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This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

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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

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**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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Please, please remember before you post: our sons are part of a Special Operations community, even while in training, and it is vitally important to form the habit of not divulging any information that could possibly compromise the safety of any of their members. This would especially apply to names, dates, places, procedures, etc. You might like to read the "Discussion Forum" titled "OPSEC" for some guidance. If you are still in doubt, please ask one of our members for their opinion by private message before you post. We are here to help each other, but we must be careful at all times.

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Comment by D'sMum35 on July 26, 2014 at 10:01am: We can't give an exact time here, but I would expect in the daytime.

Comment by Kim on July 25, 2014 at 11:59pm: One more question, what time does the pinning usually take place?

Comment by Kim on July 25, 2014 at 11:25pm: Thanks ladies for the kind words of encouragement and information. He did text last night for addresses to send invitations. They are allowed 5 invites with unlimited guests. Regarding the parent dinner the night before - Is there a maximum number of guests that are allowed to the parent's dinner? Both sound somewhat formal with appropriate dress required.

Comment by sheryl Navy 2 on July 24, 2014 at 10:04pm: Hi Kim - congratulations to your son .its quite an accomplishment .
It seems so much longer than 18 mths since our eldest sailor graduated Swcc. It wasn't as rigid as PIR had been . Our daughter came with us ,and another son was in LA so came up with a couple of friends . We had quite the crowd .his GF ,now his wife ,was also there .
For the commanders dinner just our daughter came with us ,dresses suits and ties were worn .they put on a really nice dinner with instructors and their families . It was great to put faces to names we had heard .
We had a beautiful hot ,sunny day for early January for the graduation. You were invited to get as close as you respectfully could,as your W was pinned . Then soft drinks and sandwiches after . We went into Old town, Coronado to.a favorite Mexican restaurant of theirs :)
Had just attended youngest sailors FMTB at camp le Juene this May . So very different to a Navy graduation .
Good luck to you and enjoy !

Comment by Zephyr mom on July 24, 2014 at 5:12pm: Hi Kim,
My son graduated in January. The Navy does send out an invitation. There will be a parents dinner the night before. We brought our other 2 sons to the ceremony, but not the dinner. The dinner is very nice and I think the grandparents would like that. Everyone has to be accounted for in advance of both events and photo ID is required at the gate. When you receive your formal invitation, there will be an RSVP email for you to reply to. I don't recall a limit being put on how many can attend. I saw families that filled a whole table.
Congratulations to your son and enjoy the ceremony!

Comment by Kim on July 23, 2014 at 3:12pm: Can anyone tell me about the "graduation" ceremony for swcc? Does the navy send out the information to parents? Do we rely on our son to give us the information? We have a date but I am wondering who can be invited, is there a limit to the number of people who can come, and when we will receive details about this? Would love to have the grandparents come but not sure we should book airfare for them yet, etc. Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Comment by Colin's Mom on July 22, 2014 at 7:57pm: Hi, My son is leaving for GL July 28th and he is contracted for SWCC. Anyone in the same "boat"??

Comment by Zephyr mom on July 9, 2014 at 10:48pm: @Travis66- My son is in SOCM training at Fort Bragg. So far, so good! Thanks for asking. Hello to Kelly59!

Comment by sheryl Navy 2 on July 9, 2014 at 5:56pm: Hey Kelly I know we were chatting offline abit . Since then youngest graduated FMTB after his 2 yrs in Italy .
It's been a crazy last month .W got married out in San Diego, we moved finally . Now waiting on youngest again .
Good luck to your husband Amber 1321, it's great to hear the excitement in their voices :)

Comment by kelly67 on July 9, 2014 at 3:53pm: Amber1321, Best of luck to your husband and to you also! Positive thoughts & prayers coming your way!

Good to see you Travis & Zephyr mom, hope all is well with your SWCC sons!