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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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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 drmary on September 25, 2018 at 12:52am: hi anti M- so its 19 weeks including or in addition to att?

Comment by Anti M on August 14, 2018 at 7:43pm: ATT is nine weeks, their A school is ... I want to say 19 weeks without looking it up. FC C schools can be quite long.

There usually is a short hold for ATT, but since many ratings take it, they class up pretty quickly. While it is self-paced, they also have an instructor on hand and must keep to a class schedule. After that, they must wait for enough FC students to class up for A school. This can be weeks or months. They are kept busy. Now and then the FC C schools back up, so there is a chance of being on hold after graduation waiting for orders.

The timing is such you probably can expect them to be able to take holiday leave and be home for Christmas.

Comment by Allison on August 14, 2018 at 10:51am: https://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/enlisted/fc.htm

Comment by Allison on August 14, 2018 at 9:58am: Your sailor will be transported down the street to TSC Great Lakes after PIR. They’ll go through indoc and then have liberty that weekend to spend time with family. Then, they’ll do ATT, which I think is like 6 weeks. Once they pass that, they’ll do their A School, which is about 6-8 months long, 200 and something days. Anywhere from a month to a week before graduation, they’ll get orders. If it’s a short C School, they’ll get orders for their C School AND their first permanent duty station. If it’s a long C School (as in a few months), they may not get their first duty station until they graduate C School. The entire process takes about 1-2 years just depending on hold times and C School length. That’s the gist of it. Others may be able to offer more detail, and if you google NavyCOOL, you can get the detailed information for each rate.

Comment by Karen on August 14, 2018 at 5:45am: Can anyone explain to me how A school and C school work for a new graduate from boot camp for FC rate?

Comment by Allison on July 24, 2018 at 2:32am: Usps will also deliver priority mail boxes to your house if you want to save a trip to the post office. It’s free to get the boxes. They give packages of like 10 at a time or something. You can also pay the shipping for it online, print your label, and have it picked up from your door in some areas. It makes it way less of a hassle trying to get to a post office before they close or standing in long lines on weekends.