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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

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:

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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Does anyone know about when the first paycheck will be deposited into accts...

Started this discussion. Last reply by Nicksproudmom A-school!! Sep 6, 2010. 3 Replies

My son left all his banking and 'bills' for me to pay for him.  Im a little concerned that no money has been deposited into his acct yet, as his recruiter told him that it would be that first week,…Continue

 

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Im the mother of 3 wonderful children. My son Nick is leaving on August 23, 2010 for the Great lakes.
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I got 'the box' today!

Posted on August 26, 2010 at 9:49pm 8 Comments

Wow was that hard! I was having such a good day...I had only cried one time...then the box came! It was so hard to see his stuff, yet at the same time, I held his things and felt closer to him.


I have been writing letters every day...I will keep it up...I keep getting told that the letters…
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My son left yesturday.....:o(

Posted on August 24, 2010 at 1:35pm 2 Comments

Thanks for this wonderful website! I just want to absorb any and all information or advise I can get...

This is all new to us, and I miss him so much!!!

Any advise will be so wonderful...

My son left yesturday for the Great Lakes, and called when he got there...told me he was safe and not to worry....Im doing my best!

I see that letters…

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At 4:59pm on October 1, 2010, Dudesfiance(USNSailor) said…
oh its ok
At 2:31pm on September 30, 2010, Dudesfiance(USNSailor) said…
who tired to commit suicide. I am worried its my bf who did!!!?
At 2:28pm on September 30, 2010, Rebecca_Marions mom said…
Thank You Nick's mom. I don't get on here much anymore. I don't know why.
I am doing ok I guess. Just trying to hang in there. Hope you are doing well. Have a Blessed day. Hugs back at ya
At 7:54am on September 23, 2010, MRs L* said…
yeah having her is always a piece of him... :) its hard not to get discouraged because i would have had letters by now but somehow my husband lost my address and cant write until he gets my letters "(
At 2:32pm on September 22, 2010, MRs L* said…
no i havent really heard from him. still waiting on letters and i got a 3min call a last week but he just needed some paperwork. it was great to hear his voice though. i take my phone with me everywhere just in case. im doing okay i guess, id be better if i got atleast one letter ya know? but out daughter is keeping me sane and always smiling .
At 1:17pm on September 22, 2010, MRs L* said…
my husband shipped out from there but on sept 1st. have you heard from your sailor?
At 3:02pm on September 13, 2010, MRs L* said…
i seen in one of your posts your son shipped out from ft meade. so did my husband
At 11:03am on August 29, 2010, CRUISES72 said…
Welcome to N4M's! Congrats on your BC recruit as well!

This is a wonderful site for a mom to have. The support and information you can get from here is amazing.

As I am nearing the end of BC you on the other hand are just begining. I will keep in touch with you along the way to offer you some support during BC. Congrats again Navy MOM!!!!!

I AM A PROUD NAVY MOM!!!!
At 2:22pm on August 24, 2010, Mary, Proud Mom of Nick said…
Welcome to the site, Nick's proud mom - don't you just love that name Nick?! Our son is Nick as well and recently we added a son in law to the family and his name is Nick as well!

So, yes - it is hard to send them off to boot camp and mostly because we want to know HOW are they? Do they hate it? Are they sorry they joined? Does that sound like any of your thoughts?! If so, I will tell you that when we started getting letters from our son - he would say...it's not that bad, food's pretty good and wish we did more PT! He even stated it was boring on occassion ----- so I didn't worry anymore but I lived week to week for the newest letters to see if his feelings had changed. They never did :-) Your first real letters will arrive between the 2nd and 3rd week of boot camp because they only write on Sundays and those letters usually arrive at home on Wednesday or Thursday depending on where you live. You will breathe much better when the letters start and before you know it - you will be planning a trip to GL for his PIR (graduation). What rate is your son going into? Our son is an FC so he had almost two years of school but he is now with the fleet and stationed in Hawaii... someone had to take those orders!!! He is currently deployed and manages to call home from the middle of nowhere at least once a week. So not knowing is the difficult part of the Navy and unfortunately that comes with the territory but once the communications begin it will get easier. If we can help with any questions, please let me know.
At 1:57pm on August 19, 2010, Navy for Moms Admin said…
Welcome to Navy For Moms!

You will find this site very helpful and full of members who are eager to answer your questions. Browse around the site and check out the forums, groups, blogs, photos, videos, and even the other member profiles!

If you haven’t already, please make sure that you review our Community Guidelines to learn the “Do’s and Don’ts” of the community.
Also, check out this OPSEC Internet Safety Video

Enjoy your time here and we look forward (along with the community) to reading more about you! :)
-Colleen and Elizabeth
 
 
 

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