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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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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Comment by Michigan Cindy on July 27, 2011 at 9:50pm
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This is a very good site for you to get valuable information and also support. When the recruits first arrive, they are overwhelmed and stressed. This is to be expected. The first few days really suck. You should get a form letter with her address and PIR date in about a week and a half. The box will come in about a week. It is really important to know that no news is good news. First call should be about week 3 or 4. Eight weeks is a relatively short period of time. When you see your daughter as a new Sailor at PIR, you will expode with pride. Best wishes to you and your recruit.
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Comment by Robyn:ncnavymom919(12/309) on July 27, 2011 at 10:00pm
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Thanks. I have a son in the AF so the Navy terms are alot difference. When she called Sunday and talked to her dad, I guess she was overwhelemed, excited, nervous, sleepy....all the above. He kept telling her to calm down. Thanks for the information. I found the week to week info as well as some surveys I'll send to her.
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Comment by proudmom (311)(HS Corpsman mom) on July 27, 2011 at 10:06pm
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My son left for basic on Monday, July 25th as well... Where did you find the week to week info? I missed the phone call when he got RTC. However, he did call his dad and talked to him. I was so upset that I missed what would be his last call for awhile. He did mention the box being mailed to me.
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Comment by Nautical Mom on July 27, 2011 at 11:29pm
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i got my box 3 days after he arrived. He left on Father's day...first letter was 2 weeks out and first real phone call was 3 1/2 weeks later...be sure to send your SR a pre-paid land line phone card - you can activate it from your home - i hear that if they activate at Great Lakes - it eats a whole bunch of minutes. i have gotten 10 letters since the end of June. They have free time for 5 hours each Sunday - to go to church, write or socialize. They will have to earn every privilege they get - including letters & phone calls...I know it's hard - but when they open those doors at PIR, you are going to want to run to your SR - but, please don't, lol. also, www.bootcamp.navy.mil is a great read, on facebook you can go to Recruit Training Command and learn allot from the RTC site...Blessings, CIndy
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Received the box today.
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Yes I did get her address letter this week. I posted a comment on her FB and mine for those who wanted it to message me for it.
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