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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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Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms!  (Hint:  When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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Navy.com Para Familias

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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countrymom
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Hi, I am a mother of four kids - three boys and one girl. My oldest son just recently joined the Navy and is in boot camp right now. After graduation he will be attending A school where he will train to become a Navy Corpsman.
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At 11:33pm on September 7, 2010, Cathi said…
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At 12:35am on September 3, 2010, familymom(Sip 09 Div 310) said…
it has been a crzy week for me too, trying to get my homework done also so i don't have to take mine with me! Also trying to get ahead of things at work so nobody has to pull my part and theirs! We probably won't make it to the meet and greet. I am disappointed. Our plane lands at 6:50. Where are you from? We will be flying in from Reno. We are so excited, Ethan sounds like he is too.
At 12:20am on September 3, 2010, familymom(Sip 09 Div 310) said…
Glad you heard from Noah. We prayed he and Ethan will get to meet while we were at bible study last night. A friend of ours that is an instructor in aviation at a base here in ca. assured me Battle Stations isn't that bad. The ones that have made it this far shouldn't have any problems now. "Talk" to you soon. Please pray that my 3 kids get work from their teachers the beginning of next week so they can do it before we go. Teachers seem to be dragging their feet.
At 8:10pm on September 1, 2010, familymom(Sip 09 Div 310) said…
Your son would be an answer to my prayers. Sounds like you and I have been praying the same prayers!! We got a letter from Ethan today dated the 29th. He sounded good. Said he had a cold and pink eye, but is healthy now. He said this week is firefighting and drill inspection. He was excited about it. He got his orders and does not check into "A" school until Sept. 28. We are staying there until the morning of the 22nd, would have stayed longer had I known that earlier. We have a friend about 2 hours away that said Ethan can stay at their farm whenever he wants.
At 12:29am on September 1, 2010, familymom(Sip 09 Div 310) said…
He hasn't said much. Said he was doing good, last letters sounded abit more positive. He to is discouraged with his division not working as team. I am praying for our sailors, will add enire ship/division at bible study tomorrow night. I have been praying that my son will meet another christian boy that will be going to A school after PIR also. Just wishing for even a brief phone call so I can tell by hisvoice how things are really going. Maybe they will work even harder on pulling together after they were told how bad they are. My huband spent 12 years in Marine Corp. he sai they have tore down our sailors but this i when they start building them back up.
At 11:41pm on August 31, 2010, familymom(Sip 09 Div 310) said…
I haven't been on here for awhile. Ethan will stay in Great Lakes for A school. He will be a Corpsman. Haven'ttalked to him in over 2weeks and no letter for over a week. His fiance hasn't heard anything either. Can't wait bor PIR! What has your son said about boot camp lately?
At 2:05pm on August 28, 2010, javajo50 (MM Power School 1103) said…
My son seems to be doing ok despite all the IT. I'm glad to hear he's taking it all in stride. The good thing that is getting these kids through it now is that they are all thinking ahead to A-school. Does your son seem to be handling everything ok these days?
At 10:30am on August 26, 2010, Cathi said…
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At 9:52pm on August 23, 2010, javajo50 (MM Power School 1103) said…
My son is NUKE. He'll be leaving as a grad n go on Saturday at 3 a.m. for Charleston, SC. What about you son? Let's just hope these kids can hang in there a few more weeks. Brian hasn't gone into detail about why they were getting all the IT just that he's doing a lot of it. I'm going to try not to worry but I think 'worry' is my middle name. :)
At 8:40pm on August 23, 2010, javajo50 (MM Power School 1103) said…
Hi there countrymom~ since my son is in the same ship/division, I am equally concerned about all the IT the boys are doing. Did your son seem discouraged? Is he hanging in there despite it all? I have been praying extra hard for my son over the last two weeks. I'll be sure to include the whole division in my prayers.
 
 
 

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