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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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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Comment by Lisa (A-Mac's mom) on June 10, 2011 at 12:30am: MaddenMaiden, I am a just a mom now, but I was a Navy wife for ten years. We were also married when my hubby left for boot camp. They will help him with all that stuff while his is in recruit training (ie getting the move set up). If you have no children and a smaller household, a DIY move is so much easier in the beginning. When we were going up to Nuke school for my husband, he was allowed a week house-hunting leave. So we had plenty of time to find a place before he started school. In all of our moves, we never had less than a week. Now, keep in mind, every situation is very different with the Navy as far as allowed leave and such. But I can promise you that they have moving families around down to a science. You will be taken care of, I promise. Ten years of moving and we never had one bit of problems. Just be prepared for the fact that you can virtually NOTHING to help the process along. All of that responsibility, unfortunately, rests on the shoulders of the sailor. He will have lots of answers for you when the time is right.

Comment by Leslie1200 on June 9, 2011 at 9:02pm: No worries, Maiden, the Navy wil take care of you and your sailor...

Comment by MaddenMaiden on June 9, 2011 at 6:12pm: Hi all! I'm a CTI wife and I've been trying to read all of the old posts but I'm not sure if this was already discussed. My husband leaves for basic at the end of July but I was wondering does anyone know how I will get to Monterey? His recruiters are great but none of them are married so they don't have alot of experience with this. The best they tell me is "it depends". I'm getting kind of nervous that I will have to pay to haul and drive our stuff there from east Texas! I thought they do the moving for you. Also where will we live? Do they just assign it or does he need to find a place before I get there? Sorry I have so many questions! I love this site! I know things about CTI and the Navy before my husband half the time! Thanks for all the advice y'all give!

Comment by beckmcs on June 1, 2011 at 11:44am: Hi, I have been checking out this forum for the past couple of weeks wanting to get more information before my son heads to boot camp in late August and then Monterey afterwards. It has been very helpful so far!

KC'smom: Your poor son! I know of an army boot camper that broke her ankle on an obstacle course and they sent her home to recover.

Comment by KC'smom on June 1, 2011 at 11:21am: My son is beig held up at boot camp now for an extra 8-10 weeks with a fractured ankle. He's devestated. He was supposed to graduate in 16 days and be in Monterey in 17 days. Anyone else have this happen to their son/daughter?

Comment by KC'smom on May 31, 2011 at 5:15pm: Ok, thanks. He does well with homework. He's always been a bit of a nerd! hahaha. He was an English major in college - always got A's in all classes except one.... Linguistics. Which really suprised me because he loved the class! I thought it would be so easy for him. Still can't understand why the one "C" he got was in Linguistics. I hope he does well.

Comment by KC'smom on May 31, 2011 at 4:20pm: I have a question, too. My son is at boot camp and injured his foot. While being seen by the doctor I suppose the doc was making small talk. My son told him what he would be going to A school for (going to DLI to learn one of the harder languages) and the doctor told him "oh, a lot of people fail out of that, you know". what in the world?? Anyone know how much truth is in that?

Comment by Lisa (A-Mac's mom) on May 31, 2011 at 2:16pm: I guess I actually meant ATF, not AFT. My mistake. This CTI stuff is all new to me, since my hubby was a nuke.

Comment by Lisa (A-Mac's mom) on May 31, 2011 at 1:04pm: I'm just curious. When my son's detailer at MEPS gave him his rating designation, he gave him AFT-CTI. When his recruiter found out he was designated AFT, he was excited. But.....my son, being a typical teenager, didn't ask him what the AFT actually means for him in his training. I've looked it up and have found out that AFT designates Advanced Field Training. But I can't find anywhere what that actually means. Does anyone have an idea? I did notice another future sailor from my son's recruiting station was designated CTI without the designation of AFT, so there must be some difference. Any ideas?