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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 mamajimmy on October 30, 2014 at 11:09am: Yes Dee. My husband just told me about it a couple of days ago. On OPB on November 11 at 9pm...planning on watching it.

Comment by sheryl Navy 2 on October 28, 2014 at 2:04pm: Hi Dee.
No I hadn't heard anything . But yes certainly one to see .
Please post if anyone finds out anything .
Take care and hope all your sons are doing well .

Comment by kelly67 on October 28, 2014 at 1:57pm: Hi Dee, I have not seen or heard of any PBS special like that as of yet. Please let us know when this special will air if you find any info, I'm sure it will be a great one to watch.

I hope everyone is having a nice Fall & also hope all your sons are doing well!

Comment by kelly67 on October 10, 2014 at 9:06am: BJA57 (Beth), Congratulations to your son on his 10yrs with SWCC & best of luck to him with his new adventure!! I feel very proud of your son for those 10yrs he served in this remarkable profession! I also want to thank you, along with Travis & D'sMum for all the advice & support you all have given us here over the last few years since my son has been a SWCC, it has been very helpful to me! Take Care!

Comment by BJA57 on October 10, 2014 at 7:27am: Hi SWCC Family!

Well, after 10 years, 7 deployments, wonders, wonderfulness, wars, and wounds, our W has decided to pursue another adventure. Thank you all (esp. Beth and Travis) for the support and bolstering. When I felt most alone, it was this cyber-family who seemed to understand and prop me up. When I wasn't sure of the details of this complicated job that my son chose, you were there to answer questions and guide. Although we are but strangers linked by this remarkable profession our sons are in, I feel akin to you. Thank you for that.

You and your sons are in my prayers and thoughts.

Thank you--- I cannot say it enough!

Be strong and fare well.

Fair winds and following seas,

Sincerely,

Beth

Comment by Kim on September 10, 2014 at 1:12pm: Hi Navy_gf. My son recently graduated. We stayed at the Hampton Inn Airport/Seaworld which was within 10 miles or so. It was an average drive of 15-20 minutes to the base. Traffic was never a problem.

Our dinner the night before the ceremony was parents and spouses only. Business casual was the dress code and it was held in the boat house like Zephyr mom said. I wore a dress to both ceremonies. We were informed of the ceremony date about 6 weeks before and booked our flights as soon as we could.

As Amber 1321 says, don't plan to far ahead. Things always change and they have to pass tests each week. The instructors even said that there have been some in the past that leading up to the final days until the graduation, did not get to graduate and were rolled back. Nothing is final until the very end. Don't want to sound discouraging, and I hope your sailor makes it, but it is a tough program and every day and week is a test and a challenge to make it through. Best of luck to him!

Comment by amber1321 on September 9, 2014 at 7:35pm: Thank you Zephyr he has worked his butt off this time, going back to the training as a fleet returnee has it own set of challenges but he has done so great.

Navy_gf when the time gets closer I moved here to san diego while he's in training if you need anything I would be happy to help.

Comment by Zephyr mom on September 9, 2014 at 4:24pm: Amber1321 is certainly right! One day at a time is very important during the BCT phase. Pretty dresses are fine for both events. The dinner is a buffet held in a cement floored hangar. The graduation is late morning under a tent, outside. Congrats to your husband, @Amber1321! CQT will be a little less painful, physically anyway!

Comment by amber1321 on September 9, 2014 at 12:38pm: Navy_gf my husband is starting cqt and this is his second time through the program. My advice to you is try not to plan to far ahead. Not because he won't make it but things can just change so quickly. I would wait until he starts cqt to make those arrangements! You gotta take BCT day by day. Best of luck!

Comment by Zephyr mom on September 9, 2014 at 9:54am: Hi Navy_gf, our ceremony was last January. There is a family dinner the night before graduation. Dress is business casual.