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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Comment by timsmom submariner on August 24, 2010 at 12:58pm
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Hey shelley, my son just started BC too! Tomorrow will be one week. I'm on the countdown. I haven't heard anything either...I'm really glad you posted the question..these answers are reassuring...thanks everyone for commenting!
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Comment by Dad on August 24, 2010 at 2:01pm
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Been there done that! this is our 2nd girl in boot! They are safer there than anywhere they can be! frre time is very short for them so dont expect a lot of letters. But my oldest girs told us after boot, they were like cocolate at Christmas! She said the worst part was when mailcall came and others got one and she did not! so keep writing! There just Fine!
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Comment by Pat on August 24, 2010 at 5:06pm
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Yes it does mean something...It means that he is busy learning Navy!! When my son was at BC...Sunday was the only day they had some free time and his DIV was to use some of that time to write to MOM!
Generally 'no news' is 'good news'! Phone calls are earned priviledges...not a right!
Definately look into the 'Groups' tab just under the banner at the top of the page to try to find his DIV or his PIR date, as soon as you know either one! As Jessica says above...it will be a lifeline for info!
You may also want to look to see if there is a group for his rate (job) and start reading ahead on those pages to learn all that you can!
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