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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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What clothing is and isn't acceptable for PIR?

I was just wondering what clothing is and is not acceptable to wear at PIR. I specifically am asking about T-shirts. Is there anything that is totally a no-no? My husband and I have matching T-shirts that say NAVY(we are not in military) on them and wondered if they were acceptable to wear for PIR. Can anyone help? Thanks!

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Comment by macslair4 on March 25, 2012 at 4:58pm: You cant wear anything against the U.S. or vulgur, a lot of parents wore Navy shirts, I thought it was great, and shows your support. The ceremony is over before you know it. You cant take pictures outside on the base for security reasons, pictures will be taken with your recruit, especially if they get an award. So just think of how you want the picture to come out.

Comment by lemonelephant on March 25, 2012 at 5:06pm: macslair, Whits Mom's Sailor will most likely be in dress whites for her PIR because the RTC typically changes over to dress whites the first full week of May and then back to dress blues the first full week of October. Her SR arrived at the RTC on March 20.

Comment by lemonelephant on March 25, 2012 at 9:19pm: Actually, Jessica means May 18.

Comment by ebigirl on March 25, 2012 at 9:53pm: My son left for bootcamp March 9, 2011 and his PIR was May 6, 2011. His PIR was the 1st one of the year that they graduated in their white. Wear what's comfortable, especially on your feet. You will be possibly climbing/sitting in bleachers!!

You will be in awe and so proud of your daughter AND of being an American!! Have fun!!

Comment by sailorwifenmom on March 27, 2012 at 9:25am: You really don't want to send her mail in a priority mail envelope. For one thing, they could decide it counts as a package and not give it to her right away (instead, locking it up and giving it to her when she graduates, or returning it to sender). You don't want her mail to "stand out" in any way really on the outside, for her sake. (Trust me on this, having been through Navy boot camp myself, and having both my husband and my son currently in the Navy...)

As far as what to wear to the PIR, as the others have said, you will see a wide range of outfits, but something to keep in mind, one thing the Navy tells spouses when they take Spouse orientation classes and stuff is that generally, you should "dress to the uniform". What they will be wearing is sort of like a very formal, dressy suit, because it is a formal military ceremony. They won't turn you away or anything, and there will be lots there in jeans and stuff, but Navy protocol would say go a bit more dressy. You could always change into the shirts really fast afterwards, as you head out with your Sailor for their liberty :-)