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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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May 2017 Blog Posts (9)

Graduation Notice

I was wondering how much notice is given to family that the recruit will not graduate with his class?

Added by Auntie on May 31, 2017 at 7:15pm — 1 Comment

Ship 14, Div. 224

My son left May 22, so nice being able to go right to the gate and stay with him till he boarded. We received the box yesterday and I was surprised it was that soon. Guessing he will either be PIR either July 21 or July 28. I have hotel reservations for three different weekends! Before I know it, it'll be here, with the exception of the day after he left, this week has gone very fast....

Added by Mythreesons on May 27, 2017 at 4:51pm — 2 Comments

Ship 03 Div 215

My daughter left on May 16th. Anyone else on Ship 03 Div 215? PIR is 7/14

Added by JaMom on May 25, 2017 at 4:11pm — 5 Comments

ALMOST THERE

Wow, this time next week we will be on the road heading for Great Lakes.  I can not believe that boot camp is almost over.  I am sure my SR does not feel the same way!

Looking forward to witnessing this next milestone in my son's life.  His family and friends are so proud of  him.

Added by MJG914 on May 23, 2017 at 6:31am — No Comments

That Dreaded call

Friday last week@9;27 i got the call it was such a scripted call i was bummed of the repeated call do don't come to my graduation that he didn't pass his run and yesterday we would have another chance at it but we never got the call to say he passed and tomorrow is his PIR date . I wish he was graduating but instead i sit here wondering what to do and worry ! We write him daily and well i have got like 4 letter this entire time i know they are very busy . I just wished i new more .. 

Added by Christina on May 18, 2017 at 9:30pm — 3 Comments

Call n box

Well because my phone had a hiccup I missed my call n a friend for it from her. I am jealous yes bc I wanted the call but happy she got to talk to someone she cared about. I got my box already that made me cry. A letter to her brother a girl I nanny for and I got dirty laundry hahaha!! Can't wait to the next step

Added by Momofnavyprincess on May 5, 2017 at 6:10pm — No Comments

May 2 bootcam

Hoping to find the group for that unit...

Added by Momofnavyprincess on May 5, 2017 at 6:08pm — 2 Comments

Light at the end of the tunnel

The hardest thing in life is to say goodbye to your child...we try to do it in baby steps starting at pre-school (oh how they cried) through high school, small trips here and there and then college.



Joining the military, however, is a completely different goodbye. It's almost like an abduction, no contact, only a quick call to confirm arrival and a box of their "proof of life" arriving, sometimes with no note.



This is tough,and feels foreign, against all parental instinct.… Continue

Added by Voxtrot on May 5, 2017 at 9:30am — 14 Comments

New to boot camp

My son left last Thursday, April 27. Feeling lost. Probably because he's our youngest and last one out of the house.

Added by M'smom on May 2, 2017 at 11:56am — 8 Comments

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