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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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GROTON, CT. SUBSCHOOL & "A" SCHOOL MOMS

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GROTON, CT. SUBSCHOOL & "A" SCHOOL  MOMS

hi My Son is currently in Groton, Ct. for Submarine School then "A" School.

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Comment by Kevsmom93 on July 24, 2014 at 3:38pm

Congratulations to all the Mom's whose Sailors graduated their A school Thursday!! God's blessing for a safe trip home! Enjoy your boys and all those hugs you're going to get :-D 

Comment by Nereida on July 24, 2014 at 12:21pm
My sailor PIR was 7/20 and was n division 932
Comment by Linda on July 24, 2014 at 9:25am

ladyrocker:  My sons PIR was 6/20.  I cant believe that it has been a month already.   He was in division 932.  My sailor is going to be a weapon machinist mate.  He tells me what they used to call turpeodo man.  Would love to have a navy sista. 

Comment by Nereida on July 23, 2014 at 9:53pm
Cath Bubblehead mom very close to Newtown!
Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on July 23, 2014 at 2:40pm

Elilam we were hoping the same thing, we did end up flying from the same airport, but not to the same city, although there were sailors on our flight.

You can go to the airport and wait with your sailor, if you are there the same time they arrive - but that may be 1am! We chose not to do that since we live only 90 min from Groton and would see him frequently.

Another family found out at PIR their sailor who was supposed to fly to Groton was put on medical hold, and they ended up spending the weekend in Chicago with their sailor. He eventually made it to Groton.

In the end, you cannot really plan! Don't know if that helps at all!

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on July 23, 2014 at 2:09pm

Footnut, you are not far from us in Newtown!

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on July 23, 2014 at 2:09pm

Welcome Footnut & Eliliam

Regarding flights from Chicago, both O'hare & Midway are used, and they fly into Hartford, Boston and Providence. There is no way to know what your sailor has until they get their ticket.

Comment by Linda on July 23, 2014 at 8:20am

PIR is amazing.  After the cermony with took our sailor out for lunch and then back to the Navy Lodge to have some quiet family time.  He took a long long shower and changed into some clothes that I brought with me to wear in the hotel room.  Bring some regular underwear to give to him to take on to Groton they are ready to get out of the tighty whities. We ordered pizza and just caught up with each other.  Back to the base at 7pm.  Met up the next morning at Ohare at 1:00 am.  His flight left at 7:15am.  We had breakfast together and some more precious time to spend together. They require you to show ID if you want to go to the gate and sit with your sailor.  My son has been at Groton for a month and is loving it.  Is very happy with his decision to serve.  Proud mom!!

Comment by FATHOMOM on July 22, 2014 at 11:18pm

Welcome Footnut - wonderful to hear! be prepared, there is more to come because our young men continue to make us proud, it is overwhelming. Enjoy!

Hello elilam46 - after our son's PIR we took him out to lunch, to a local park for some pictures, back to the Navy Gateway Inn & Suites to relax for a few hours then he went  back to BOOT CAMP barracks. At 4 a.m. (their flight was at 1 p.m.) the next day we met his bus @ O'Hare -we gave him his cell phone at lunch so he could tell us where he was. What a sight to see all of these young men packed and ready to fly off! Our son checked in with his group first, then checked us in - we all needed I.D.'s - so we could go through the line w/ him and wait w/him by departure gate. We had a huge wonderful time @ breakfast and shared a few more hours visiting. We were not given his flight info. until after PIR. Hope it works out well for you and yours! Hooyah! PIR.....take tons of kleenex....totally overwhelming! It's ALL good!   

Comment by Nereida on July 22, 2014 at 10:38pm
My son has been at Groton since July 20th. So far so good. We are only 2 hours away so we have gone and visited. He needed some of his personnel things. We are so happy and proud of him!
 

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