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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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3rd Letter today..

My SR seems to be doing pretty good out there in GL. He's got 28 days to go i believe thank goodness! But in his latest letter to me he said during his latest physical they discovered a hernia and is getting surgery immediately after boot camp, and will be residing there under recovering for an additional 6 weeks before he can actually go to South Carolina. Now, I know that he'll be in good hands out there..but i'm so worried about him. He'll be out there getting surgery like..all alone and i don't think anyone is gonna be there to see him in the hospital and stuff :( i wrote back i was like well tell me what hospital, and where i can send "get well soon goodies" he told me he should still be home by Thanksgiving and he'll have his phone on him. Which i guess is the plus side i'm just sad about not being able to be there while he's recovering or see him in the hospital:( He said that he's just going to help out around base and what not apparently (during the 6 weeks) then go to A School. I feel so bad for him. He's probably so stressed out. :(

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Comment by Nautical Mom on August 20, 2011 at 12:09am: my son PIR'd 8/12 and has been on medical hold and released 3 days later...he is on ship 5 and says it's like a hotel compared to his barracks. He has a cyst on the side of his face. He also has corrective eye surgery scheduled in December in Norfolk. go to www.bootcamp.navy.com and go to familes and read up on ship 5. You will be put at ease...i know it's rough being away from them when they are sick - but they will TAKE good care of him. my Sailor was really excited to see 4 to a room instead of 70 and the was stoked about the memory foam mattress and tv and of course his phone...it is so funny to seem him get excited about the comforts of living instead of having to face his RDC everyday. He has had watch duty and new recruit duty waiting on his A school starting next week. God Bless

Comment by Johnsgirl411 on August 29, 2011 at 11:00pm: Ah thanks so much for the website, i'll tell him what he has to look forward too! sorry if this response is a little delayed but that link really helped! Thank you again & good luck, god bless :)