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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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Hi Jana. Thanks for sending a friend request. So, where is your son stationed? Is he still in Naples? I guess you probably know that my husband and I are in Virginia Beach, VA. and that we open our home to the sailors(and soldiers, marines as well) on the weekends. We've been doing this for almost 14 years.
Hi, I am very new at this and I am trying to figure out the sites and things on Navymom , plus I am not very bright on this computer!!! My daughter is ship 07 div 270 and her PIR is 8/26/11
Well then that good new if he does come to san Antonio I live close by we can link up if you care to. Also I was looking into american airlines. they had cheap fars was well. I plan to live on thursday because i am Teacher and I will be just starting school as well. I was just talking to her father and telling him i was planing to come back on monday night just in case we get to spend sunday late with her. but if you dont fly in to chicago the other place milw is about 1 hr way from where you need to be make sure you look at everything. :)
Hi Jana - Thanks so much for sharing your plans about dropping off your son. My son sounds very similar. He didn't want me going to MEPs or taking him out for dinner. He has since talked to his recruiter and has decided that it isn't all that out of the ordinary - other recruits do it and I promised to have him back on time. So, as of today I've gotten the ok for both dinner and he's even said he would be fine if I went down to MEPs to see him sworn in - so YAY! He doesn't ship out to BC until the end of September but I know the time is going to fly by.
I've added you as a friend - hope that is ok. Looking forward to getting to know you and supporting you through the whole experience.
My son just left for BC on the 21st out of Shreveport. We let the recruiter pick him up and take him to the hotel. We got a room at the same hotel so we could spend the evening together. We took him out to eat and then hung out in the room and watched some tv. I laughed so hard and so much! It was so nice to be there just for him!
Then we got to the MEPS office about 8:00 am. They had been there awhile and were watching a movie. The MEPS office has several processing stations (rooms) and several waiting areas including a game room. When we were there I would say that there were about 8 or 10 other families and they were with all branches. It was alot of waiting but I let my son use my phone to text his gf and we watched movies and talked to other families when he was processing. Then they called us back to a ceremony room and the gave a speech and then swore them in. My husband was able to take pics and we videoed the swearing in.
After that he wanted us to go on home, but I told him we were already there so we would wait until he left for the airport. I really wanted to go to the airport but I could tell he didn't want me to go. He made friends with his room mate from the hotel and another SR. I'm so happy that they had that time to bond. They ended up spending the night in Memphis due to the weather and it was good to know they were all together.
Anyway, the point of my long comment is to let you know what will go on during MEPS and that I did not cry the entire time! The environment wasn't really condusive to crying! LOL! I thought about it a couple of times but there was so much hustle and bustle that I never really cried. I didn't see any other Moms crying either.
I'm really glad I went. I didn't really ask my son, it was obvious before he left that I was going!! LOL!
Good luck and let your son know that there are alot of other moms like us out there!
You will find this site very helpful and full of members who are eager to answer your questions. Browse around the site and check out the forums, groups, blogs, photos, videos, and even the other member profiles!
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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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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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Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.
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Hi Jana. Thanks for sending a friend request. So, where is your son stationed? Is he still in Naples? I guess you probably know that my husband and I are in Virginia Beach, VA. and that we open our home to the sailors(and soldiers, marines as well) on the weekends. We've been doing this for almost 14 years.
Yvonne
Hi Jana thanks for friending! I can't wait to see what you have to say.
Congratulations on your son's graduation, Jana! Have a great time visiting with him!!!
Hi Jana - Thanks so much for sharing your plans about dropping off your son. My son sounds very similar. He didn't want me going to MEPs or taking him out for dinner. He has since talked to his recruiter and has decided that it isn't all that out of the ordinary - other recruits do it and I promised to have him back on time. So, as of today I've gotten the ok for both dinner and he's even said he would be fine if I went down to MEPs to see him sworn in - so YAY! He doesn't ship out to BC until the end of September but I know the time is going to fly by.
I've added you as a friend - hope that is ok. Looking forward to getting to know you and supporting you through the whole experience.
Jenn
Oh, and feel free to ask me anything. I didn't even know where the MEPS office was until we were leaving that morning!
I'm happy to help and share my experience!
Julie
Hi Folderqueen,
My son just left for BC on the 21st out of Shreveport. We let the recruiter pick him up and take him to the hotel. We got a room at the same hotel so we could spend the evening together. We took him out to eat and then hung out in the room and watched some tv. I laughed so hard and so much! It was so nice to be there just for him!
Then we got to the MEPS office about 8:00 am. They had been there awhile and were watching a movie. The MEPS office has several processing stations (rooms) and several waiting areas including a game room. When we were there I would say that there were about 8 or 10 other families and they were with all branches. It was alot of waiting but I let my son use my phone to text his gf and we watched movies and talked to other families when he was processing. Then they called us back to a ceremony room and the gave a speech and then swore them in. My husband was able to take pics and we videoed the swearing in.
After that he wanted us to go on home, but I told him we were already there so we would wait until he left for the airport. I really wanted to go to the airport but I could tell he didn't want me to go. He made friends with his room mate from the hotel and another SR. I'm so happy that they had that time to bond. They ended up spending the night in Memphis due to the weather and it was good to know they were all together.
Anyway, the point of my long comment is to let you know what will go on during MEPS and that I did not cry the entire time! The environment wasn't really condusive to crying! LOL! I thought about it a couple of times but there was so much hustle and bustle that I never really cried. I didn't see any other Moms crying either.
I'm really glad I went. I didn't really ask my son, it was obvious before he left that I was going!! LOL!
Good luck and let your son know that there are alot of other moms like us out there!
Julie
Welcome to Navy For Moms!
You will find this site very helpful and full of members who are eager to answer your questions. Browse around the site and check out the forums, groups, blogs, photos, videos, and even the other member profiles!
If you haven’t already, please make sure that you review our Community Guidelines to learn the “Do’s and Don’ts” of the community. Also, check out this Internet OPSEC Safety Video.
Enjoy your time here! I look forward (along with the community) to reading more about you! :)
-Colleen