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
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My Daughter is Thinking About Joining
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Comment by tankswife on April 20, 2010 at 4:02pm
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Thank you so much for your help. She's still trying to decide. It's been difficult because she doesn't know what to expect. I told her to check this website out because so many like yourself, are willing to share their stories, comments, etc.. Again, thank you for your help and please tell your son thank you for serving our country.
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Comment by dubbie on April 20, 2010 at 9:44pm
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Hey Tankswife, my son called me today and said "mom.... I'm a sailor". He wanted to join the navy and told me this when he was still in high school. He went to the recruter's office and weighed in at 300 lbs. He wanted it bad.When i talked to him today he sounded awsome. He's 200lbs and less than 18% body fat. He had 2 granddads in the navy, my step-dad has passed but my real dad is about to brust with pride. I called my dad after matt called me and he and my step-mom were so happy. my son is 19 yrs old and i could tell by his voice today that he is SO happy, he told me in 1of his letters (when he was way down in the dumps) " I don't know if i was really ready for this mom but today he said this was the best thing i could have ever done! Matt is MY only birth child and i could'nt be more proud of him. I will always support him and all the service men and women who do this for us. I wish you and your daughter the best. Let us know....we will be right here for both of you.
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Thank you all for your comments. She has viewed some of the postings here and I think she is leaning towards enlisting. Debbie in MD - thanks for the suggestion about the recruiter arranging a meeting with active duty service person. My daughter is out of town due to a training conference however,I will bring that to her attention. I think it will be a shock being away from me (we are very close) but like "dubbie" said I think she will realize at the end that she made the right decision. Again, thank you all. It is great to know that so many people are out there willing to help a stranger.
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