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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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Night time is cruel! I lie in bed and my brain turns on. Last night I started to think that this time in two weeks, my boy will be off to find himself. He leaves a boy but returns (somewhere down the road) a man. The tears turned on and I thought, "here we go". I hate going down that path; the path of pity party. However, there I was! Thankfully, it was a short trip. I was able to find refuge in slumber.

He says he is getting "itchy feet". He wants to get moving. I understand his feeling of "short timers" that I often get at the end of the school year. I get anxious to start my teacher's summer time. Now, I am begging time to slow down and it is flying! He wants it to speed up! I think his wishes are winning. Part of me wants his boot camp days to start because then I will be that much closer to seeing him at PIR. What an exciting day that will be!

School starts the week after he leaves, thank goodness. I will be busy busy busy. Before the first grading period is over, I will see my man-child again. I hold on to that and it eases these feelings of sadness. I am so proud of him. The Navy sure is lucky to have such a young man!

In the words of Dr. Seuss, "Kid, you'll move mountains! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So....get on your way!

2 Weeks. Here we go...

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Comment by BunkerQB on July 25, 2011 at 12:02pm: On the New Moms Stop Here we have permanent reference pages (located just underneath all the member icons). You can always access this information. We have a sample of the Form letter, a survival guide with videos, tips on how to use this site, links to list of N4M groups, link to the RTC, acronyms. Plus there will be people who will check in from time to time if you have a question. Furthermore, our panel of advisers are available if there is something that needs to be addressed on a private basis.

Comment by Aaron's mom on July 25, 2011 at 3:37pm: You are all so amazing! I can't imagine how moms made it before technology. Thank you.

Comment by eeyoremama5 (Ship 11/ Div 274) on July 25, 2011 at 4:12pm: Pity parties going on occasionally over here too but I'm noticing lately they are turning more to thoughts of how proud I am of my son for following in his father's footsteps and joining the Navy. Letting go was sooooooooo hard, but the anticipation of finding out what kind of man he'll turn into is slowly winning over everything else - even missing him- lol and am just very anxious for PIR!!!