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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.

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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

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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Air Traffic Controller Moms

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Known as the "Elite of the Fleet" , a small but unique class of individuals that work as team to keep not only our military air spaces safe, but as well as airports all over safe with expeditious movement!

Members: 148
Latest Activity: Feb 4, 2020

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Comment by kloee77 on October 2, 2012 at 7:29am: Hi everyone.. My son also is waiting for classes. Thanks for the helpful info. He starts on the 15th... Also said he is happy to be there.. Better then boot camp..

Comment by Maile - AC mom on October 1, 2012 at 10:25pm: He says it'll be 6 weeks before school starts. Every day it takes is more time for things to change at Whidbey. Though tbh he'll be happy wherever he goes-he's just glad to be out of boot camp :)

Comment by Korysmom8 on October 1, 2012 at 8:34pm: Welcome Maile! My son just started his classes about 10 days ago and had his 1st test today, 2nd test is Wednesday! He has been studying like mad and he really likes his instructor. He called me today to say he did awesome on his 1st test so mamma can breathe a little easier tonight! Lots & lots of tests to take but he's off to a great start! Good luck to all our sailors!

Comment by Momof2sailors on September 30, 2012 at 6:06pm: My daughter arrived in Pcola last week...she said it could be a while before classing up. My daughter wants Washington too...she said she was told tho..that no matter how well she does, her chances of it are next to nothing? Don't know how accurate that is though.

Comment by SailorMom92 (DIV 244) on September 30, 2012 at 3:26pm: @Diane, You are so right about the study, study, study...my son has been at his A school in Pcola for about a month and half. He started his classes about 3 weeks later and he's been studying, study musters, tests 2x a week, and that schedule all over again. He's determined he is gonna do this. He knows what it takes to get it done...so far.

Comment by Maile - AC mom on September 30, 2012 at 2:35pm: Whidbey is where mine wants to go :) Hope he studiesand gets the scores for it!

Comment by Maile - AC mom on September 30, 2012 at 9:59am: My son graduated boot camp 9/28 and shipped to Pensacola yesterday. Looking forward to being part of this new group! :)

Comment by Ashley-PO2 Spouse on September 10, 2012 at 10:42pm: I agree, I worked mostly with Radar. I know for a while I walked around with an R on my Left hand and an L on the Right. To remind me it was backwards.

Comment by Ashley-PO2 Spouse on September 10, 2012 at 6:54pm: calbransmommy (AC at Whidbey) congrats! That's the first big step for many other positions. As long as he studies, he shouldn't have a problem picking up 3rd class. It's when they start getting into 2nd and 1st that it gets tough.

Comment by Ashley-PO2 Spouse on September 10, 2012 at 2:05pm: SHIP 11 DIV 198 Jacob's Mom For the first four months I waited for school, I was cleaning the buliding we lived in. I was held a little longer than most because I was really sick when I got there. You should have time on weekends. Some days you can get a special liberty if there is a good reason. I got free time right away but it is just for a couple hours in the evening. You have to muster at the end of the day. Eventually you can go without uniform, and some time into it you get over night liberty (free time)