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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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Moms of "A" school Sailors

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Our sailors are now in "A" school - let's share!!

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Latest Activity: Dec 3, 2022

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Comment by Kellyrene on July 17, 2020 at 7:47pm: Valtameri- thank you very much! I will contact her soon. We will have awhile before he gets stationed anywhere but it would be nice to chat with someone experienced.

Catherine- I will do my best to keep up with you on the timeline my SR is following. I am on the bootcamp moms page too and there is are so many differences in what is going on it's hard to make sense of it all. Have a great evening!

Comment by Valtameri on July 17, 2020 at 5:57pm: https://navyformoms.ning.com/profile/Cath27

Catherine and Kellyrene, the link above is private, but you can send a message and say Valtameri sent you. She's a longtime Navy (sub) mom who said she would be happy to answer any questions you have. :)

Comment by Catherine on July 17, 2020 at 11:54am: Kellyrene, looks like my son is on the same path as yours, just a couple weeks behind since he just arrived at quarantine earlier this week! We hope to get to Groton to visit as well. Have to wait u til he gets to Aschool and finds out when, if at all, he would have any leave or liberty time.

Valtameri, thanks for the info. I hope This Covid situation improves significantly in 2021 so that bases can resume some of the programs they offer sailors during their free time. Things seem pretty much locked down now, but it would be great for those stationed in Groton to be able to take a trip to Boston or NYC.

Comment by Kellyrene on July 17, 2020 at 8:13am: Hello! I am new to this whole navy thing. I am on the bootcamp group and they are tremendously supportive. Definitely made it easier to have people to talk to about what you are experiencing as SR move through quarantine and into bootcamp. I am 18 days into this journey and my son will be headed to A school in groton for secf and basic sub school. Just thought I would check this page out too.

Catherine- I looked around the groton page too. Very quiet over there. It will be 8-9 more weeks before my SR gets there. But we to are hoping to visit him there.

Comment by Valtameri on July 14, 2020 at 6:28pm: Hi Catherine,

I see you are also a member of sub moms and groton -- those are kind of quiet too, but may have info in the discussion forum.

Bases all have some sort of recreation and transportation options available. Here's Groton's MWR info page:

https://www.navymwrnewlondon.com/

Comment by Catherine on July 14, 2020 at 5:57pm: Hmmmm, crickets for A school in Groton, CT :-(

Comment by Catherine on May 17, 2020 at 3:37am: Barring Covid delays, my son will head to RTC in July and then to Groton, CT for sub & A- schools. Any tips or info onThat area and/or that base I know sailors will be very busy the first month there with sub school and then several weeks of A-school. When can they leave base for liberty? Are there things to do in the area and How best for sailors without a vehicle get around? Uber? Any groups or events on base for new guys to meet others?

Comment by LoriPNM on February 19, 2020 at 8:38am: My son arrived at A school in Pensacola on Monday - anyone else have a Sailor attending A school there?