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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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My son left today!

Anyone else have a child who left for bootcamp today?

My first and only child left at 1:30 today on a plane to Great Lakes.

Anyone else in my boat??

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Comment by Sheradell on August 17, 2011 at 11:19am: hello. how do i start! took my son to meet the recruiter on the 15. that the last time I say him. He left the 16 and arrive at BC on the 17. I got my phone call at 2:56 this morning. Yes it was short and heartbreaking.

Comment by Nautical Mom on August 17, 2011 at 1:12pm: yes, i've been there, lived through it and survived...our PIR was 8/12 and i loved every minute i got to spend with him...if you need me for anything, please just ask...Blessings, Cindy

Comment by sangie718 on August 17, 2011 at 1:44pm: Today is day two for our boys! Wonder if they are tired. lol I got my call last night at about 9 or so, it was literally a stages 10 sec call. I thought they would be able to give us their address, but he said itll be mailed to me. When do you guys think graduation will be??? You planning for Oct 14th or 21st???? I am unclear if its 8 weeks or 9 week. What are your thoughts?

Comment by sangie718 on August 17, 2011 at 1:45pm: It will be VERY cool if we find out some of our boys are in same division together!!! My son is Blayne Mills.

Comment by Sheradell on August 17, 2011 at 2:25pm: His recruiter told me it approximately 9 week. Adding the time it takes for them to complete all their paper work and check ups.

Comment by BunkerQB on August 17, 2011 at 2:38pm: Good luck everyone. Here are some tips on navigating this site.

First - when you get your form letter (sample in New Moms Stop Here), look for the date for your recruit's PIR (Pass In Review - graduation). When you find that, join the group for this PIR date. Here is the latest group.

PIR: October 7, 2011 TG 47

If this is not the date, then a subsequent group will be started. Maybe one of you ladies will step up and take charge. Don't worry there will be many experienced moms to guide you (diannep, fireteamleaderwife, lemonelephant and more).

Next keep the following in mind whenever you log on:

1. Check your personal page - click the "MY PAGE" tab on menu bar above.

2. Check your SIGN IN/SIGN OUT box on the upper right. This tells you if you have any friends requests, messages and the place to go to change your USERNAME, password, profile and email settings.

3. To go to your groups, click "GROUPS" tab, then "My Groups" (in small letters on left) or access from your own page.

4. If you are getting way too many email notifications, just click "Stop Following" wherever you see it. That will start to notifications. Be careful if you use Setting/Email to control the notifications; otherwise, you won't get any and won't know if someone has sent your a friends request or if there is an important message from one of your group(s). Remember the email notifications are just that, if you get an email notification and part of a message is visible, you can't reply to that message by replying to the email notifcation. You have to log on the Navy For Moms, then click on INBOX. A link is normally provided with you notification.

5. For your convenience, we have other reference material in an area that is easy to. Go to New Moms Stop Here and look at the PAGES (there are 10). You'll find Boot Camp videos, link to RTC, acronyms and more.

Welcome to Navy For Moms.

BQB

Comment by prouddad ship09 div338 on August 17, 2011 at 8:38pm: My son left yesterday from SLC Utah at 1600 hundred hours we didnt get the 30sec call until this morning around 0630

Comment by Kerry on August 17, 2011 at 9:08pm: My son left from Brooklyn, NY on Monday. We are from Connecticut. I got a phone call at 3:00 am. The Brooklyn recruiters were very nice.

Comment by harleydml on August 17, 2011 at 11:29pm: Hi, my name is Darlene and my son left Monday night to head to Great Lakes as well. He left from Texas Monday night and called me at 12:17 a.m. to let me know he arrived safely and will be writing home and then in 3 weeks will be allowed another call. It was the quickest call. I am patiently waiting like you to receive their address. We need to stay strong for our recruits, even though it is extremely hard on us. My son is my only child and I am a single mom and I feel lost without him, but I know this is the best thing for him. Hope to meet everyone in October at graduation.

Comment by Buggy'sproudmom ship 09-div 338 on August 18, 2011 at 12:24am: Hello Ladies I hope everyone is doing a little better now. Please remember not to post on general blog any personal info-ie..names-there DI's and the command comes on here often. They will rake them over the coals about personal info. Also, be careful about telling cute stories-the DI's live for that stuff. Try to keep as general as possible. However, having said all that we can send each other messages and divulge our boys names and such likes. Good luck all and remember STAND STRONG AND BE NAVY PROUD..Pam