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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Emotions are going crazy!

My son has officially decided this is what he wants to do! I'm Proud, Happy and Sad all at the same time. I am having a hard time concentrating or thinking! I'm watching videos, reading articles and absorbing everything. His friends were here last night and asked him when he would come back, he said never....only for visits.....this is where I'm going to retire! I had to go for a walk in the mountains, that hit me hard! God I hope this gets easier!

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Comment by woodmom on June 15, 2011 at 9:06pm: thanks Ladies! I swear, this is the best website! I'm so glad I found it. None of the ladies I work with have kids, so they have no idea why I'm so "spacey" when usually I have it all together! I'm so happy that he found his "purpose" in life! A place of his own. Out of his parents shadow! Who knew that you could have so many conflicting feelings at one time!

thanks again ladies!

Comment by sunshine73 on June 16, 2011 at 5:22pm: I have been where you are, shoot, I think we all have. My son was in DEP most of last year and then went to Bootcamp January 4th. He PIRed in March and has been in Pensacola, Florida for A school every since. During Bootcamp, I thought that I was going crazy. I lived on Navy for Moms. I met a wonderful group of ladies here. I couldn't have made it without them. We shared each others letters, cried and laughed together during that time. Any news from Great Lakes keeps you hanging on. when your son gets there, make sure that you join his PIR group in N4Ms. Our group was so close, we have a private facebook group. We still support each other and are great friends. It does get a little easier after bootcamp. My son will be leaving in a couple of months for Hawaii. He was going to college and just decided one day that he was gonna join the Navy. It was the best decision of his life. He is our only child and still lived at home with us. It has been a huge adjustment. I couldn't be prouder of him. So hang in there! What you are feeling is normal. You are part of our Navy family now and we are here to support each other.

Comment by Cameron on June 24, 2011 at 1:30am: Quick question- what is the pir group? Maybe I do not know this because I haven't recieved any paperwork from the mail yet? He left three days ago for BC.

Comment by sunshine73 on July 8, 2011 at 6:51pm: YankeeMom~He just graduated A school today. He will have a few mos of C school before he leaves for Hawaii.We can't wait to go visit ;)

Cameron~ You go by the date of their bc graduation is their PIR date. Someone should have formed a group for your sailors graduation date. Sorry I didn't answer that earlier but I just now saw it.

Comment by Peggy on July 9, 2011 at 8:11pm: Woodmom, when our son was making plans to join the Navy last Spring, he said he was not coming home for Christmas...That was hard for me to hear; however, in his first letter after the form letter, he quickly stated he WILL be home for Christmas. (Of course, the Navy will make the final decision, but at least he now has a desire to return home.) His first days/weeks of Boot Camp were very difficult. He was not used to having someone yell at him day and night. Things will get better. Write to your recruit often; share his address with friends and relatives. It is these letters that will keep him going in difficult times.

Comment by Poohbear146 on July 25, 2011 at 12:40am: I know exactly how you feel. My son has been in since Oct 08. I saw him for a few minutes at PIR and then for one week when he got out of A school in June of 09. He came home before he left for his first base assignment. He is stationed in Japan right now. I have not heard from him since Jan of this year. I cherrish the few phone calls and e mails. It is still hard but I know he is doing what he wants and his is very happy. I can hear it in his voice when he does call. I miss him everyday but sooner than later I will see him again. I also have a son in the Air Force so it is twice as hard they left the house 6 mo apart. Just be happy they have found a direction to go in life, many young people have none. Trust you gave them the foundation to be successful.