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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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San Antonio MA's

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Latest Activity: Jun 19, 2022

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Comment by lemonelephant on June 7, 2015 at 2:09am: Sindy, Q-1 your 13 year old will not be able to go to the Drill Hall if she is not on the Access List. She will need to stay at the hotel. ALL guests over the age of 2 MUST be on the Access List in order to enter the Drill Hall. See http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/upcoming_grads.asp and PIR Day and Liberty During PIR Weekend. he message from Captain W. Douglas Pfeifle, Commanding Officer at the RTC, about the limitation on guests can be found at http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/index.asp (click the link once you get there).

Q-2 Yes, you can meet your Sailor at the airport. See PIR Day and Liberty During PIR Weekend.

Q-3 Yes. See the info in Break down week by week above.

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Comment by Sindy on June 7, 2015 at 1:38am: Hello ladies I'm a new MA mom a little lost what to expect the day of graduation and the day after graduation. I'm hoping one of you can help me if you've already gone through graduation with your sailor.
Q-1 has anyone attended your sailors BC graduation recently? If yes, do you know if they would allow my 13yr old to attend the graduation ceremony if she is not on the list of guests?
Q-2 Do you if we get to see our son the next day after graduation before flying out to Texas for his A class ?
Q-3 Is is there a graduation or ceremony at Texas once he completes A class ?

Thank you to anyone whom can help :)
Sindy

Comment by kjh926! on June 7, 2015 at 1:24am: Going to visit my M@A tomorrow! I hope I will meet some of your kids!

Comment by Proudmama1 on June 6, 2015 at 7:39pm: We were with ours this morning. I miss him so much already!!!!

Comment by Amy on May 23, 2015 at 4:25am: Is there anyone at Ohare with their sailor waiting with them to leave?

Comment by lemonelephant on May 22, 2015 at 1:24am: He'll be able to tell you which gate to meet him at.

Comment by lemonelephant on May 22, 2015 at 1:23am: kjh926!, He will have to meet you at the gate and get a pass for you to be able to drive on base. Yes, everyone will be able to visit. Make sure everyone has current government issued photo ID and that you have your car registration and proof of insurance. There is a parking lot right there.

Comment by kjh926! on May 22, 2015 at 1:19am: Hi All! Just heard from my MA "A" School son in SAT and he said we can visit him (we don't live too far from SAT). Does anyone know how we get on base? Has anyone done this?

My son is looking into those questions as well. We mentioned bringing Gma and Gpa and his brother and he suddenly wondered "Im not sure how many people I'll be allowed to get on base!" Do any of y'all know this? We'd be 5.

Thanks for any advice you can impart!

Comment by lemonelephant on May 10, 2015 at 11:33pm: MA mom of KY, check out Break down week by week. Yes, there is a graduation ceremony, but it is NOTHING like PIR.