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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:
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
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Missing my daughter
Well my baby girl...yes I'm going to call her my baby since she was my first born after all, left for BC on Sept 10th. The months and weeks prior to her leaving I felt fine. People kept asking me "How are you doing", and I would always reply I'm fine and felt that way. Her and I are very close, we have a great mother daughter relationship. She is in fact my best friend, and it has just always been that way. So she had to arrive at MEPS the Sunday before her fly out to do last paper work and such. Then they set her up at a Red Lions. Monday she had her last medical checkup and final swear in and then she was escorted back to the hotel to check in and she was ours for the rest on the night.
We took her to the movies :) then to dinner. All through this I was fine! We stayed at the same hotel as her and she was able to come crawl in bed with me that night. She was so sad to be leaving us! But we encouraged her, and pumped her full of love and pride as she cried. At the airport the next morning I was sad but still ok. We hugged and kissed and cried just before her having to go through security then watched her until she passed from our view. Still I felt ok. Then came the drive home! I haven't been able to stop crying much. I miss everything about her, and I keep bouncing from how I'll never get to see her much for at least the next 8 years, to how is she doing?? Has she gotten any sleep?? Has her deep sadness passed?? Is she ok?
I am so proud of her. She will be an HM and soon be off to Texas for A school. She got a jump start by becoming an EMT and volunteering with the Fire Dept over the summer. But I miss her so much and now wish she was just home again, but I know she'll do great!
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Comment by Julie on September 12, 2013 at 6:41pm
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Hi jkrmommy my daughter left on August 20. I totally relate to what your going through my daughter Kayla and I were inseparatable we did everything together. Kayla was delay entry since February so the whole time I needed her to know that I supported her decision and I needed her to be strong but the day before she left I cried the whole night so I could be strong for her on the day she sweared in. I was fine when I left her but on the way home the tears kept coming and it continue to come until I got her box and form letter and I was able to send the letters I wrote. Kayla is my youngest of 2 and this is one of the hardest thing I have gone through cuz now my house is quite. But hang in there it does get better and you have all the support on this website. I will pray for you and your daughter. God bless julie
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Comment by Lauryburg on September 12, 2013 at 8:54pm
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JKRMommy, I'm sending you a great big, understanding hug! You've come to the right place, since all the Mommies gather round those in need of support... Believe me when I say in a couple of months YOU will be offering support to other new BC Mommies!
God bless you and help you through this difficult, but proud time!
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