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:
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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:
**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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Hi!
My name is Maria and my son left for boot camp yesterday. I was told about this website by my son's recruiter and I hope I will be able to communicate with other mother's of children who are in the Navy. My husband and I have four beautiful children. Our oldest and only son enlisted last fall. We also have three daughters. I knew the day was coming when he would leave for Great Lakes and though I tried to be strong yesterday I could not stop from crying. Not so much that I am sad, I will miss him very much, but I am also very proud of him. My husband also served in the Navy and ever since our son was young this is something he has always wanted to do. I guess I just wanted to share with you all how I feel. I worry about him and wonder how he is doing. It is hard because he is the kind of son who always calls to let me know where he was. I wonder when I will hear from him again. I know that shortly I will be receiving an address so that we can write to him. Am I allowed to send anything from home besides letters? Please feel free to respond. I would like to know how you all handled being a mother of a sailor away at boot camp.
Thank you,
Maria
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Comment by Veronicar on April 20, 2011 at 9:14pm
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Maria, my son is graduating this Friday from Tech School. He went to Great Lakes too, i can't describe the emotion & the feelings that i felt when I saw him walking on the graduation day. They all look so mature and different, I'm extremely proud and the only advise that i can give you is, to write him as much as you can, make sure you share everything that it is going around you guys to make him feel that he is with you guys. My kids used to write him once a week and when I saw him, he told me how much he appreciate his little brother and his little sister. God bless your son and your Family, don't get sad if you don't hear from him right away, it takes like two weeks before the first call. I wrote my son a poem, if you wish t read it, it is amazin the things that you can come up with, when one of your kids it's not around..
Blessings,
Veronica
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I just wanted to thank everyone who left comments for your words of encouragement and support. I will be keeping all of you and our sailors in my thoughts and prayers.
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Comment by Thomdent (Dustin's mom) on April 23, 2011 at 2:11am
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Hi Maria,
My son left 4-12-11 and trust me, you never stop wondering. He too is my only son and the youngest of my three. As of this writing, I've not received a letter or a phone call and yes, this stresses me out since I know others have received both. Remember, knowledge is power so don't hesitate to ask questions, there are a lot of members on this site as well as the RTC site who will guide all of us through this new adventure. Keep us posted on your son's progress.
Robin
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Comment by Tammi on April 23, 2011 at 1:24pm
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My sons Pass In Review was last year. I wrote him EVERYDAY! If I couldn't write about my daily goings-on. I would write a quick note & print a few pages of Navy News for him to read or I printed News about what was going on in the world. (Earthquakes & the volcanos that stopped air traffic for so long.) Natural disasters are responded to by the Navy & Coastguard, so I sent anything to him that pertained to his new link to the Navy. He said the letters are SO IMPORTANT. We became even closer through the letter writing, than I even realized we could. We already had an awesome & close relationship. I addressed him as the ADULT man that he's become & always expressed how proud I am of him. He saved his letters and even when he had NO SPACE he hand carried his letters with him to his "A" School. (Bundke of them). I told him I would mail them to him, to make it easier, but he wanted to keep them by his side. Awwww Sometimes they made him do excercises for each letter he received! lol Which he said was GOOD because it made him stronger & he invited me to write more! His commanding officers were SO helpful and supportive of him. He had bronchitis during bootcamp & was not making his running time on his test, failed it 3 times...they actually gave him a 4th shot at it & all 3 of his commanders RAN the TEST WITH HIM! Side by his side...supporting him when he slowed down. He made it with their support, by only 13 seonds of passing. They want to see the best for our kids too! It brought tears to my eyes to finally see him and know of the deep appreciative feelings he developed for his commanders and fellow sailors. The comradery he gained among them and the Navy is a wonderful asset he will carry with him throughout his entire life. I worried about him being alone on certain holidays/birthdays..etc....but my husband (a former Navyman himself) said.."When you are in the military, you are never alone. There is always someone in your military family that extends invites..and makes SURE that you're never alone. He spent a few christmases in Japan making memories that he still cherishes today. Spending holidays with Japanese families and learning their culture. My son will turn 21 aboard a navy ship, but I know that he will have a very memorable birthday with his miltary family. I'm happy for him to gain this experience. (I can't keep him all to myself forever) Everyone thats ever met him loves him..so I have full confidence that he will do well. I hope these words of encouraging stories help console you. Focus on being proud of them & remind them of the many experiences they will enjoy soon. Pretty much IMMEDIATELY after bootcamp for him, when he stepped foot onto Florida soil. :)
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