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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.

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AECF - FCs and ETs

For families that have a loved one serving the Navy as an FC or an ET. This is the place to share and learn more about their jobs and schools. For subs - look for the SECF group.

Members: 836
Latest Activity: on Tuesday

Discussion Forum

Anybody out there?

Started by Jules. Last reply by Bandmom Aug 24, 2021. 2 Replies

Current A school at GL for AECF?

Started by BessLynn423. Last reply by ANOsMom Nov 11, 2019. 1 Reply

Anyone graduating A school on 10/26/18

Started by Dena4. Last reply by Anti M Oct 9, 2018. 2 Replies

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Comment by Odi_Ship09_Div140 on April 28, 2012 at 4:10pm

Is there always leave after C school? I planned on going to the C school grad but son said dont bother he will be coming home. He knows travel is difficult for me.

Comment by Vickyrun on April 28, 2012 at 10:51am

Hi all, well Chrissy is getting settled in Virgina, she is finally liking it there but California will always be where her heart is. She gets leave next week.

Comment by Odi_Ship09_Div140 on April 26, 2012 at 11:27am

Half of...My son had less than 3 months between A school and start of C school and felt very fortunate.

Comment by ProudGMBarb on April 26, 2012 at 5:06am

GoldnG8r...welcome to the world of "sh*t happens" ! lol.

Our ET sailor (in AECF) had (is having) a similar experience due having been to San Diego and Norfolk for C school. Somehow his advancement to E4 (PO3) fell thru the cracks too. He is home on leave right now, and leaves for his ship early May, and may not hear anything before then.

But he is pretty cool about it...says he's not worried...thinks he will get back pay for E4 from the time when he should have been advanced (had TIR this past Feb).  He is much more relaxed about this stuff than us Moms are !

Comment by HalfOfMyHeart on April 25, 2012 at 10:26pm
Has anyone's sons/daughters/husbands who are still in school gotten orders for c school lately? If so how long were they or have they been on hold so far?
Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on April 20, 2012 at 8:51pm

no she's a single mom, bd''s in too, in san diego , but has not contributed anything but sperm and some child support.  my sugar butt has everything he needs, including a "daddy" that loves him (he's not in a relationship with my daughter) but she doesn't see it.  she just wants what she wants, when she wants it and done her way, lol

Comment by Vickyrun on April 20, 2012 at 10:49am

Chrissy is back in America. I couldn't go to the Homecoming, but she called me she was very happy. She got to get her car out and drive around a little bit.

Duhhuh, Chrissy is a single Mom. Her 5 year old lives with his father and the step-mother. Is your daughter married?

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on April 19, 2012 at 10:56pm

i thought that after 5 years in the navy and a 3 1/2 year old would make her more independent.  she is when it's convenient, lol

Comment by Vickyrun on April 19, 2012 at 9:56am

Duhhuh, your daughter sounds alot like mine. Chrissy was like that during her divorce and when she first joined up. Needing me but not wanting to admit it. But she is more indepenent now. And she should be, she is 27! 

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on April 18, 2012 at 4:45pm

vicky,

jessica's reason for not living with me, etc. isn't because she wants to e independent (i get texts, calls and emails all day every day) asking what's the number for this, how do i do or get that, why won't this work, etc.  she doesn't want to live with me for 2 reasons:  1- we are SO much alike but i have learned how to play nice with a majority of the world and 2 - i am about the only one that will raise the bullshit flag on about 90% of the stuff she pulls.  now, she'll tell me she's grown and that she can take care of herself and her son but at the same time she can't find the phone number i searched for to get him the more at four program or how to go about signing up for college, etc. 

and no, boys are not easier than girls, i have 2 girls and 1 boy, they're just late n doing the same crap, lol

 

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