This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
FIRST TIME HERE?
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:
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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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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Comment by Oleander on March 29, 2017 at 4:15pm
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Hi kimberlya, welcome.
This site is pretty quiet. My daughter is DC, if you have questions I'll try to help with anything I can. Don't forget to join the bootcamp for moms site. They're wonderful and full of info!
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Comment by kimberlya on March 29, 2017 at 1:39pm
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Our son goes to bc on April 25 and is going for DC. Antone else have kids going to bc in April for DC?
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You're welcome!
If I may offer one more suggestion... since you'll be getting there so early, pack some snacks like protein bars & water. It's a long morning before those doors roll up and your sailors march through.
OMG -- I just got goosebumps and tears in my eyes. Enjoy every second!
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Yay - So happy you're going! Be sure to bring Kleenex! One thing that made a big difference was bringing a small pair of binoculars (like bird watching type, I bought them on Amazon). Even tho we sat in our sailors Div. section we wouldn't have been able to see her face clearly w/out them. We could see her watching us, tears in her eyes, etc. Amazing!
The length of time for A school differs depending on the sailors rate. Our sailor's PIR was May 8th, she graduated A school early July but it took another 10 days or so for her to get her orders, which means she had to stay there until she did. Then she came home for 2 weeks before reporting to her ship.
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Comment by Maria on February 19, 2016 at 12:26pm
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thank you for the help! I will be attending PIR and i'm very excited! I've seen in some places that Aschool is 10 weeks?
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Hi Maria!
I believe A school for DC's is 6-8 weeks. While my daughter was in school they were condensing the program so it may have changed. DC's are given orders wherever they're needed and are assigned to a ship. As far as contact, it will depend on whether his ship is dry docked, underway for training, deployed, etc. You'll know a lot more once he gets his orders after graduating A School. The good news is that while he's in school you'll be able to communicate a LOT more than while in bc. It was heaven for me!
My daughter's ship is in it's mid-life overhaul so is docked in San Diego for awhile. Even tho she's not at sea she's on the ship every day working but has poor service. We text and talk frequently tho.
Good luck to your boyfriend! I hope you get to go to PIR, it's amazing!!!
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Hi, I'm new to this. My boyfriend of 5 years is 2 weeks away from boot camp graduation then will be staying in GL for a school. His job is a DC so i have some questions. How long is A school? Where are DC's usually based? Like is there a common place they could go or is it whoever needs then at whatever time? Also, if my boyfriend is aboard a ship, what is contact like? Can he call daily, or emails, or is there no contact until they dock somewhere? Thank you for your help!
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oops - made a mistake, she completed school on July 15th!
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hi kathy, welcome!
My daughter's PIR was May 8th, started A school on 5/11, completed school on July 6th or 7th. It took a couple of weeks for her to get her orders tho so she didn't come home for leave until July 23rd. Hope that helps!
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My son just started GL A school for DC. Does anyone know how long his schooling is? Just curious when he will apprx be home in Jan. Presumming he comes home for a bit. Lol. Thanks.
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