This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
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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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Posted on December 13, 2010 at 6:34am 2 Comments 0 Likes
My son survived his first blizzard at Great Lakes.
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:13pm 16 Comments 0 Likes
OMG! so much to tell everyone. First, if you are going to spend some time in Chicago, don't drive. Chicago has NO parking at all. If you do drive, make sure you set a side parking money. It is expensive and make sure you read the parking signs.
Graduation was awesome. All the sailors did a great job. We got to spend 21/2 days with my son. The weather got bad so we didn't go to far. Gurnee is a great city to find good eats. Lots of shopping and spending time together. My sailor, moved…
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Happy Birthday to my son. He is 19 today. I love you.
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:17pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
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Hi..sorry I haven't written in a while. You were really the only one that I was in contact with on here, and when I wrote you a couple of times and didn't hear back, I thought you must not be on anymore. Jordan is doing good. Letters are much better and best of all, my husband got to go and get him and another recruit out for Christmas day. It was a very different Christmas, but good. We Skyped alot and it was great to see and hear him. He still was not liking boot, but was alot more accepting and just ready to get on with his A school. I think that this week is the Battle Stations week. I haven't heard from him since Christmas day. I'm hoping the gas thing went ok last week for him. Ugh. I can't imagine. How is everything with your son? Look forward to hearing from you.
Beverly
I sometimes read the posts on Leaving for BC the week of Oct 4 and my heart breaks I feel the emotions all of you are going through because I know it we be me in shortly. All of the Oct mom's are in my heart and thoughts constantly....HUGS to you...Elizabeth
Elizabeth
P.S. - if you can't, are unable or don't want to respond I completely understand
After they swear in at MEPS, can you give them a hug? do they walk out the back door get in the van/bus and leave? Please keep me updated on your son's progress...I'm cheering him on here in FL :o)
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