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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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Hi Mary! Thanks so much for welcoming me to this group. I am looking forward to the journey my son will take once boot camp is done. So glad to hear your son is doing well! I think my son would like to be stationed in Hawaii too! All the best to you and thanks again!
hi there! thank you for your reply! :) my sailor is an e-4 over 4 (not sure what that means). we will be getting married here in illinois on his holiday leave and then i want to head back to japan with him. i guess he plans on having me get my military id from the naval base near my house (great lakes naval base). as for getting command sponsored, i guess that will have to wait until after we are actually married, right? so am i allowed to enter japan with my passport and stay there "on my own" until i get command sponsored? i know i won't have any benefits or anything like that, which is ok with me. help! :) thanks so much!
Thank you so much. Yall have been so nice and welcoming! I am still hoping she is in AECF I hope she said, just keep me in my job, I will wait!! Hawaii??? How awesome!! Tiffany wants to get stationed eventually in Guam!!! ??? !!! The first person she ever really talked to about the Navy was stationed in Guam and that is where she wants to go.... me, I want her to go to Italy, Hawaii... anywhere but Texas!! I am so looking forward to visiting her anywhere but HERE! LOL
Thanks for responding to my many questions. I will keep you posted and share Luke's orders when I hear. You reconfirmed what I heard from Luke in that his next few years will soon be mapped out. I must trust the Good Lord that He is in control of this situation and trust that Luke will grow and benefit from this experience regardless of where he serves. Needless to say, I am very proud of Luke, Nick and all of the men and women who serve. I commend them all.
I cannot log on the N4M from work. (I'm a teacher and the site has been blocked.) I'm not glued to my computer from home but this site will be one that I will check on a regular basis.
Again, thanks for your help and for answering my questions. Best wishes to Nick (you too) and blessings as well.
Hi Mary,
Thanks for welcoming me to this group. How cool that your son is in Italy! Any chance that you can visit him there one day?
Our son will be finishing up A school in Great Lakes this week and is awaiting his orders for C school and beyond. He seems excited. I am a little anxious and nervous as to where he will land. Is your son an ET? How long was his C school and where was his schooling? How long has he been enlisted? Sorry if I an asking too many questions.
Hope you are having a good night and that your week goes well.
Mimi
Hi Mary,,,sorry it took me so long to respond to your welcome,,thankyou for the support,,,and were proud to be a part of the Georgia Navy group,,,thank yours for there service,,we pray for them,,,got our first letter the other day,,,hes doing well and anxious to do more
Allen will be staying there at great lakes for his schooling to be an electricians mate, we will be driving up. Heard there are alot of toll roads on the way, any suggestions as to finding a quicker rd with less tolls we will be coming up I-75 to I-65.
Thank you for the welcome. My son is at recruit training command, will be graduating Sept. 2, 2010, anxious to see him. Nervous about getting there,too!
Thank you so much for your welcome, she will be ET and we would love for her to be stationed in Hawaii as we have friends on the island or San Diego if possible. We are from TX. She is very happy because she rec'd her laptop and phone today and I pray that will be status quo for the duration of her schooling - she came in as an E3 so I would love to see the progress after A school. Again thanks for the invite to the group.
Connie
Thanks for the message. I don't think my son realizes yet just how far a MTS will take him. Now he's studying for the advancement test. Hope he makes it!
Thank all of you for your support. These young people are so brave
and I am very proud of all of them. Can you please let me know how to order a banner or other items that can be shared with
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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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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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Thanks for responding to my many questions. I will keep you posted and share Luke's orders when I hear. You reconfirmed what I heard from Luke in that his next few years will soon be mapped out. I must trust the Good Lord that He is in control of this situation and trust that Luke will grow and benefit from this experience regardless of where he serves. Needless to say, I am very proud of Luke, Nick and all of the men and women who serve. I commend them all.
I cannot log on the N4M from work. (I'm a teacher and the site has been blocked.) I'm not glued to my computer from home but this site will be one that I will check on a regular basis.
Again, thanks for your help and for answering my questions. Best wishes to Nick (you too) and blessings as well.
Mimi
Thanks for welcoming me to this group. How cool that your son is in Italy! Any chance that you can visit him there one day?
Our son will be finishing up A school in Great Lakes this week and is awaiting his orders for C school and beyond. He seems excited. I am a little anxious and nervous as to where he will land. Is your son an ET? How long was his C school and where was his schooling? How long has he been enlisted? Sorry if I an asking too many questions.
Hope you are having a good night and that your week goes well.
Mimi
I just wanna learn it all, and be ready. Thank you again for all your help. Im sure I will be in touch again soon....
Connie
and I am very proud of all of them. Can you please let me know how to order a banner or other items that can be shared with
to order a banner or other Navy items?