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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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
Navy Speak
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.)
N4M Merchandise
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
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.
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
Badge
Ship 02 Division 908~ Roll Call!
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by emmypiper on
-
He will be, they aren't going to make him mis PIR. Except for the 900 division, most of the recruits just stand there. They don't do anything special. Because they are a 900 division, which is a "staff" division, they get to have the honor of doing something important in the ceremony. My SR did say that they will most likely be the Honor Division, which to my knowledge gets special recoginition at PIR. If he's standing at a door, watching it while the VIP's enter, that's an honor. My SR and Natalie's is on the Honor Guard. When I was in, I was in the choir. Try not to think of "not being apart of his PIR" think of it as him doing something that not very many recruits get to. The main VIP of the PIR will be the MCPON.. Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. AND, try to think of the fact that your son will be easy to find during PIR. I hope that helps...
-
-
Permalink Reply by jacqueline-rn on
-
It does help. I had the idea that he would be standing outside the door, opening it for VIPs and missing the whole thing. Whatever he's doing he's totally fine with it. It was I who felt cheated! I know! I know! It's all about me! But I have worked really hard to be a good Navy Mom all the way through DEPS and bootcamp. Staying upbeat and positive for my SR, making sure I didn't show how emotionally difficult it was sometimes, writing, writing, writing, memorizing the 11 geneeral orders of a sentry (not something I have a lot of use for in my line of work but it helped to drill him), and I feel like I deserve a graduation ceremony. Okay. I'm through whining now.
-
-
-
I know exactly how you feel on the ceremony thing. To be honest, Scott told me that when they are done performing they go down to the end of the drill hall behind a curtain, although I'm hoping that's just for the ceremonies that they aren't graduating in. I will be pretty disappointed if I only get to stare at him for the few minutes he's performing and then have a hard time finding him after. Fingers crossed for a better outcome!
-
-
Permalink Reply by diannep on
-
The VIPs enter through a door directly across from the review stand, about midway in the drill hall. So sounds like he may be the one opening and closing that door for them. The sailors enter through the big "garage" door at the end of the hall.
-
-
Permalink Reply by rosiez on
-
Pictures from Christmas!! Alex is in the group shot front row kneeling!! I'm so excited to see a picture of him! I contacted Bristol United Methodist Church, and found out the coordinators of the dinner are Ralph and Joyce Myers. They have pictures posted at http://recruitchristmas.weebly.com/index.html
If you would like to drop a thank you note to Joyce and Ralph, their email is rm62jm@rr.wi.com
Drop them a thank you note for taking care of our recruits on Christmas!! -
-
-
Thank you for posting this. I was going mad trying to find it. I got to see a picture of my sweetie and of course the tears came.
-
-
-
We looked at this site again and found a lot more have been posted. Lookin the 2011 photos file. It's really great to see our SR!!
-
-
Permalink Reply by kev323 on
-
908 participated in PIR today. Hopefully if were lucky we get a sneak peak of our SR's on RTC's FB page.
-
-
Permalink Reply by Triplet Mom on
-
As my son is a rover - someone who wonders the hall looking for SR's about to faint from locking their knees, i'm guessing they won't be taking pictures of him :-) but I hope all the rest of you get to see pictures of yours!
-
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
