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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 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:

RTC Graduation

**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.

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Navy rejection...good or bad

A little over a month ago, I began the process of joining the Navy! 1) To be closer to my SR and 2) to take hold of their great educational benefits... Well, this morning I found out that I had been rejected due to my thoracic scoliosis and although I was sad earlier and I'm wrapping my mind around the fact that this wasn't my journey to take... I've been positive for the most part. I keep telling myself that the likelihood of me being closer to my SR was VERY slim especially since he'll be deployed by time I'll just be going off to BC so....perhaps this was a good thing. My recruiter did give me a lot of encouraging words and tips to keep my relationship strong and healthy so I did appreciate that. The thing that really gets me though is that I truly wanted this to be my decision, you know. As a child, I had epilepsy, then during my teen years, I began to develop scoliosis so during most of my life I've had to hear what I "can't" do..It's frustration but it's life...When one thing knocks you down, just get back up. You may not win the battle but at least you got back up and kept trying! Forgive my rambling, I usually blog/vlog on my cpu so I'm used to venting out all my thoughts. So I apologize, I couldn't be a baby a crawl up under my mom (LOL) so I just came here to release...

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Comment by lemonelephant on July 12, 2012 at 10:59pm: You sound like you have a good head on your shoulders and a good attitude. Now on to Plan B, C. D, whatever. You will probably be able to be closer in proximity to your SR by being a civilian rather than in the Navy since those with both in the Navy tend to spend more time apart than together. Unfortunately, lots of times in life decisions are in the hands of others around you. You just do as you've done and keep on going. Here's a cyber hug (((((Last_First124))))).

Comment by lemonelephant on July 12, 2012 at 11:05pm: By the way, it's not good or bad, it just is. I've had things that seemed good at one time turn out to be bad for me later and things that seemed to be bad (including what I had once thought of as good) brought about better things for me.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.

--John Miller

Comment by Anna Aviation Mom on July 13, 2012 at 1:02am: I agree w lemon elephant this may be a blessing in disguise.

Comment by Last_First124 on July 13, 2012 at 11:04am: ((((lemonelephant)))) Thanks, I needed that! I didn't like the news yesterday when I initially heard it but through prayer comes understanding. And as Anna said, it's just a blessing in disguise...

"It's not good or bad, it just IS!!!" {LOVE IT}

THANKS

Comment by lemonelephant on July 13, 2012 at 11:08am: :o)

Comment by Anti M on July 16, 2012 at 5:14pm: lemonelephant is very wise.

I was a sailor and married a sailor. The first two years of our marriage we saw each other a total of 28 days. It is much easier to be near him as a civilian (or a dependent if marriage is in your future). The Navy can send him away for a while, but they can't assign YOU to go overseas without him now!

Comment by Monee on July 17, 2012 at 11:33pm: The sharing and caring among us all is what makes this site so great! Keep you head up Last_First 124! ..We must believe in the perfection of GOD, especially when things don't seem to manifest the way we imagined.

Yes, lemonelephant is wise... love the quote!