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:
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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RED CROSS CONTACT INFO:
In the event of an emergency within the sailor’s family, where you feel the sailor must be notified and considered for Emergency Leave, you must notify the American Red Cross through the national headquarters in Washington, DC (1-877-272-7337) or via their website www.redcross.org.
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Comment Wall
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Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on November 21, 2015 at 6:16pm
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That's wonderful Regina! Enjoy!
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Comment by Regina on November 21, 2015 at 5:52pm
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For the first time in 5 years, our son will be home for Thanksgiving:-)
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My daughter is not longer on the USS GHWBush, she is now on shore duty for 3 years after 7 years of sea duty. She will be in Norfolk for Thanksgiving with her boyfriend. We will be here in Michigan with our 2 sons. Our oldest daughter has to work, so she will be in Sault Ste Marie.
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Comment by MichiganNavyMom on November 20, 2015 at 9:28pm
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That's awesome Michiganbelle! It's also great you will be there to spend some time with the sailors that won't have company. I am sure it will make their day! Our sailor just got to his ship about a week and a half ago in Norfolk, VA. so we won't be able to see him but am happy a family there is asking him to join them. make this Mom feel a little better =)
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Comment by Michiganbelle on November 20, 2015 at 9:21pm
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Wow, catching up with old posts, fun! Getting ready to visit my sailor for Thanksging, she has to work, but after that we will be at a sailor gathering for a few that aren't going home or having family visits either, so I consider myself a very very lucky Mom!
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Comment by tysmom on October 6, 2015 at 8:01am
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Hi Maeray, I am from Ottawa County too. Jenison to be exact.
Michimom: The time does fly. My sailor has never been off Oahu. He is content to ride his motorcycle and golf. I am visiting the beg of Nov and planning on trying one of those golf courses, but I do not really golf, I know the basics.Should be an interesting adventure!!!! I have a friend going along, she wants to go skydiving. I will take pictures!!! Such a sacrifice!!!!
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Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on September 27, 2015 at 4:37pm
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It's been so long since I've been here, I don't remember if I mentioned that we had a great two-week visit with our sailor in April in Hawaii--one week on Oahu and one week on Maui. Such a fun visit, although he might have been a bit tired of close quarters with mom and dad for two weeks. :)
Here's one of my favorite pictures from that trip of the two of us on our snorkeling trip in Maui.
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Hello, all! Haven't been on in ages, although I do get on the FB page. Been busy with all kinds of stuff. My sailor just left within the last couple of weeks for deployment, somewhere in the Pacific. So far, we've gotten one email (he was only out a couple of days at that point) and sent one back; I regularly send emails even though I'm never sure when he'll see them. Kind of reminds me of boot camp.
This will be his last deployment, as he will be done by this time next year. Where has the time gone? Sometimes it seems like it's been forever, and other times it seems like very little time at all.
Yes, we know he will be working hard, but we hope he'll get to visit someplace cool and experience some different cultures. He never made it off the base in Japan when he was there last deployment, but he did love Singapore.
And welcome to the new moms! I remember when I was a new mom; always happy to answer questions and share info.
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Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on September 17, 2015 at 8:54am
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Momof10, welcome--at least you had one girl out of all the boys. I heard of a family somewhere up north that I think has 12 or 13 kids all boys. My husband says he is out numbered now that our son is in the Navy-we have a daughter still at home, she is 26 and getting her masters to become a nurse practitioner.
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Comment by momof10 on September 16, 2015 at 10:00pm
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MarianneKT's Mom - Hi! Thank you.
I was actually telling my sailor that he will be arriving just in time for the air show. He laughed and I see an airshow everyday - since he has been in P'Cola where they train. :)
It is amazing you will love it!!
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