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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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This is all still new to me.

My son has beenmeeting with his recruiter for a few months. I just met him yesterday and signed the papers that will allow Blake to do the DEP, and take his ASVAB when he turns 17. Now he tells me he can take the test one day and do MEPS the next.

All I can think now is, what have I done?

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Comment by janice FC mom on July 12, 2011 at 10:30pm: I did the same thing for my son about a year a go and now he is a boot camp. Has been gone for almost 3 weeks and I miss him so. But when I told my son that I would not sign he said that he was going to sign the day he turned 18 any way so I new that this is what he wanted to do so I sign and I think that I did the right thing and so do you,

Comment by proudmama ship10 div267 on July 12, 2011 at 11:39pm: You have given your son a great future...he will have education training housing medical dental and a paycheck. Oh and the pride of saying hes a veteran! The next time you ask yourself "what have i done" think about all the college grads who can't get jobs.What you have done is truely something wonderful!

Comment by 2 navy boys on July 13, 2011 at 8:15am: I signed for both my sons when they were 17 also. They finished high school first of course before they left. One has been gone for more than a year and a half and the youngest has been gone a couple of days but there's no doubt in my mind that his dad and I did the right thing.

Comment by proudmama ship10 div267 on July 13, 2011 at 8:31am: Judy,That's what I'm talking about!!!!The navy is a great career choice.There are NO jobs for anyone right now.It's really a no brainer! -Ruth

Comment by BunkerQB on July 13, 2011 at 10:09am: Mom, you have given your son permission to grow up and be his own person. Give yourself a pat on the back. You have done well; otherwise, the Navy wouldn't want him!