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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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Got two letters today, dated dec 20th and 31st, says that there are a bunch of recruits that wont listen, shut up when told and the rdc are pissed off and training hasnt started yet. He says he will continue to do his best, but as a group they are not doing well...so I guess no hope for extra calls....but he says he will keep trying he just hopes that they don't throw the whole division out....kinda scary but thougth I would share the news
Whoohoo ~ got the official "I'm a sailor" call last Friday! Starting to pack and make final prepartions to leave town early Thursday morning. Praying for no bad weather till we get to GL at least. Glad to hear that your son is doing so well and has a good attitude :-)
hi, I am from Dallas, but they said to not have anything to associate with our sailors on here or current pics of them as these pages are cruised by thier bc and they may be "picked on", so have changed name to newnavymom. I got info from recruiter, I have not recieved letter or second phone call yet. recruiter said that it shows feb 22, which is a wed, so grad could be the 18th or the 25th.
I have a whole stack going out in tommorrows mail.
Thanks for stoping by.....I am so excited! Counting down till PIR 11 days 21 hrs 19 mins to be exact :-) We are defintely attending. We wouldn't miss this moment for anything. I had our flights booked and hotel reservations made as soon as we received the form letter with his PIR date. He is doing really well and is ready for graduation. We were able to talk to him on Christmas Day; was the BEST gift of them all. How is your rct doing? Keep sending those letters I know they love it when their names are called during mail delivery. Hope you have a blessed day!
I booked my return flight for sunday too...we figured if he has to grad and go, we can visit chicago, there is alot to see and make a mini vacation out of it.
i responded to the meet and greet, do you know if we have to bring anything and how many we can bring?
awsome..that is soo cool. i have the hotel booked, i am just trying to the air flights. we are going jetblue and i cannot get through due the HUGE Blizzard disaster up here. by the time we get our letters, we will be up there for graduation...lol.
we will have to figure out a way to meet once we are up there.
We are staying at a full service marriot hotel. it is about 12miles from base. i am a marriot rewards members and i got a discounted rate, plus my hubby and father inlaw will only stay at a marriot. i am trying to book my flight with jetblue...i have credit card miles that i was able to use..gotta love when you charge, it finally came in handy, lol. i will od it on line, but just want to talk to an agent to make sure i am doing it correctly. jetblue has been sooo busy with the crappy weather we have been handed the last few days.
there are a few hotels that are not far from the base. i think there is a link somewhere on this website that lists the names.
Awwww thank you so much! I didn't receive it today :( but I think my husband put his parent's address down instead of mine bc he knows it by heart. Hopefully they got it and will let me know soon
I hope it gets alittle better for them....today has to be really tough for him. Today is tough for me, I am so used to picking up the phone or walking into his room to make sure he is okay. I feel helpless...but I have to keep my spirits up for I have a 2 1/2yr old that the holidays still have to roll on for.
Im glad you got good news also...just knowing they are okay, gives you some peace of mind. give the address to all you know, my son told me. i did already, i got his address from his recruiter. have a merry christmas..chat all day, i will be checking during the course of the day. :)
I agree.emotions...oh i have had several. The first day he left I felt like someone punched in my chest and I felt off all day. This morning was rough..its my hubbys bday and these next two days were HUGE in my home. I cried about 4 times already. I recieved a happy suprise today..I got the "letter" that confirms Graduation 2/18 and his little blurp that they write to us.
I hope you are surrounded by many friends and family members this holiday season and know you have a Navy Mom feeling just like you! God Bless...and Merry Christmas.
LOL! I'm from dallas, and my husband is from down there Houston Beaumont area. We moved down there last year and stayed for a year and so we had to use the Houston recruiiter, and before he left we moved to my parents house in the DFW area so I can stay with them while he is in bootcamp since I'm young and a new mom., I don't have to be lonely and get to see our family and friends before we get stationed somewhere
Yes mam :) We have a 2 month old daughter so its probably going to be an interesting plane ride. I'm concerend of the weather too. Hopefully there wont be no snow storms around the time we go.
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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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he left dec 14th and am not sure of PIR, have not gotten letter but recruiter said would be either 18th or 25th
hi, I am from Dallas, but they said to not have anything to associate with our sailors on here or current pics of them as these pages are cruised by thier bc and they may be "picked on", so have changed name to newnavymom. I got info from recruiter, I have not recieved letter or second phone call yet. recruiter said that it shows feb 22, which is a wed, so grad could be the 18th or the 25th.
I have a whole stack going out in tommorrows mail.
Thanks for stoping by.....I am so excited! Counting down till PIR 11 days 21 hrs 19 mins to be exact :-) We are defintely attending. We wouldn't miss this moment for anything. I had our flights booked and hotel reservations made as soon as we received the form letter with his PIR date. He is doing really well and is ready for graduation. We were able to talk to him on Christmas Day; was the BEST gift of them all. How is your rct doing? Keep sending those letters I know they love it when their names are called during mail delivery. Hope you have a blessed day!
I booked my return flight for sunday too...we figured if he has to grad and go, we can visit chicago, there is alot to see and make a mini vacation out of it.
i responded to the meet and greet, do you know if we have to bring anything and how many we can bring?
awsome..that is soo cool. i have the hotel booked, i am just trying to the air flights. we are going jetblue and i cannot get through due the HUGE Blizzard disaster up here. by the time we get our letters, we will be up there for graduation...lol.
we will have to figure out a way to meet once we are up there.
We are staying at a full service marriot hotel. it is about 12miles from base. i am a marriot rewards members and i got a discounted rate, plus my hubby and father inlaw will only stay at a marriot. i am trying to book my flight with jetblue...i have credit card miles that i was able to use..gotta love when you charge, it finally came in handy, lol. i will od it on line, but just want to talk to an agent to make sure i am doing it correctly. jetblue has been sooo busy with the crappy weather we have been handed the last few days.
there are a few hotels that are not far from the base. i think there is a link somewhere on this website that lists the names.
I hope it gets alittle better for them....today has to be really tough for him. Today is tough for me, I am so used to picking up the phone or walking into his room to make sure he is okay. I feel helpless...but I have to keep my spirits up for I have a 2 1/2yr old that the holidays still have to roll on for.
I agree.emotions...oh i have had several. The first day he left I felt like someone punched in my chest and I felt off all day. This morning was rough..its my hubbys bday and these next two days were HUGE in my home. I cried about 4 times already. I recieved a happy suprise today..I got the "letter" that confirms Graduation 2/18 and his little blurp that they write to us.
I hope you are surrounded by many friends and family members this holiday season and know you have a Navy Mom feeling just like you! God Bless...and Merry Christmas.
Nic
Are you planning on going to your son's PIR?