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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.
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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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Discussion Forum
How long is A School for AD?
Started by imomxfour x 3 Sailors. Last reply by melbell Oct 4, 2017. 6 Replies 0 Likes
So how exactly does the squadron thing work?
Started by rmb. Last reply by Jakesmom Jun 30, 2014. 9 Replies 1 Like
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Comment by ProudADwife on September 22, 2011 at 10:43pm
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Haha. Not really. As far as I know he comes home after a school then goes to his first duty station. I am currently overwhelmed. Moving freaks me out only bc I don't know where we are going. Hard to plan anything. Don't know details about how to set up movers etc. Any advice?
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Comment by sheshe866 (SHIP02 DIV944) on September 22, 2011 at 10:36am
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i am new
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Comment by Valtameri on September 16, 2011 at 3:45pm
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We've been quiet. Any new members? And how are you Proudwife? Did you find out what you wanted to know?
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C school -- What do you want to know about it, Proudwife?
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That's understandable.
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Also for ad does anyone know anything about c school?
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Thanks so much!! I am such a planner so this is kinda hard for me. I want to start looking for a position in my company and a place to live. I want to know so bad!
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Comment by smeesmom on September 2, 2011 at 8:25pm
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My son recalls several phases: 1) going off base with a buddy in uniform back by 10:30 pm any night, 2) going off base with a buddy in civilian clothes back by 10:30 on week nights and midnight on weekends, and 3) staying out the weekend in civilian clothes. He wasn't there long enough to get to phase 3. His particular instructor didn't share their orders with them until they were done and had taken the final exam. Another instructor might tell his group earlier. Be glad that at least you can communicate with him, unlike boot camp.
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Orders come at the end of school -- can't remember exactly, but maybe 1-2 weeks beforehand. I will ask my son as soon as I can.
From son's group, there seemed to be three general possibilities after A school -- 1) go directly to a duty station; 2) go to C school and then the duty station; or if you are like my son, 3) go to where you will eventually have C school, but get a couple months of temporary duty before C school starts and THEN go to the permanent duty station.
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Ok thank you. I am just very anxious to get orders and find out where we are going. How long into school before orders come?
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