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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:

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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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 Bandmom on December 8, 2017 at 10:13am: My son is still in A School, set to graduate Feb. 5, 2018. Is hoping to get his orders before Christmas. Is this possible?

Comment by Anti M on December 8, 2017 at 8:43am: The thing with picking orders is they are not picking "I want to go XYZ place or XYZ C school", they are picking from a pool of orders prepared specifically for that class. Dream sheets may or may not have been consulted, and billets which line up might be open, but a detailer cannot send a sailor someplace there is no job or seat for them.

Comment by barefootie on December 7, 2017 at 7:25pm: My son’s class was just recently able to pick their orders Rare

Comment by Anti M on December 7, 2017 at 5:59pm: AECF no longer guarantees either a specific rating or C school anymore. It is all strictly needs of the Navy. Some recruiters talk up the possibility of picking your C school orders out of A school, which MIGHT happen for those at the top of their class, if there is a seat open which the Navy needs filled. The best case scenario is presented, and it can sound mighty fine. The devil in in the details, and potential recruits don't have the ability to "hear" what is not said.

I was an ET before AECF, but I try to keep up with the changes.

Comment by Allison on December 7, 2017 at 4:37pm: I don't know if they do it for aecf but rarely, you'll also be contracted for a specific c school. When I enlisted, they gave me my a school and my exact c school. My husband did aecf though, and he didn't even know if he'd be et/fc, so he definitely didn't know his c school. AECF definitely begins in Great Lakes though in Illinois, just down the road from where he'll go to bootcamp.

I hate to suggest it…but it is possible someone persuaded him to take that rate by promising him he'll get to do something specific for his specialty, which is trained in Virginia Beach, but unless it's written in his contract, the only thing guaranteed for him right now is bootcamp, A School at Great Lakes, and 6yrs of Active Duty. The good news is it's a great rate to be, my husband has a lot of opportunity and loves his job. He did his C school in Fort Gordon, GA

Comment by Carey on December 7, 2017 at 4:02pm: @Kimberleyyea, The AECF group breaks down into ET, or electronics technician, and FC, or fire control. My son has just finished A school for AECF and will be an FC. There are multiple locations for C school that will depend on which system they're learning. Mine just got his orders and found out that his C school will be in Hawaii! He got really lucky and ended up on the system that he was most interested in.

DEPS is a great program that gives people plenty of time to research what to expect at different points. I really recommend that you read here and on the Navy Dads site about boot camp, because it can be a big shock to go from civilian life into military life without time to process what the expectations are. It helped my son so much that he had read up on how his first day would go. At home, it helped my husband and I, too, because we knew the timeline and what to expect. The box, the letter, sending mail, getting the rare phone call. It will make everyone's experience less stressful if the family does the homework.

@PerriK, congrats to your son on completing boot camp! We've learned that surprises are the norm in the military, so I guess eventually we won't be surprised by the sudden changes like that, right?

Comment by Proud mamma on December 6, 2017 at 11:31pm: @Kimberleyyea thank you and you're welcome.

Comment by NavyMomFHAL18 on December 6, 2017 at 11:23pm: Hi @Proud mamma and @PerriK! That was actually my first comment on this great site, so thank you so much for the quick responses! I did just come across something that said that C school for CF (which that is his plan) is located in Virginia or San Diego, so he was not too far off with his statement. He was on information overload when he came home from MEPS and with the job offers! With that and the Acronyms, it gets a little overwhelming trying to figure all this out. :) Prayers and best wishes to your sons and to you!

Comment by Proud mamma on December 6, 2017 at 9:45pm: My son is currently in bc he is also AECF. A school is in Great lakes.

Comment by PerriK on December 6, 2017 at 9:44pm: Hi @Kimberleyyea...My son just completed boot camp 11/22 and as AECF, will be training as an ET. Great Lakes was the only location ever mentioned for his schooling and is where he is now waiting to begin classes. Now when that will be and how long is another question. ;-) He had been told Jan 9th to start classes, but he had a meeting today and was told to pick up books tomorrow and class could start tomorrow or on Monday...