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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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AECF - FCs and ETs
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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: Feb 18
Discussion Forum
Anybody out there?
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Current A school at GL for AECF?
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Comment by Anti M on February 12, 2012 at 9:14am
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Have a wonderful trip, Mary! So exciting. Kauai is beautiful!
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Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on February 12, 2012 at 7:38am
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Good morning all,
Helen, it's been a good year for your sailor but he will be delighted to see his family again and be back on land for awhile.
Nick's ship is in the yards for maintenance so he is taking leave leave and we are meeting him in Pearl Harbor for a few days and then we are all flying over to Kuawai for a week. He's anxious to get away from the base for a bit and we are just anxious to spend some time with him. He was home for Mother's Day last year but that seems like forever ago. We be arriving on my birthday and he has offered to cook my birthday dinner at his apartment, I am so looking forward to it all.
Okay, off to San Francisco today. Another long flight. Have a good week everyone.
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Comment by ProudGMBarb on February 12, 2012 at 2:45am
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Helen...good to see ya back here! So happy you are getting to see your sailor! Been enjoying your posts on FB as well and seeing all your awesome pics of your boy! I keep hinting to ours that we want pictures! His other grandma even bought him a camera for Christmas...I think he got the hint!
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Jacqueline...you are too funny! Yup...the Navy knows how to pick em for AECF!!! Bravo Zulu to your boy!
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Comment by Odi_Ship09_Div140 on February 11, 2012 at 11:04pm
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Well hopefully they use the holds to learn and rest
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Comment by chew92 on February 11, 2012 at 10:47pm
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Military is a hurry up and wait experience evidently
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Son has been in GL almost a year - with boot, ATT and A school behind him without much in the way of holds. We were told while he was a DEPper to expect close to 2 yrs in GL
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my ET son had PIR 1/21/11 ....C school in San Diego 1/3/12. To the amphibious base Little Creek Norfolk,VA mid February 2012. It took almost a year; all of the time at Great Lakes until 1/3/12 to San San Diego for the C school.
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Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on February 11, 2012 at 4:08pm
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my daughter is shooting for C school in VA
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We were very surprised that orders came thru quickly for him. We were told to expect 4-6 month hold at least! But I am thrilled with his orders
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