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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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Moms of IS (Intelligence Specialist) sailors.

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My son has found the perfect job for a teenager! When I ask him, "What are you doing?", he honestly tells me, "Sorry, Mom, I can't tell you."

Members: 194
Latest Activity: May 17, 2023

IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN MILITARY. THANK YOU.

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Comment by kamme on September 12, 2016 at 12:42pm: I don't know when my sailor is leaving.

Comment by Deborah Ann on February 6, 2016 at 6:51pm: Thanks Anna!

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on February 6, 2016 at 6:16pm: They generally begin the clearance process around the time they enter bootcamp. It is not unusual for them to not get it all finalized nearer the end of schools. The agents know much about your child before they ever come to your house. Yes, most of the time they simply want either more information than what they already have about a situation or they can't find names or numbers and hope you can provide more. They knew more about my son's history than I did. Some of the things they learned, I did not find out until almost time for him to go overseas. These young adults are dealing with top security issues at one moment and general information at the next moment. They are in and out of different levels of security all day, every day. When the agent gets to your house be courteous but unless they have changed a lot over time, they will not accept food, drink or anything else but a seat while you talk and they take notes. Remember, even though they carry special agent cards, they are real people, try to relax. They aren't there to bury your sailor, only to make sure that your sailor isn't going to bury the Navy. You will do fine and your sailors will do fine also.

Comment by Deborah Ann on February 6, 2016 at 6:04pm: Lisa, She is in A school. Set to finish March 11. I found out they are also going to see one of her friends and also a reference the same day they are seeing me.

Comment by Lisa on February 6, 2016 at 5:38pm: Anna, I'm pretty sure they start there clearance while they're in A school and should be done once they're in C school. It may have changed because my daughter said they get a sort of temporary clearance through A school.

Comment by Anna on February 6, 2016 at 5:31pm: Lisa,

It's possible her clearance was done and no one needed to contact you. My son got his clearance and we were never contacted. I think they have to have their clearance in order to start A school, unless they changed things.

Comment by Lisa on February 6, 2016 at 5:26pm: Deborah Ann... Do you mind me asking how far along your daughter is, A school or C school? My daughter is about half way through A school and I still haven't heard anything about the someone coming for her clearance.

Comment by Anna on February 6, 2016 at 5:11pm: Deborah Ann,

They will probably ask you for names of people your daughter worked with or went to school with. They know that parents will always say good things about their kids!!!! They may also just need to verify information they have. Try not to be nervous!!! Just like people will tell you not to worry - - - right????

Comment by Deborah Ann on February 6, 2016 at 2:00pm: An investigator is coming to talk to me for my daughters clearance on Mon. I don't know why, but i am nervous about this. I don't know what to expect at all.

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on January 25, 2016 at 9:08pm: Anna, I sent an email with Carl and Irene's email addy. It will be so fun someday when we can all finally meet each other (I hope). Anna, I do so hope you make it back this way. It would be great to see you again.