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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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Can someone tell me if we can have more than 4 people at PIR ? We are a core family of 4 , other than our SR but my 74 year old mom is coming " he'll or high water! " she says. She will line up line it was a Springstein concert if it means she can see her youngest Gand baby graduate! Help!!

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Comment by Derek's Mom on September 9, 2013 at 8:47pm: My son's recruiter told me that only 4 can go in but if more than 4 family members go they have a separate room that they can watch the ceremony on a tv screen. Do you know if this is true?

Comment by lemonelephant on September 10, 2013 at 12:24am: Derek's Mom, It would be nice if recruiters would read the RTC's web sites every now and then. See http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/upcoming_grads.asp and http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/fam_guide.asp.

Comment by abbyblue on September 10, 2013 at 10:23am: NOW HEAR THIS NO TICKETS ! I think tell her four times that there are NO tickets maybe she got it you think?

Comment by Edie on September 10, 2013 at 10:13pm: I was told their is no tickets too!
But some lady on here had to tell me their was no tickets!
But when my son called he kept telling me I
Had to buy tickets. So I was confused!
I don't like one person tells u one thing
Then your recruiter tells u something different.
I hope everything works out so your mother can make
It too.

Comment by lemonelephant on September 10, 2013 at 10:28pm: Edie, recruits sometimes hear others talking about purchasing tickets for PIR and believe they are talking about tickets to be used at the RTC when they are actually referring to plane tickets to get in the area to be able to attend PIR. Many recruiters do not keep up with changes at the RTC and pass on outdated information. See http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/upcoming_grads.asp and http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/fam_guide.asp forthe straight from the RTC.

I also invite you to join Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) and check out the info in the Pages there. There is info on PIR in te Page, PIR Day and Liberty During PIR Weekend, but the info from the RTC site is the final source.

Comment by abbyblue on September 11, 2013 at 11:11pm: people have told in two posts repeating the same thing is a waste of time. if you see that someone has answered the question don't come along and add to it with same thing.

Comment by Derek's Mom on September 15, 2013 at 6:47pm: AbbyBlue, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SO HATEFUL, people do make mistakes and I was going by what my son's Petty Officer told me!!!!!!!!!!! It also says that you can only get your recruiter's address from them and not anyone else, well I have not received a letter from my son yet but his Petty Officer got his address for me. IT'S A WASTE OF TIME WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE POST SUCH RUDE COMMENTS ON A SITE THAT IS SUPPOSE TO SUPPORT NEW RECRUITER'S FAMILIES!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Derek's Mom on September 15, 2013 at 7:01pm: Lady Hamilton- I did read these web sites (thank you), however since I was just told this last week by the Petty Officer I didn't think confirming what I read on the web sites would cause such un just rudeness. I guess that all of the talk on television about how military wives, moms etc support each other is not true based on the target of rudeness of one simple question on here, and I have only been a member for less than 1 week. SAD PEOPLE SAD!!!!!