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Navy For Moms

This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

FIRST TIME HERE?

FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

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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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Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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Navy.com Para Familias

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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AECF - FCs and ETs

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For families that have a loved one serving the Navy as an FC or an ET. This is the place to share and learn more about their jobs and schools. For subs - look for the SECF group.

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Latest Activity: Feb 14, 2023

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Comment by barefootie on May 28, 2017 at 9:50am: congratulations

Comment by ScoutToNavyMom on May 26, 2017 at 10:51pm: 5/12

Comment by barefootie on May 26, 2017 at 10:50pm: scouttonavymom when did your son graduate?

Comment by MontanaNavyMom on May 26, 2017 at 3:57pm: My son leaves for Bootcamp on June 27. He will then go into AECF and would like to be FC. Any more info on wait time?

Comment by ScoutToNavyMom on May 26, 2017 at 3:12pm: My son went in AECF. Now is ET. Says he is on "holds" and hasn't started classes yet. Has done some fire fighting schooling, but doesn't know when he will actually start his "A school". Anyone have experience with this? He also says that there is a sailor who's been there almost a year after finishing A School because there isn't room in the fleet yet. :(

Comment by Anti M on May 26, 2017 at 3:07pm: Congrats on her reenlistment, Vickyrun. Now she'll be within the window where the 20 years looks good and doable. My husband made it to 20, and it was so worth it. I got to 9, and for various reasons, did not go further.

Comment by Vickyrun on May 26, 2017 at 2:03pm: Happy 8th Navy Anniversary to my sailor! She reenlisted for six more. She must like it. Thank you to all my Navy Mom friends who comfort me in the hard times and rejoice with me in the good times. I guess you all are stuck with me for a few more years.

Comment by Bandmom on April 16, 2017 at 9:16pm: Thanks everyone. That does clear up a lot of questions.

Comment by Allison on April 16, 2017 at 7:03pm: The same is true for gifts, civilian clothes, and toiletries. Some RDCs will be a little more relaxed about this, but it is safer to just wait until he comes out for liberty. There is a visitors center at TSC Great Lakes where you can wait to meet him since he won't be able to call. Do not try to drive on TSC though unless you have military/DOD ID, the pass you get for RTC graduation does not also give you access to the main base down the street, so there is a parking lot on the left of the main gate for civilians or taxis to drop off. They should have signs set up to navigate all that.

Comment by Allison on April 16, 2017 at 6:59pm: ScoutToNavyMom is correct. They cannot have their stuff while they are still in "recruit" status. Once they are checked out of their barracks at RTC Great Lakes, they can have their stuff. For most recruits, this means they can receive their stuff at the airport, for your recruit, he'll have to wait until after he's checked in at TSC Great Lakes down the street and released for liberty to retrieve these items from you since once he packs his things, he'll be transferred and begin the inprocessing immediately. It's a 5 minute drive, but they'll have to be put in barracks and have a short meeting. For my husband the process took maybe 3 hours if I remember correctly since he was able to get a late lunch with us. If for whatever reason recruits are put in THU because of medical holds or inability to transfer after graduation, which is rare, they should be able to have their phones once they have transferred to the holding unit at RTC.