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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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Last night, driving to work it was all i could do to to NOT bust down crying...only becuz i knew i was headed to work was i able to keep my wits about me...i suffer from anxiety to begin with, and this is just killing me.......this is the hardest thing i think i will ever have to do, is let my son go :*(

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Comment by vanavymom on March 4, 2011 at 9:40pm: I understand Ann. I have to take my son to the recruiter on Monday morning. I am so dreading it.

Comment by annafornavy on March 4, 2011 at 10:08pm: (((( HUGS))))) TO YOU... I know your heart is bent and splintered.. I can feel every ounce of your pain because I too stood where you are right now almost a year ago... Taks a breath and just know that he is in good hands.. The NAVY is taking very good care of your baby boy I PROMISE... They want him to succeed as much as you do. I know this doesnt help at the momet because all you want is to know your son is good and okay... I remember one day on the boot camp moms page I said everyone keeps telling me it is going to get better WHEN DOES IT GET BETTER??? And then the first letter came from him and he was so postive about everything and I knew at that moment everything in my sons world was exactly as it should be. But until you hear from them it is sooooo hard to sit and wonder how they are. My son was complete home body and I worried that he would be full of anxiety when it was the complete opposite and I was so thankful for that.. My heart hurt everyday for the first 4 weeks. And then I receieved a letter every Thursday and I had 4 calls after that. Including I AM A SAILOR call. : ) That is the sweetest sweetest call of them all.. They are tired and happy and so energized they did it.. I could not sleep the night I knew he was going through battle stations I woke up every half hour and then I woudl say a prayer that God would give him the endurance he needed to get through it.. I know you hurt and we are ALL here to help you carrry that pain of missing him.. There is nothing like it when your child enters the miltary and your umbilical cord is severed. I told all my family they would need to put me in a mdeically induced coma until graduation.. Because I almost went out of my mind.. I could not stand the emptiness and lonliness entering bootcamp left me with. But the moment I say him high stepping into the graduation hall full of pride and proud of what he accomplished I knew that every tear and heartache I felt in his absence was worth it... Keep hanging on mama and when you cant come here and let us try and help you and lift you back to solid ground.. YOU ARE NOT ALONE... We embrace you and welcome you and your soon to be SAILOR into the NAVY FAMILY... : )

Comment by mapes on March 5, 2011 at 12:37am: Your not really letting him go, your letting him grow! He will experience so much, mine son and daughter will be leaving soon and I am so excited for them. Im almost envious. I really excited to hear their experiences and when they end up. We live in a depressed rural Illinois and there is not much here for them. Take a deep breath and just get excited for what you will experience through their eyes.

Comment by jill on March 5, 2011 at 1:23am: know just how you feel. i can seem perfectly fine, driving around, taking care of errands, and then, a "song" will come on the radio , and i can break down , sobbing, because i relate to the words...... i keep hoping it is going to get a little easier. i've enjoyed 31 years, raising, and loving 3 children, and protecting them. this is my youngest, and it is so hard to let go of that protection that is just there, inside me. the love doesn't just stop, or get put on hold. wish i could be a little tougher like my husband, but i doubt i will change after loving for all these years. but i am slowly (stubbornly) realizing i have to bend at this time. i have already cried so many tears.... please know you are not alone....... you will always have love and support from the good moms on these sites......

Comment by Ann on March 5, 2011 at 9:06am: wow!!! it is soooo nice to know that i have a support system like this to go to....we are still awaiting the call from the recruiter as to what job, and when exactly logan will leave...i would like to have a couple of months with him, but i will manage...he is very anxious to get going with this....i am sure i will def be blogging on her almost daily...ty all for your comments...

Comment by KellynKaty(corps-Mom) on March 8, 2011 at 5:16pm: Hi, my son leaves March 28th.. It seems unreal to me. He's my only child and I have been a stay at home mom since he was born..I know how all of you feel. I'm just hanging in there and trying not to be a BIG cry baby..But, I still cry when I'm alone. And being on here helps me.

So, to all of you ladies on here, Thank You !