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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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This is Joe's first Christmas away while in the Navy. Wishing him a very merry Christmas and sending my love to him while so far away. Love, Mom

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Comment by sharon on December 21, 2014 at 10:57pm

This was so sweet and thoughtful! This will be my first Christmas without my son :(

Comment by GloriaC on February 17, 2014 at 11:53am

Liberty- Thanks! I sent him an email with a link to the video on youtube. Everything in the song/video (gingerbread, candy canes, etc.) was in the box I sent him, along with his real presents. I had fun making the video. I'm glad you liked it.

Comment by Liberty on February 17, 2014 at 2:07am

That was beautiful!!!! Did you send it by email to him? (I am not great on computers...but have someone who can help! Haha!) Mine is just in BC now but I know that this day will come and I want to be ready!!

Thanks!

Comment by MADre on December 20, 2013 at 9:59am
This was beautiful your had me teared up. You captured the spirit of Christmas just right. Merry Christmas to your sailor and all sailors not coming home for the holidays. (uhhmm...you kind the raise the bar there lady ...) I will have to figure how to do a video ..rather than a card and a box of goodies. Thanks!!! lol jk ;)
Comment by GloriaC on December 16, 2013 at 1:11pm

Thanks, Tiffany! I had fun making it! A video Christmas card was the best way I knew to send a little piece of home to my son!

Comment by Navy for Moms Admin on December 16, 2013 at 1:04pm

Very nicely done Gloria! You had me tearing up over here. :-) Have a great Christmas!

-Tiffany (N4M Admin) 

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