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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:
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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Permalink Reply by sacha3357 (Wife of an FC) on
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welcome, can't wait to meet the other families as well.
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my husband is in Div 153, brother division to 154. Hope to meet at graduation.
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Permalink Reply by Zacsmom88 on
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Hi! I am Zac's Mom from Michigan. My son is Ship 4 Div. 161 !! Anyone else?!!! Grad date April 16 th!! can'yt wait :)
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hello, hopefully the weeks to follow will go by quick. can't wait to meet everyone.
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Permalink Reply by AuntofJon on
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Hi Zac's Mom. I'm Jon's Aunt. He is on the same ship as your son. Everyone in his family is waiting to receive a letter. We are on pins and needles.
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Permalink Reply by Big Mike's Mom on
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Hi! My son is ship04 div 161. We are still waiting to hear from him. From everything I have been reading it looks like we should hear something this week.
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There is a group called SHIP 04 DIV 161 PIR 4/16/10 that I joined. Join it so we can keep each other updated on our kids.
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I HOPE we all get letters this week. Ya know, I didn' t really know how much I could say or ask when he called yesterday. I feel bad now, that I didn't ask many questions, but he said he didn't have much time. Pretty informational, I guess. I keep thinking I should write down WHAT I need to ask or WANT to ask...ANy advice ??
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I am afraid that when I finally do get my call I will forget what I should ask. I will just be happy to hear his voice. Right now I keep telling myself that no news is good news.
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BigMikes mom, Well...have you heard anything yet???!!! I really hop you got your first Letter :)
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I finally got my letter today :) I feel so much better now. The bad thing is that the address I was using was wrong! He told me to use the address he has on his letter when I write. He hasn't gotten any mail yet and I have been writing like crazy, I hope that mail catches up with him. He sounds a little homesick, but I expected that. He said his division is the Best so we should all be so proud!!
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Permalink Reply by sailormom-tammief on
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My son is in this division too. Ship 04 DIV 161. I am so upset that I have heard nothing from him since the form letter right after he got there. Can you tell me anything about what is going on? How is the group doing? I have also mailed a letter every other day and am praying he has recieved them. I didn't know anything about the change of address. I am desperate for any news!! Have you gotten a phone call too?? If so what time of the day did you get it?
I am like everyone else I guess, I never go anywhere without my phone! -
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