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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:
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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Comment by mtnmom on November 25, 2014 at 12:10pm
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Good morning all;
Does anyone talk with loved ones via Tango (an app)? Son asked me to download it. I think I'll try to find it for my phone.
Reneec- I always have a stack of 5 or 6 large APO boxes, you can order them online from USPS.com and any forms you need. I have an open box sitting on my freezer, filling with goodies from every time I go out. It takes me 2 - 3 weeks to fill a box. My son especially likes me to send him the parts of trail mix and he mixes it himself.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and hears from your sailors..
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Comment by Cheryl-TedsMom on November 25, 2014 at 7:53am
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Received a letter from our sailor's CO yesterday - welcoming our sailor to his command. He spoke well of our son and invited us to USS Antietam's FaceBook page to publicly track what our sailor is up to. [I had already joined before he deployed] They post some great pics. If you are on FB you should see if your sailor's commands also have FB pages. I like having some way of knowing what my sailor is doing.
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Hey Reneec, agree with T-Lynn my post office has been great helping me figure this mailing out. There is "Military" boxes available but you can just you the Regular Flat Rate packaging. The great thing for us was that FPO AP shipments pay regular postage NOT International. The U.S. Custom's form you need is #CP-72. If you still feel you need written instructions they are on the form itself and there might be info. on Postal Services website USPS.com Best of Luck.
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Comment by T-Lynn on November 24, 2014 at 10:17pm
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HI
Are you using the FPO AP boxes from the post office? If so - the first time I did it - I was helped at the post office. That way I learned what information was needed. They will help you. Hugs
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Comment by reneec on November 24, 2014 at 8:22pm
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Please could someone tell me if there is a link or discussion on how to properly fill out the shipping forms for sending packages to japan.....
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Comment by MaggieMay on November 24, 2014 at 11:05am
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Happy Monday Ladies!
Welcome Mama Cevans! Tell us a little about yourself and your sailor...is he on shore duty or assigned to a ship? Most of the sailors love Japan and I hope your son will too. Got questions just ask....there is always someone on here who can give you an answer.
Barbara - hope you are all still doing ok. Please continue to check in. Continued prayers for everyone up your way
TLynn - someone needs to be explicit what a Gold Star Mom is to that woman. I think she'll appreciate being set straight.
A growing baby! My youngest was born 5 weeks early and he teases me that he came early because he was "hungry" and I believe he's right...at 17 he's 6'2" and 235 lbs! He hasn't stop eating since we brought him home from the hospital!
and ladies....
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Comment by MAMA_C on November 23, 2014 at 5:00pm
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My son is station in Japan. It is first deployment. I would love any help or word advice from any MOM in my shoes! :)
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Thank you mtnmom.
So glad you heard from your son, mine is state side and I hoping to hear from him soon. Have a good day
And thanks again.
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On to lighter subjects;
I heard from my son tonight, via email. It so good to hear from him, I don't do well without hearing from him frequently.
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T-Lynn;
Please refer your friend to this website:
http://www.sjcagoldstarmoms.org/
It is for a chapter of gold star moms here in California. The second paragraph says it all. Here in the Fresno area, 8 young men who attended the same high school (not at the same time) have given their lives to the war and have made their moms Gold Star Moms. I personally met one of the Gold Moms this summer, she is absolutely wonderful and works so hard for a local Wounded Warrior event that I also help with.
Gen
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