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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

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:

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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I'm totally new to all of this and know I can't be the only one who is feeling overwhelmed by everything. I really miss my sailor and it's only going on two weeks. I got his 2 minute phone call, his box of belongings and his form letter. Now what? Is it just a waiting game? Because I don't like it! I just want to hear his voice. I know when I do it's going to be bittersweet!

I'm extremely proud of him, however, I'm not there to take care of him even though he is an independent young man who can take care of himself. I just miss doing the little things for him that he let me do. Does anyone else feel like this?

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We are really hoping to get a phone call today too. Keeping my fingers crossed for all of us : )
No call from my SR yet anyone else
No call here either : (

Got another letter, however, No call here either :(

I think the closer it gets to PIR, the more anxious I am getting for my SR. I just want the bootcamp part to be over with.

I know what you mean. Only 10 days to we see our SR!

I know what you mean! I get to see my husband (he also graduates on the 22nd)and every day I have more butterflies (from excitement and just nerves) in my stomach! I can't wait!
Yay 7 days and we fly out
My candle is lit for all of our sailors. Looking forward to 1/22!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the blue candle tradition, check out Blue Candles.

I feel the exact same way. Mine leaves June8, 2016.  I know its a ways off, but not really. Will you be going to graduation, do most parents go?

Victoria, yes, please do go to PIR.

I left info for you on your My Page.

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