 12:08pm: but can't your mom get in too -- like on stand by? I am wondering if the sailor has to give the names of the stand by folk. It makes sense, otherwise some strange attacker could get in and wreck havoc . . . I was hoping to surprise my little one by having the whole family show up . . . I am just concerned that they might not let them in, if she doesn't "name" them. Who - do you have thoughts??

Comment by alessandrabeason on September 18, 2010 at 12:05pm: got a letter finally today with some bad and good news!! after we have made plans he took my mom off the list for PIR and put his uncle on so i'm a little upset to say the least and my mom's a bit disappointed. but he's earned some medals and is doing well :)