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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

Events

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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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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My first ever mothers day without both my boys. I had a slight hope that there might be a phone call although I really didn't expect it. I lived with my phone all day. Where I went, it came too. Keeping busy helped. Watching the boards and seeing the happy moms getting their letter didn't. It was like a bite I couldn't help scratching. I had to look and celebrate their happiness. Then Monday came. I couldn't wait to get home and check the mail. It's been awfully empty lately and I tried to steel myself for more of the same. As I opened the box and reached inside, my heart skipped a beat. I could see a white envelope with block print writing. Not my son's normal writing, but I knew what it meant. All I could do for several minutes was hold the letter. I noticed the ship number and division. Because I had watched the boards, I knew what those numbers meant: my son's PIR would be the 29th of June, a week earlier than I expected. A quick picture message to my husband then open it came. No extra note, but that was ok. I now had contact and an end in sight. Thanks to a really, really busy week (who knew 4th graders could be soooo squirrly with two weeks of school?), I have had very little down time. Letters have been mailed, phone cards, envelopes, and stamps tucked in, and planning begins. I can't wait to see my sailor recruit become a sailor!

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Comment by ebigirl on May 17, 2012 at 1:24am

Congrats! You have less than 6 weeks to go! Now you can find your PIR group. You will meet a ton of other mom's in the same "boat". LOL

Comment by ebigirl on May 17, 2012 at 11:40am

And if you don't get a call at week 3, it could be because he has duty or is busy doing other things. It also depends on who his RDC is. Some allow phone calls, and use phone calls as rewards, some don't allow them at all. Oh, and if your son has a girlfriend, you can be sure that phone call went to her!! That's what happened to my week 3 phone call.

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