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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.

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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

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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

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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PIR Reference Information

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A permanent place for information about PIR. Forum discussions have been created to serve as file folders for specific details regarding different aspects of PIR. Please post information in the appropriate forum discussion. Thank you!

Members: 2414
Latest Activity: Jan 28

In order to make this a reference site, please use the Discussion Forums to post information. ____________ Treat them as though they are file folders. Please use the Comment Wall to post your questions. Thank you!

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Link to RTC Website: http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/index.asp

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Comment by Phoenixmom on August 2, 2021 at 4:17pm: Shannon you will receive a form letter that will give you the date of his PIR.

Comment by Phoenixmom on August 2, 2021 at 4:16pm: Sandy No only your son will know he will be told all this info. he will know times of liberty and will know when he will be flying out.

Comment by Sandy on August 2, 2021 at 4:08pm: Anyway to find out how long son will have liberty for hes going to A school in FL. Haven't gotten letter from him will it state it?

Comment by K⚓️ on July 30, 2021 at 7:18am: Shannon, you did receive your answer on BC moms main page, correct?

Comment by Shannon on July 29, 2021 at 11:08am: How and when do I find out my sons PIR date? This 2 weeks he has to spend in quarantine is confusing me when it comes to trying to follow the timeline for boot camp. It seems like there is no information on how the 2 week quarantine ROM works now that it’s back in Great Lakes

Comment by Sandy on July 27, 2021 at 6:57pm: Thanks so much

Comment by K⚓️ on July 26, 2021 at 10:22pm: Hi Sandy, my SR went in 7/12 and his PIR date is 9/10. So yours is possibly 9/17, but the form letter will confirm.

Comment by Sandy on July 26, 2021 at 8:55pm: If he went on on July 20 to great lake and bootcamp is 10 weeks the grad date would be possibly 9/10.

Comment by Sandy on July 26, 2021 at 3:02pm: Thanks so much for the info. Missing him awful. I am hoping he's getting my sandboxx letters. I can't wait to hear from him. Wonder when I will get call?

Comment by pp2019 on July 26, 2021 at 11:36am: Congrats Sandy! Looks like you can attend PIR in person!! My experience is from 2019. At the conclusion of graduation, they announce "Now hear this, now hear this...Liberty call, Liberty Call!" Now you are free to go hug your sailor! We took ours to lunch and spent the afternoon together. After dinner he had to be back (8ish?) to prepare to go to the airport at 1:30 am. So, we dropped him off, went to hotel and slept for 2 hours then got up to meet him at ORD. The Navy is great to give family "gate passes" so you can go through security and spend those precious hours with them before they fly off to their A School. We spent the next 6 or 7 hours visiting with him and his buddies as they all awaited their flights. I wouldn't trade that time for anything! I thought I would be tired but I was so excited to hear their stories and watch them interact that I didn't care about sleep! Each sailor's journey is different. You will find out the week of PIR about your son's flight plans. Most leave less than 24 hours after PIR. ENJOY THE RIDE!