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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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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

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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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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.

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Latest Activity: Feb 18

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Comment by Vickyrun on December 30, 2011 at 1:45pm: I was chatting with Chrissy on FB. Told her I missed her. She says "I've been gone for almost 3 years, you should be used to it by now." Nope, never get used to it, just learn to endure it that is all.

Comment by Anti M on December 28, 2011 at 4:51pm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Combat_System

More info than you might want, LOL.

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on December 28, 2011 at 4:33pm: Aegis is what my daughter is looking into doing. don't know what it is but she seems to have decided to try that.

Comment by Anti M on December 28, 2011 at 4:25pm: Could be, the Navy makes for a small world!

Comment by Vickyrun on December 28, 2011 at 12:54pm: Sorry I didn't make that clear. In A school they learn all the weapons. Then they go to one C school and learn more about one weapon.

Comment by Anti M on December 28, 2011 at 9:31am: Just got a Christmas card from an old Navy buddy, our neighbors in San Diego. He's still in the Navy (we were retiring, he was at his first duty station). He's an instructor for Aegis in Dalgren! Well, was, he'll be transferring next month. I knew he was still Navy, just not what he was doing. PO Thomas. So some of your FCs might know my old neighbor!

I can't believe the baby we used to sit for is now in high school. Wow, been ages since we saw them. My hubby would pick up Brendan when he was crying, and he'd stop, even his mom couldn't get him to settle down that fast.

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on December 27, 2011 at 9:37pm: gmansmom,

there are 3 locations for C school, San Diego in Cali, and Dam Neck and Dal Green in VA. there are quite a few different weapon systems to learn. it just depends on what system where they may go to school. my daughter is leaning towards Dal Green.

Comment by Navymomsquared on December 27, 2011 at 9:32pm: Vickyrun- thanks for the info. So will he go to a lot of c schools to learn about lots of different weapons or just 1 school for 1 weapon?

Comment by Vickyrun on December 26, 2011 at 12:25pm: FC = fire control, which has nothing to do with firefighting and everything to do with weapons control. Your SR will be learing all the computer programs that control the weapons on board. C schools are where they learn about one special weapon. The kind of ship depends on the weapon.

Comment by Navymomsquared on December 26, 2011 at 3:08am: Hello all & merry Christmas! My SR was part of the adopt a sailor program today & it was great to hear his voice. He told me he got his officials orders for FC! Can anyone tell me what a FC really is/does? What type of C schools does he go to? What kind of ship will he be on ? Thanks!