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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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THANKSGIVING OUT OF BASE - Great Lakes

Hello, I am new here and am not sure how to navigate this website :-) My son is in Basic Training for almost three weeks now. Today he called and told us we can visit him for thanksgiving! Hooray! I did not even know they were allowed to go out. I just wanted to hear what other moms' experience has been with seeing their child for thanksgiving and what are good places to lodge and eat :-D Thank you all so much!

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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 5, 2015 at 1:05am: Chiming in...I DO NOT like the mobile view for this site. It is very limited. Desktop is much better. I just pinch-zoom so I don't kill my eyes too much.

I have started Groups on my phone and can do almost everything on it that I can do on my PC or tablet.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 5, 2015 at 1:08am: Christina - You should (or already have received) receive the Adopt-A-Sailor form from your Recruit.

Comment by Cristina on November 5, 2015 at 9:25am: Thank you, but I did not receive any forms yet... today we will call the recruiter here and see if he has any insight. I also have a hard time knowing where I am on the site LOL! :-)

Comment by lemonelephant on November 6, 2015 at 2:37am: Cristina, the recruiter cannot help. If your recruit is in the 12/04/2015 or 12/11/2015 TG, then email the PAO and inquire. If your recruit is not in one of those TG's, then he is not eligible for the Thanksgiving Adopt a Sailor program.

Comment by Denise on November 10, 2015 at 12:05pm: I have seen several posts about not trusting the address the recruiter provides and to wait for a form letter. My DS left on 11/4 and the recruiter did give me an address with his ship and div listed. He said that the graduation date has not been updated because they are projected to graduate on 12/31. At this point I am not sure what I should do. My instincts tell me to start writing letters and send them right away, and as far as reserving flights and hotels for graduation, if it is on New Years Eve, then I better act now. To me it does not make sense that his graduation would be that day, with Christmas being the week before. Or do they accelerate the program during the holidays? Does anyone have any advice?

Comment by lemonelephant on November 10, 2015 at 11:22pm: Denise, Go ahead and make your flight and hotel reservations, but hold off on sending letters. Yes, by counting 9 Fridays, PIR is 12/31/2015. It is moved up a day since 01/01/2016 is a federal holiday. Training is 6 weeks after at least 4 P-days so yes, it is very possible that PIR is that day. There are usually extra days at the RTC so the 3 holidays (Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) will not delay PIR.

Comment by Robin on November 11, 2015 at 9:58pm: My daughter is graduating Dec 11 and flying out the next day to her A school. what are the chances she will be home for Christmas?

Comment by lemonelephant on November 11, 2015 at 11:42pm: Robin, it all depends on her "A" School. Some commands allow the new Sailors to "go in the hole" on Leave over the holiday stand down and others do not authorize Leave until after "A" School.

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Comment by Bonnie N Hi on November 16, 2015 at 7:29pm: My daughter graduates 11/25/15 I'm having vehicle problems can anyone direct me to the directions to view the graduation streamed online? I wish I could be there but her husband will be there and she ships out to AIT 2 days later..they may appreciate some alone time before she leaves to Fla. I miss and love her so much! So very Proud of her but would love to see her Div. 020 & 019 graduate online!
Bonnie

Comment by lemonelephant on November 16, 2015 at 7:35pm: Bonnie, The RTC will stream PIR live at http://www.livestream.com/usnavyrtc and http://navylive.dodlive.mil/ beginning at 8:45 am CST on the day of PIR for those who are unable to attend in person.

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