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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!
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.
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."
**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).
**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 isno 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.
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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My dad was a die hard Redskins game. He hardly ever missed a game. SF likes his deployment. I am fortunate that he keeps in contact with me. I hear from him via ship to shore radio about once a week and facebook several times per week. He does not know how to skype. That would be fun. I'd love to be able to look at his face. I miss him. He has grown his first mustache. I'd like to see it. What rate is your son? Mine is a sonar tech. They promised him to change rates to journalism then went back on that. He is disappointed about that but likes what he is doing well enough. The deployment is in a place that doesn't have very interesting ports. Also not safe for them to move about freely. Of that he is not very pleased either. He was hoping to get to see more of the world. But it is what it is. He will make do.
Hi Maria, just admiring all of your beautiful pictures. I especially "love" the B'Day cake (looks like your son couldn't be there),but you still had a cake for him, But he made it home for Christmas! Uh.... Oh.... also looks like you have some "Cowboy" fans in your family!! Big rivals with us South Jersey "Eagle" fans!!!!!
Hi Maria, my name is Lorelei. my email is cmcwojcik@msn.com . My son has been a cook on the ship since June. He loves it. Please send a note to my email. You are the only one I know on the ship also.
I have one of those hats too navy25. My hubby is from NJ. It's a pretty state. What a handsome sailor you have. My son is now a navy vet and is on his way back home.
I started making pcs when my son was deployed on the Lincoln in 2008. I got the name Heads at Ease in January 2009. We make and mail pillowcases for deployed military, all
Welcome to the AECF group! We know how proud you must be of your son and looking for to him coming home for the holidays.
Please let us know what questions you may have and welcome to the group.
At 8:12am on November 22, 2010, Pat L. in IL said…
Hi navy25, Thank you for the friend request. According to Mapquest, it is 38 miles from Great Lakes to Villa Park. They are hosting the recruits from 9AM to 5PM and volunteers are welcome. The address is 39 E. St. Charles Road, Villa Park, IL 60181. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving. Pat
Thank you, but he actually failed twice. He was supposed to PIR 10/8, but got pneumonia, which caused him to fail his run. Then moved to 10/15, still sick, failed run again. We found out the first time the day before we were leaving for Chicago, the second time the DAY we were leaving for Chicago
hi navy25. thank you for the wishes. I hope the same for your family. I am sure we will be bumping into each other over the weekend. My ribbon has Ken on it with div 822. he sounded sooo tired when he called yesterday. it was sad for me for some reason, but hopefully he will be back to normal. well at least navy normal. best of luck to your family and have a safe trip. tina
my son is 822. have a safe trip and hopefully we can meet up. our flight is late so we wont make the meet n greet. our butts will be dragging early friday morning. but I am sure we will catch up at some point over the weekend. tina
He called this afternoon and sounded really good, said he was cold - must be a change. But yes he sounded real positive and really to be moving on to Penscola
good evening Navy25, your drive is much longer than ours - we are coming up just south of st louis, should only take us about 6 hours to get there. I hope all the recuits make it to graduation! See ya at Navy Lodge!
Wow that sounds like a long drive from NJ how many hours will that take? So your son will be doing BS just before graduating also - we wish him the best of luck! See ya soon.
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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 have one of those hats too navy25. My hubby is from NJ. It's a pretty state. What a handsome sailor you have. My son is now a navy vet and is on his way back home.
I started making pcs when my son was deployed on the Lincoln in 2008. I got the name Heads at Ease in January 2009. We make and mail pillowcases for deployed military, all
branches of the service. check us out:http://www.navyformoms.com/group/heads
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