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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

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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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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I am a stay at home mom a army wife and now a mother of a u.s seaman recruit
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Son is Leaving January 22nd for boot camp anyone else on here have family leaving then?

Posted on September 25, 2012 at 12:09pm 2 Comments

I am very proud of my son for choosing this as his career his job is an engine man and he is very excited the time is flying by and I am becoming a basket of nerves full of a range of emotions my son and I have a great relationship he has always been a mommy's boy and I know that the day he leaves will be one of the hardest of my life anyone out there with some words of encouragement and if this will get easier and I don't want him to see me cry as it will make it hard on him

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At 1:28am on March 3, 2013, lemonelephant said…

I found out that the Sailor's Creed frame holds a 5X7 of the Sailor and also the division photo.

At 4:16pm on January 30, 2013, Christi/Zach's mom said…

I haven't really looked at the info on the Meet & Greet.  We will be leaving DFW area at 5 am on the Thursday before PIR and will be picking up my mother on the way.  We probably won't hit Waukegan until around 9-10 pm.  It is just too expensive for 4 of us to fly and rent a car.  Especially when there are 4 of us that can take turns driving. :-) I'm sorry to hear that you are having to go through this while your husband is away.  Will he be home in time to go to PIR?

At 3:23pm on January 30, 2013, Christi/Zach's mom said…

I forgot to say that we are in Ft. Worth, TX

At 3:18pm on January 30, 2013, Christi/Zach's mom said…

I understand how you feel.  This is my second time, but he is also my baby, so it is a little more difficult.  Zach is Aviation Ordinance and will do A school in Pennsacola.  I learned with my first one to keep the phone on me at all times.  Josh never called at the same time twice.  I'm looking forward to hearing how he feels things are going.  He was in band for 7 years (4 years marching) and I'm hoping that has prepared him a little bit for the strictness they will go through.  He also marched in the Rose Parade year before last so they trained really vigorously for 6 months to prepare for it since it is a 7 mile march while carying his bari-sax (the big one!) so I know that he can endure.  The biggest difference will be the amount of sleep he is used to getting. 

At 12:06am on January 23, 2013, BridgetteH said…
My son left a week ago today. I got "the box" today. It has already gotten a little easier. I think the lead up was some of the worst, then the first coupe of days they are gone. But, it is getting easier every day.
At 6:35pm on January 21, 2013, Pat L. in IL said…

Welcome to Molly's Adopt A Sailor! For information on packing and shipping, go to Molly's group page and click on "New Moms Read First." If you need help or have questions, please do not hesitate to send me a message.

Thanks for joining us! Pat

 

 

At 8:45am on October 3, 2012, DaltonsMom (Ship 13 Div 127) said…
So far, I'm doing pretty good. We had a hard time with MEPS as the first time he went, in May, they said that Dalton had nasal polyps and then I took him to our family doctor who proceeded to say that he did not have polyps. So we have been fighting to figure this out and we finally got things taken care of last week. My son was so relieved that I haven't really thought of anything else. I'm also very glad to be able to spend Christmas with him!
At 10:16am on August 27, 2012, Navy for Moms Admin said…

Welcome to NAVYForMoms!

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 Internet OPSEC Safety Video and this Survival Guide for NavyForMoms Newbies that was created by one of our members.

Enjoy your time here! I look forward (along with the community) to reading more about you! :)

-Colleen

 
 
 

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