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

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:

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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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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Great Lakes A School Q&A

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Great Lakes A School Q&A

The purpose of this group is to allow family of new sailors assigned to school at Training Support Center Great Lakes a chance to voice questions to a Student Division Commander

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 2331
Latest Activity: Mar 12

Discussion Forum

What happens after ASchool?

Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply

BECC Info?

Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies

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Comment by Phoenixmom on December 18, 2017 at 11:07am

Good Morning All, well I am officially done! YAY! all my Tamales are done, Christmas is wrapped, My daughter is doing the baking so I'm out on that part. Hope everyone is doing well. I am so excited  and anxious Friday my Baby, My Bud (Son) will be home. although he keeps reminding me he is a grown Man (18), Yeah yeah yeah! LOL! Have a Great week Ladies!

Comment by Butterball on December 15, 2017 at 6:02pm

I know, I am counting the hours, trying to keep myself busy.

Comment by Phoenixmom on December 15, 2017 at 1:29pm

Have a Great weekend Ladies, got an early day off, going to get the other portion of my tamales done, maybe some wrapping. wishing you all a fabulous weekend.

One more week to go Butterball!

Comment by Phoenixmom on December 15, 2017 at 10:54am

Good Morning Ladies Great to be back, Anti M ATT was the second training he has passed, once he gets Back to base from Holiday he will begin A school not sure when it will begin. But ATT was his Last to begin A school. Very Proud of him! I know from what he has mentioned they are in need of EM'S so I'm sure once he is done he will be deployed. Pretty nervous about all of that, Once he gets his orders I should know more, but I cant help feeling nervous, worried it's like starting all over. Thank You Anti M you have been such a blessing with the information.

Have a Great Day Ladies!

Comment by Anti M on December 14, 2017 at 1:09pm

And another format:

http://www.dcfpnavymil.org/Training/cne/becc.htm

I hope these glimpses into the structure of Naval training is interesting!  

Comment by Anti M on December 14, 2017 at 1:08pm

I found the E-Pact schedule too. This may be part of the common core.  I am outside my area of expertise here, but it looks like the fundamentals.

http://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/swos/greatlakes/_documents/Student...

Comment by Anti M on December 14, 2017 at 1:02pm

I don't know how current this is, but here a look at the EM course.  Notice they teach safety and tools and the general job before jumping into details.  Each section has course objectives.  They are told up front what they will be learning in each section.

  http://militarynewbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/NAVEDTRA-14344...

Like eating an elephant, one bite at a time.

Comment by Anti M on December 14, 2017 at 12:58pm

Edit: BECC is common to most of the engineering or "snipe" ratings.  You'll find Firemen in BECC, and Seamen in ATT, in general.  

Comment by Anti M on December 14, 2017 at 12:55pm

The Navy trains from the ground up, assuming no prior knowledge.  The training and learning is divided into parts, BECC can be for several ratings as it is "common" to all of them, then they split off into more specialized schools.  To make it more confusing, each segment is further divided into modules.  You have to master one before moving forward.  A test each week is not unheard of, depending on where they are in the training pipeline.

Here is the COOL card for EM, it gives a nice general overview:

https://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/enlisted/rating_info_cards/em.pdf

Comment by mom of two on December 14, 2017 at 11:09am

AntiM, I am pretty stupid when it comes to all of this.  My son is an EM and he just graduated his BECC schooling and will start his next leg when they return from stand down.  Do you know what that will be?  He keeps telling me about each step as he graduates, but I thought if I was smart enough (lol) I could give the unexpected of knowing when he comes home!! lol...........seriously tho, seems like he keeps starting a new one every week!!! lol, thank you!!  Everyone here has been sooooooo helpfult with all of the information.  I have learned a great deal from everyone!!!!  It is awesome knowing that even tho it seems like I am the only mom going throught this, that I am not alone!  It's like a comfort!!! thank you again!!!!

 

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