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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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Latest Activity: May 23, 2023

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Comment by sportsmomof2 on September 28, 2014 at 3:45pm: My son has been training since January with a mentor - first trying for Seal, but was picked up by EOD in May. Going to boot camp in three weeks. Should we expect any surprises after boot camp as far as the EOD training? He's in excellent condition and mentally tough. How many drafted actually get through entire training?

Comment by Karenlee on September 23, 2014 at 8:05pm: Cosmo242,talked to my son about how long it took to get his orders. If your son is on the fleet side it is up to the CO. If he is willing to let him go early then the process is super fast, if not they can hang for awhile. Has he run his paperwork up the command and received anything back? Hope this helps.

Comment by cosmo242 on September 21, 2014 at 4:41pm: Thanks NavyMom... I will pass this info along to him. He has had a mentor/leader to help him submit his package. Just seems like it's taking a long time to get an answer. Thanks again for your advice.

Comment by NavyM♥m on September 21, 2014 at 3:40pm: cosmo242- My son dor'd BUDs over a yr. ago. He was undes. assigned to a ship until this past June when he started EOD. While on the ship he got his Surface Warfare Pin & SARS (Search & Rescue). He said those were very helpful additions in his package. Your son may want to find a mentor/leader to look over his package to see if there is a different way to turn it in. My son helped some of the guys on his ship get jobs they had been looked over for in the past. Tell him to be patient, keep trying & stay in shape. EOD training is rigorous.

Comment by cosmo242 on September 21, 2014 at 12:49pm: Thanks again Karenlee... I appreciate the info... gives me some perspective. He submitted his package in August, so we just need to sit tight and be patient...which is so hard!

Comment by Karenlee on September 21, 2014 at 12:43pm: I think he turned his package in August and they reached their home port in Oct so a couple of months. He was off most of the month of nov- drove half way across the country to come home in between stations and headed to Gl to start the 1st of Dec.

Comment by cosmo242 on September 21, 2014 at 12:39pm: Thanks Karenlee! Do you remember how long it was between the time he submitted his package and got his orders? I'm just trying to get an idea. If you don't remember, that's okay.

Comment by Karenlee on September 21, 2014 at 12:33pm: Cosmo242, I do not have any answers for you. When my son went into EOD he came out of the fleet. He put his package together while deployed and when they came back to port he had his orders to report to GL. He has been EOD for 3 1/2 years so some stuff is fading from memory.

Comment by cosmo242 on September 21, 2014 at 12:25pm: Hi everyone! I have some questions about EOD and hopefully you can give me some answers. My son was in BUDS last year and had to drop because of a stomach virus. He was devastated as were we. He has been an undes. airman since and has put together a packet for EOD. He has very high ASVAB scores & PSTs, great recommendations. He has been waiting & waiting & waiting to hear if gets picked up by EOD. Do any of you know how long it takes to get picked up? And... do any of you know how many training classes they have a year? He was hoping to get picked up and head out to GL for the October class, but now that doesn't look like it's going to happen. ANY info you could give would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.