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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.

FIRST TIME HERE?

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

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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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I signed up to this site because my son is leaving for boot camp January 5. I feel very overwhelmed by all the posts, photos, videos, chat groups etc. Help!!! Can somebody tell me what I should do here to feel not so overwhelmed??

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Comment by katrina on November 8, 2011 at 3:21pm: Hi Queen Jackie, I'm Katrina and I'm pretty new here also. This is a great site but I'm also having a difficult time navagating around it. I tend to head for the chat. Poeple jump in and out at any time and I've recieved some good info from some of the women. We can learn to navigate this together.

About your son, he'll be fine! You must be feeling very overwhelmed, proud, sad, sacred and every emotion in between. You are normal! You'll be fine too. Do you have any specific info you are looking for, or just support from those who also stand in your shoes?

Let me know if I can help, just look me up and send me a message, I'm the only Katrina (at the moment). Good luck, you are not alone!

Comment by jackiequeen/ship09div076 on November 8, 2011 at 4:58pm: I did kinda feel my way around a little more today...read a few posts. Thanks for the input with which groups to connect with! I am EXTREMELY proud of my son. We made the Navy decision together so I feel that helps a lot. I am so excited for him to become who he wants to be and to see the world (or lots of fish, submariner..LOL!). I know I will get a tad emotional when it is time for him to go but I know that it is what is right. We visited many recruiters and the Navy was the right fit. In reading some of the posts, I feel like I look at this whole experience differently than others? I am not really nervous, just proud! Is that wrong?

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on November 9, 2011 at 1:52am: Hi Jackie,

My son leaves for boot camp on Jan. 10. I couldn't be prouder. I am relatively new to the sight also. So far, I just picked a couple of groups and have been following them. I am learning a lot from other people's comments.

Comment by jackiequeen/ship09div076 on November 9, 2011 at 5:44pm: You guys have all been so wonderful! Thanks for the big huge welcomes! Chris will have been in dep for almost a year before he goes...he started out signed up for one thing (gunnars mate), then tried out for the air-rescue swimmer and was chosen but then failed two physical agilities so back to the drawing board - and is now going to be on a sub as a sonar tech....we have changed start dates three times now! I was getting really frustrated and angry at the recruiters because they seemed to not give much information and didn't seem to try to find out stuff for us. I do understand now that they were probably giving as much information as they were getting. I was just irritated because I felt that a year is too long to be waiting....especially when there is a newer girlfriend involved. Anyway, I told Chris...enough changing - you are staying with this!!!! LOL!

Comment by Shelli 04/020 Mom on November 9, 2011 at 6:06pm: Denise, I have appreciated many of your comments. I either relate well, get great information, or both. Thanks!

Comment by GoatLady (USS Theodore Roosvelt) on November 10, 2011 at 7:51am: Hi Queen Jackie! I am right there with you! My son goes to boot camp on December 15 and it is overwhelming. Just know that you are not alone. You did the best thing by coming to this website. You will meet the neatest people here! If you need someone to talk to, just send me an email!

Diane