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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 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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Dear NavyforMoms,

I know I might have overreacted with my comments, but I just miss my fiance a whole lot. So I hope you guys can understand, but I will not send a FedEx since it will get her in trouble. I just want to thank everybody for their input, you guys just don't know, well you do know. How hard it is, ecspecally for me, since I never had to deal wit anything like this. All I do is write and write, I wrote 10 cards this weekend, and yet I have to cry "sorry don't like to sound weak" myself to sleep. I served as you can see in the German Army, I served in the UN, I have seen mass graves, but I never felt anything like this. She is gone, and the supposit support from her friends is not there. I tryied to send them messages, but they could care less. Even her Navy friends, which should know. Sorry for keeping you so long reading this, but overall this is my help. All you guys, taking the time to respond, and I do appriciate all of you. Thank you so very much. God bless.

P.S. Sorry for my misspelling. I hope you can forgive me.

Thank you again, it means a lot, since I love this girl with all my heart!

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Comment by angelkup ship 14 div 276 on July 5, 2010 at 11:08am: Flo, we do understand what you are going through. My recruit is my child and not my partner, but missing someone you love is hard no matter what. We are here to talk to. I am so proud of my son! And I am so excited about this new adventure he is on. I keep reminding myself what an extraordinary "job" he has chosen! When I think about how hard this is on me I remind myself how hard it must be on him and tell myself that I still have all the comforts of home and to suck it up! ha ha. A few days before my son left, i said Austin I am really going to miss you. And he said " ya but I am going to miss everyone I know. touche! Stay strong for her and know that you will be so proud of her when you see her next and more importantly, she is going to be so proud of herself!

Comment by Anti M on July 5, 2010 at 12:11pm: Hang in there! This is a big adjustment you are going through, it takes time to get the hang of the Navy. Don't beat yourself up, you're a good man who loves his gal, and can't be by her side. Perfectly okay. Take it one day at a time. Work on being the best fiance you can be for her.

PIR will be here before you know it.

Comment by Flo1983 on July 5, 2010 at 5:43pm: Thanks, I know it is hard for everybody, Especially for parents, but I do appriciate the advice and help. Get more from you guys then people here. So thanks again.

Comment by BunkerQB on July 5, 2010 at 8:48pm: Are you still a German citizen? Just curious. Germany should put on a display at the WC. Wow.

Comment by Flo1983 on July 6, 2010 at 9:50pm: I do wish everybody I know would feel the same way. I sure am trying to give her the support she needs. Yet for some reason I get put on the back burner for other people. Well thank you for the comment, and I hope everything is going well on your end.

Comment by annafornavy on July 10, 2010 at 8:08am: FLO; Boot-camp is the toughest part of this journey.. It will be up until the end. The first 3 weeks are the ULTIMATE worst and then when letters and calls start coming home it fills your heart and spirit with the second wind to keep rooting them on.. I know how hard it is to try and get all the friends and family to write and how important it is for the recruits to recieve those letters of love and support as they need it the most now. If she has has facebook as her friends to post well wishes on there and copy them and mail them to her.. That is what I asked my sons friends to do and that was much easier for them than sitting down and writing a letter... God Bless you both on your journey... My brother was in the US Army and he married a German girl and I have a nephew that is in the German Army as well. My brother was killed in a car accident when he was home on leave and his son was only 2. He is now 24 and here visiting right now.. Stay strong and keep pressing on!!!