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
Navy Speak
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Navy.com Para Familias
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QUESTIONS ABOUT ORDERS
When do Sailors get their orders? Do they go straight from their A or C school to their duty station? Are they allowed any leave time to go home and get ready to be relocated? I am hoping that my son gets orders for San Diego or even LA. It’s a big military town so maybe, but I know it’s a long shot.
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Comment by lemonelephant on July 30, 2013 at 3:55pm
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Your soon to be Sailor will get his orders about 4 weeks before the end of "A" School (or "C" School if that immediately follows "A" School) or toward the end of training if he has additional training beyond "A" School. Most "A" Schools allow the Sailors to pick from the available billets based on their class ranking at the point that the billets are offered, so your Sailor needs to do the best he can. Sailors can usually take about 10 days of Leave after "A" School before reporting to their first duty station, but if your Sailor has additional training, that will take place first. He will be able to perform RAP duty with a recruiter and get credit for 5 days of unchargeable leave once he turns in the paperwork at his first duty station, so he will want to do that. See http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/milpersman/1000/100....
I see you have joined NUKE moms; you may also want to check out Nuke School Charleston and Nuke A School FAQ. You can check the comments there to see when the Sailors typically receive their orders. The Rating Information Card for NF can be found at https://www.cool.navy.mil/enlisted/rating_info_cards/nukepower.pdf. Your Sailor will most likely fly out to "A" School the day after PIR. See PIR Day and Liberty During PIR Weekend to help you know how to plan your weekend since PIR is coming up in 3 Fridays.
You mentioned in another comment that your SR flies out to Mississippi, so I'm a bit confused since Nukes have "A" School in South Carolina.
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Comment by latinnative on July 30, 2013 at 6:10pm
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I joined Nuke Moms because my son was concidering it as a transfer after two years. He went in as a SH because the day we were at MEPS their system went down so they couldn't do any back ground checks. He was looking at Nuke and CT, but they couldn't complete the assignment because of the system . Being impatient he signed anyways and was told to request a transfer. The process took so long that it wasn't complete by the time he shipped. So SH it is. His score was a 90 so I'm hopping within 2 years he can have the option to transfer to a position that might be a better option for him. He's done very well and I was told he was going up for a postion within his squad so I hope that is a step closer to him being stationed in San Diego. If not sky miles here I come.
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Since your SR will go to "A" School for Ships Serviceman (SH)), join, or at least check out, SH (Ship's Serviceman) Moms and Others (it's a new group and not very active), Sailors attending A School in Meridian, Mississippi, and Meridian Mississippi A School family&friends. You will also want to check out NAS Meridian Facebook Page and NTTC Meridian Facebook Page. The Rating Information Card for SH can be found at https://www.cool.navy.mil/enlisted/rating_info_cards/sh.pdf. Your Sailor will most likely fly out to "A" School the day after PIR. You can still see PIR Day and Liberty During PIR Weekend to help you know how to plan your weekend.
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