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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.
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:
**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.
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Started this discussion. Last reply by judyr Oct 23, 2017. 1 Reply 0 Likes
My sailor is at A school. He will be graduating there November 3rd. I'm looking into military housing and I'm told that they need a copy of his page 2 document a copy of his orders and a current LES.…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by lemonelephant Aug 27, 2017. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Hi, my husband left for boot camp on July 19th and I was wondering if anyone knew when the first check is supposed to arrive??? Has anyone's spouse or child received their first check yet?
Started this discussion. Last reply by ellen0502 Aug 8, 2017. 1 Reply 0 Likes
I was wondering do hubby or I have to book his flight for A school? He graduates September 15th and I'm told he will fly out Saturday. Do the Navy take care of that or is that the sailor…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by ellen0502 Jul 28, 2017. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Got hubby's form letter and box with his belongings. He is in ship 3 div 288. Anyone else have a loved one in that division?
Posted on October 29, 2017 at 4:07pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
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Click on OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes to Your Profile) and the Page will open in a new window. Read the Page and follow the directions at the bottom to make change 3 (see the words in bold) to change "Anyone" to "Members" so that this page is no longer visible to EVERYONE (Anyone) with access to the web. Don’t forget to click the “Save” button at the bottom.
There may be other changes you need to make as well, so read and consider each of the changes.
Since you have a Sailor, you can change "At Boot Camp now" above to “Enlisted.”
If you get an error message, then look at the area/s in the error message and unclick all of the choices in the area/s and make choices closer to the question/s. Some choices may have changed since you joined.
Since your recruit has a contract for Aviation Boatswain's Mate - Fuels (ABF), join AB - Moms, Spouses of Sailors going to A-school in P-cola, Pensacola, FL A School: NAS and Corry Station, and Parents of A School Sailors in Pensacola. You may also want to check out Airman Family and Friends.
The Rating Information Card for AB can be found at https://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/enlisted/rating_info_cards/ab.pdf. (If you get the security warning, it is safe to go there.)
Your Sailor will most likely fly out to "A" School the day after PIR, but may fly out on Sunday due to flight availability issues. Plan to leave on Sunday if you are able. See PIR Day and Liberty during PIR Weekend to help you know how to plan your weekend.
The AB ratings requires a 60 month (5 year) service obligation.
The Page, When Will the Recruits be Paid? and Information for Spouses, within Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) has important information for you.
Divisions 287 and 288 are brother divisions and train together and will have Battle Stations-21 (BST) together, so look for others with loved ones in either division.
Since your recruit is in one of the first two regular divisions in the TG, expect the "I'm a Sailor!" call about a week before PIR (probably on Friday). Calls begin around 2ish and go through 8 pm Central Time. Write to your recruit and ask when Battle Stations-21 (BST) will be so you will know for sure when to expect the call.
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-Tiffany
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