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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

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:

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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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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How mom's feel about thier about their daughter going the Navy?

I know I am not a mom, but I was wondering if any of you guys could tell me how you feel about your daughter joining the Navy. I am pretty sure that mother is one of those moms that were raised with the mentality of women not belonging in the military. I really am consider if joing and have no clue of how to make her understand why I want to join. I want my parents to support me in this important decision and I am hoping that you guys could offer some advice.

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Here is my story about my feelings as a "Mom" when my daughter told me she was going to join the Navy.  May 2014: My daughter told us, "I'm joining the Navy."  Our first reaction was "No way."  I wanted her to continue going to college and get her degree. We met with her recruiter.  Had many questions for him.  Did some research.  Then after a couple weeks, our attitude changed.  She swore in, was in DEP for 6 months.  Went into BC in March 2015.  Had PIR May 2015 and is now in A School in Pensacola, FL for AC (Air Traffic Controller).  

I'm so glad she choose the Navy!  I'm so PROUD of her that it puts a smile on my face just thinking of her. I share my Pride with everyone I come across.  Even total strangers! I wear my Navy shirts with PRIDE!  

Remember:  This isn't the same as sending a child off to college.  We can and will go months and months not seeing our child.  But, it's not our lives to live.  It is yours (theirs) and we MUST allow them to live it.  Us Moms take different time frames to process all this. But don't worry,  we all do come around.  And when we do, we SUPPORT of sons and daughters 100%.

So now here we are Oct 2016. My daughter will graduate A School Nov 13, 2015.  Will be home on leave after that before her first orders and I can truly say that it has been an experience that I'm so HONORED she is taking us on.  

Good Luck to you.  Be patient with your Mom.  Pursue your dreams.

Go Navy!  HOOYAH!      God Speed to you! 

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