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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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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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Annapolis Moms

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Location: Boston, MA
Members: 36
Latest Activity: Jul 24, 2017

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Comment by Paymaster on January 1, 2017 at 8:01pm: OkieMama....welcome to the academy process. Your son's Blue and Gold Officer should be able to answer your questions. Please ask the BGO to direct you to the parents group in your area, you will find the other parents most helpful.

Comment by OkieMama on December 14, 2016 at 11:56am: Have a question...My son has received a nomination to the Academy. Does anyone have any insight as to what the hurdles are once you receive a nomination?

Comment by NavySon'sMom on June 7, 2016 at 9:41pm: My son has been active service Nuke for last 18 months but in just three weeks is going to be a plebe! Third time was the charm and I am so proud of my son.

Comment by OkieMama on May 10, 2016 at 11:28am: I have a son who is applying a the Naval Academy and we are just starting the process. Did not know if you guys had any suggestions or links to help us out in this process. Also have a son shipping out to BC next week! What a crazy time!!

Comment by poodlelover on March 4, 2015 at 12:23am: Hi, My son, who is enlisted, just graduated A School in Charleston in the Nuke program. He just found out he has been admitted to the Naval Academy, to arrive July 1st. What group(s) are appropriate for me to join? I know nothing about the Naval Academy, I am very proud of his achievement, and want to support him, but don't really even know where to start. Any help appreciated!

Comment by SpunkyNavyMom2014 (PIR 4/25/14) on March 20, 2014 at 3:35pm: Hello!

I am a new Boot Camp Mom and have a 16 year old that has been invited to the Naval Summer Stem Program. Has anyone here been involved with the program?

Comment by Tex on October 18, 2013 at 2:13pm: Anyone here from Central Texas?

Comment by Arwen on December 19, 2012 at 10:43pm: After this semester Erin won't be taking *any* AP/Honors classes. She will be attending the local community college instead. She will graduate with both her high school diploma and a transfer associate of science degree. Her core academics are taken at the college, and stuff like band, art, NJROTC, would continue at the high school. She knows that she would still have to do 4 years at an Academy.

Comment by Disy (Ship12Div371) on December 19, 2012 at 9:50am: Put down the books and run! Join a gym and train as a female on her upper body strength. The CFA is fine and my daughter is pretty athletic but no upper body strength all in her legs and endurance and she struggled with the pull ups! From what we can tell it's not all GPA - everyone will tell you "well rounded" "well rounded". My daughter only decided very late and it's a long process and can be stressful for them. Your daughter has a long way to go but sign her up for the summer seminars they have at Annapolis. Don't concern yourself with GPA she sounds like my daughter and with the AP classes she has to have a 4.0+ and she'll likely score well which will make her a likely candidate which is good - first foot in - after that it really has to be "well rounded"!!!!!!!!

Comment by Arwen on December 19, 2012 at 1:49am: We're still at the exploratory part. Erin is a sophomore, so we have time to get this right, and for her to work on her GPA. We've done our homework and found the GPA range is wider than we expected. We were a bit stunned to learn that the the bottom 25 percent of those who are accepted had a high school GPA lower than 3.1. I guess they make up with it in athletics, activities and SAT scores? She's within the middle 50-percent range, but we'd like to get it up more to increase her chances. She's very strong in activities and has great PSAT scores, with 4 of 6 classes being honors/AP, but her athletics - ahem. none. She's an engineer/math geek, and while she's reasonably fit and active I would laugh if someone called her athletic.