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!
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.
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."
**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).
**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 isno 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.
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.)
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Thank you Tiffany. There is a wealth of information here to help me understand and prepare for my son's entry into boot camp Sept. 8th and graduation day. He is so excited and I'm so proud.
Thank you Tiffany. This is much harder than I thought it would be. This is a whole different feeling from when I missed my dad while he was deployed when I was a child, then the feelings I am exsperiencing missing my own child. Boot camp is 8 weeks,? Correct?
Thanks for the welcome. My son will be going to bootcamp in February and then to the Nuclear program. I'm excited for him yet a little anxious at the same time. I appreciate the vast amount of information posted on this site. I look forward to learning as much as I can to be prepared.
Thankyou so much - I am looking forward to speaking to other moms. I feel like this will help me a lot. Only other nay moms could understand how I feel. I am so happy to have found this group
Thanks Tiffany, I am so blessed to have found this website. I know very little about the Navy, and have learned so much here. It makes me less apprehensive about my son's choice!
My Son is supposed to Graduate on Sept 19th. But he got hurt and in rehab. It is his Birthday today. And he is going threw some neurological tests to see his nerves are not dead and he can train and be a sailor,He very nervous . He wanted this so bad and very upset about the set back. I wish I can be there for him. What can I do to help him?
Thank you Tiffany for adding me. The no communication from him is the most difficult. We are " super " proud of him and know that he is doing something that he has talked about for years. He was always more excited about graduating from the NAVY than his high school graduation last June. I booked a Marriott Courtyard which is near the RTC. It had great reviews from others going to graduation and,it has a NAVY discount.
Thanks for adding me. I am new to this as my son justleft for boot camp last Wednesday. His friend left today for the navy. I heard of this site from one of the captains in he meps center in Albany, NY. People expect me to break down and cry however I am stronger than they think. I am proud of my son and his decision to join the navy and when he has a career from it and has made a good life I will be even more proud. to many kids now days turn to the drugs and alcohol he did not and was the only one from his senior year that chose the Navy in his school. any suggestions on hotels close by the great lakes Illinois base and reasonable prices for boot camp graduation weekend? I like to try and plan ahead and not be hair brained doing it last minute. I hope to get a lot out of this site thanks again for adding me
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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.
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:
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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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.)
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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.
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Thank you Tiffany. There is a wealth of information here to help me understand and prepare for my son's entry into boot camp Sept. 8th and graduation day. He is so excited and I'm so proud.
Thank you Tiffany. This is much harder than I thought it would be. This is a whole different feeling from when I missed my dad while he was deployed when I was a child, then the feelings I am exsperiencing missing my own child. Boot camp is 8 weeks,? Correct?
Thank you Tiffany!
My Son leaves for boot camp on Sept.3rd. i am so happy to have this website i will be using it a lot .
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Thankyou so much - I am looking forward to speaking to other moms. I feel like this will help me a lot. Only other nay moms could understand how I feel. I am so happy to have found this group
Thanks Tiffany! My son is ship 13, division 296. Can anyone tell me what Hell week consists of? Obviously it's not good....
Thank you for the welcome. My son is interested in joining. He is going to do his MEPS mid September. If accepted, he will find out his BC date.
Thank you so much Tiffany. Love this website:)
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Thank you so much Tiffany,
My Son is supposed to Graduate on Sept 19th. But he got hurt and in rehab. It is his Birthday today. And he is going threw some neurological tests to see his nerves are not dead and he can train and be a sailor,He very nervous . He wanted this so bad and very upset about the set back. I wish I can be there for him. What can I do to help him?
Thank you Tiffany
My daughter graduates on Sept. 19. So excited. Thank you for this site. How can I upload a picture? I tried but seem to be getting an error
Thank you Tiffany for adding me. The no communication from him is the most difficult. We are " super " proud of him and know that he is doing something that he has talked about for years. He was always more excited about graduating from the NAVY than his high school graduation last June. I booked a Marriott Courtyard which is near the RTC. It had great reviews from others going to graduation and,it has a NAVY discount.
Thanks for adding me. I am new to this as my son justleft for boot camp last Wednesday. His friend left today for the navy. I heard of this site from one of the captains in he meps center in Albany, NY. People expect me to break down and cry however I am stronger than they think. I am proud of my son and his decision to join the navy and when he has a career from it and has made a good life I will be even more proud. to many kids now days turn to the drugs and alcohol he did not and was the only one from his senior year that chose the Navy in his school. any suggestions on hotels close by the great lakes Illinois base and reasonable prices for boot camp graduation weekend? I like to try and plan ahead and not be hair brained doing it last minute. I hope to get a lot out of this site thanks again for adding me
Thank you SO MUCH Tiffany!!! Love this site!!!!!!!