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Navy For Moms

This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

FIRST TIME HERE?

FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Heard From Son Tonight

I am in a little better mood got to hear my sons voice on the phone tonight. He said he is doing as well as to expected since it is boot camp. He said see you at graduation, so I think we are going to try and make it happen. He also said he sent a letter with his graduation date. Now I am more hopefully and alittle more at ease....Still miss him but that is to be expected.

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Comment by BunkerQB on March 18, 2012 at 8:07pm: OK. first thing first, you'll be getting the form letter soon. It'll have his graduation date, his address, the password to printing the parking pass and the four people on his "guest list" for PIR (Pass In Review, ie. graduation from boot camp).

You sound like you are really squared away and doing great. We have gathered up our resources and put them together in one place which we like to share with you. The survival guide was written for new members.

Please study the information provided in the survival guide. If you go through this, you'll will have a pretty good idea of what your recruit is going through. Watch the videos, look at the diagram. There are links to other important sites (like the RTC site, the Boot Camp Moms groups). You should join the Boot Camp Moms group ASAP.

I promise you if you take the time out to read all the stuff, you will have a much better understanding of how everything works. Don't worry if you don't get everything on the first read.

Good luck to your recruits. Be patient. Stay calm. Have lots of tissue ready because those tear floodgates open almost always unexpectedly.

Take care, BQB

Here is the link just click on it. If you can NOT find this blog just go to the MAIN PAGE of this site - you'll find it easily because it is one of the featured FORUM DISCUSSIONS.

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/survival-guide-for-navy-for...

Comment by Fishingurl04 on March 19, 2012 at 8:48pm: Gail when did your son start boot camp?

Comment by Gail (Ship 11/ Div 141) on March 19, 2012 at 9:18pm: He left Sunday March 11th,