Dakota2008

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Dakota2008 - I see you are retired Navy - here is the link to the RTC website. I didn't know about this site when my son went into BC. I found it the week before PIR, so I gleaned most of my information from the RTC site. - Recruit Training Command Home Page (navy.mil)  They list up in their banner both their FB page and also a YouTube Link for watching PIR. I am fairly certain that you should be able to access the RTC's FB page without having a FB account. It is a public page to my knowledge. 

I would encourage you to also join the BC Moms group as well. Come introduce yourself over there and get to know some of our other new members. Once you have a PIR date and the site admins get March and then April PIR groups set up, you may also join those. 

My son has been in 3+ years and he is now out in the fleet. I am one of the several "seasoned" moms that help out with the BC Mom group and a few others on this site as well. Welcome to N4M - We are glad to have you and we always enjoy hearing sea stories from our Veterans as well as encouraging you on the other side of the fence, so to speak.