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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.

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

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**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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2 weeks at Boot and really missing my son

Hi! This is my first post. I hope it works!

My son left for Boot on July 11. I was all excited on the front of him going cuz I could see how excited he was. Now I can't hear his voice and ask how he's doing I am feeling sad.

Any suggestions? I work full time and am staying busy....

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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on July 25, 2019 at 10:59am: Hi NavySisNowNavyMom - best thing you can do is keep busy! Try not to worry (easier said than done, I know!). The Navy has him and he's safe - no news is good news. Be sure to join the bootcamp group - I left the link in the welcome message on your page. You'll find lots of good info there. And once you get the official letter (9-14 days after arrival) you'll know his PIR date and you can join that group too. Start writing letters now so when you get his address (in the official letter) you can send them out (# them in the corner so he knows what order to open them). Count Fridays rather than individual days - it helps the time go by faster.

Hang in there!

Comment by NorthPortFLNavyMom on July 25, 2019 at 9:35pm: I am right here with you! My son left June 24 and it's been very hard for sure not seeing them and then not hearing their voices. We did get our first call the weekend of the 3rd week...in our case it was July 13, that was wonderful. So you got that to look forward to real soon. Be encouraged, your not alone:)

Comment by belovedbyHim on July 29, 2019 at 11:47pm: Please come join us on the Bootcamp page NorthPortFlNavyMom and NavySisNowNavyMom.
You are not alone in your feelings!!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on August 8, 2019 at 3:29pm: I left the link to the boot camp group in the welcome message on your page. Be sure to join as you'll find lots of helpful info there.

Comment by NavySisNowNavyMom on August 14, 2019 at 12:37pm: My son's PIR is Sept 6, 2019. Only a few weeks left. All good!