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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
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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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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Missed First Phone Call
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Comment by lemonelephant on December 10, 2018 at 12:43am
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I am sorry that you missed his call. Hopefully he was able to call someone else.
I left info on your My Page that will help you to get started on the site.
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Comment by eBearFlorida on December 10, 2018 at 7:33am
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Tamara, I experienced the exact same thing. I was so upset I didn't get to hear his voice. I understand how you feel. And to top it off I haven't been getting any letters. But I can tell you, there is some hope. It seems that they are doing challenges to earn phone calls, because we got an unexpected call over the weekend. So don't lose hope. You never know when that call may come.
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Comment by Linda on February 16, 2020 at 3:05pm
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I also missed the first call just yesterday, Saturday around 11:15 am. I had my phone on silent from work and didn’t remember to change the setting. I was crushed when I realized I had missed it. He called 5 times and left 2 voice mails. He sounded depressed and sick but I suspect he was just on the verge of crying. His voice was shaky so I think he was ready to unleash the tears. I sent him to boot camp as suggested with a $20 card from Walgreens. He mentioned he was almost out of money on his calling card which shocked me as the card had 350 minutes on it. He had made 10 super short calls because he didn’t reach anyone. His balance was about $2 after those calls. After I reloaded his card the customer service person for the card told me each call he made cost $1.70 due to being from a pay phone. I hope others learn from my mistakes. I also hope that he gets to call again next Saturday.
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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 16, 2020 at 3:23pm
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Hi Linda - sorry to hear you missed the calls :( Definitely turn up that volume and keep your phone handy.
Also, this discussion is pretty old so you might not see many comments here. I suggest you join the boot camp group and start posting there! I left the link to the group in the welcome message on your page.
Also, know that it takes about 9-14 business days before you receive the official letter with your son's PIR (graduation date). Once you receive that you can join his PIR group.
Hang in there and remember, no news is good news!
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