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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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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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Letters ect....
My son went to basics on June 7th and I still have not recieved a letter from him! We did recieve the one with his password and address. Im hoping tomorrow I will have a surprise in the mail:) Is this normal? My sons graduation date will be on Aug 3rd looking for other family members with the same graduation date for there loved one ? After graduation will our son be able to go with us right away or do we have to come back for him at a later time?
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Comment by ebigirl on June 24, 2012 at 9:36pm
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iceangel...YES, it's true and it does stink. My son PIR'd 5/6/2011. It was WHILE he was in bootcamp that RTC CHANGED the protocal for when the new Sailors flew out of Great Lakes to their A schools. Talk about one grumpy new Navy mom!
We DROVE from WA State to Great Lakes. I had already made hotel reservations. Everything changed in a heart beat. We had about 6 hours after PIR before our son had to be back on his ship and in his rack that Friday night. Then we were up at 3:30AM to meet him at the airport before his flight left for California. All told, we were able to spend about 10 hours total with him before he was off to the WEST COAST!!! I tell you this because....
I would NOT have changed a thing. Just being able to attend PIR was in and of itself one of the experiences as a mom and as an American. My son's PIR group had 12 divisions total, which I'm told is a very high number of divisions for one PIR. I picked him out of his division right away, as his division was the very first one to come through the HUGE garage door!!
Please do not let the amount of time you will be able to see your son be the deciding factor in deciding to attend PIR or not. I promise you, you will be VERY glad that you attended. :-)
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Josie: The SR's are made to wait two weeks before they are allowed to write letters on Sundays. So, by looking at the calendar, yours is probably writing for the first time today. Depending on where you live, you might get mail from RTC Wed.-Friday of this week. We live in WA and our mail day was Thursday's.
They are allowed to write on Sundays, but recieve mail all week, so keep those letters flowing. My son told us that every SR LIVED for mail call...they couldn't get enough!!
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Comment by Barb (Proud KS Navy Mom) on June 26, 2012 at 1:32am
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Hi Josie...What Ship/Div is your son in? My son is Ship 11 Div 231, PIR 8/3/12. Have you found our PIR Group here on N4M's? We also have a very active Group on FaceBook if you're interested. Here's the link:
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