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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

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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

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Comment by Odi_Ship09_Div140 on November 18, 2011 at 6:12pm: Congratulations on those advancements! To the others - keep on working....

Comment by Anti M on November 18, 2011 at 1:00pm: If they take the test and pass it, they get points for next time. We had guys who claimed they weren't doing their courses because they were happy as E-4s, didn't want responsibility, etc. They were very angry when the Training Officer wrote them up, and had to actually study and work on their advancement quals. That attitude doesn't fly in today's Navy. In fact, I know the one guy would have been tossed out, and the other two PITAs would have been right behind him.

Comment by Anti M on November 18, 2011 at 12:58pm: (psssst .... ET1!) ((lol))

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on November 18, 2011 at 12:35pm: Anti M, congratulations to your FC1!!! I wish all our Sailors the best of luck with their advancements.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on November 18, 2011 at 12:23pm: If they are qualified to take the test - they have to test.

Comment by Vickyrun on November 18, 2011 at 12:13pm: My only question is; Why does the Navy test so many sailors? When they know they only need a few.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on November 18, 2011 at 12:06pm: Congrats to all that make it, the numbers are getting thinner each cycle. For our ET3 hoping to move up to 2nd class, the numbers are slightly better than the FC2 opportunity, out of 1191 ET3 only 81 will advance to 2nd class. VickyMed, I will check for Chris and let you know.

Helen does have GOOD news to share :-)

NavyBluMom --- the difference between the two groups is Aegis and non Aegis as Helen and Karla shared below.

Sandy, they don't do a ceremony for our ETs and FCs to E4 because it is an automatic advancement but congrats to him -- when they move beyond that and have to pass these advancement tests they do one big advancement ceremony Navy wide where they all get frocked at one time, last year it was Dec. 1st but the results are out a week earlier this year. They do not start getting paid for the rate until later - the first pay for advancement begins in January and then each month thru June a % more gets their pay increase.

NavyBluMom - I do have the rack size somewhere and will try to put my fingers on it today for ya.

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Comment by Anti M on November 18, 2011 at 10:37am: My ET2 is now an ET1!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY! First time up!

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on November 17, 2011 at 7:25pm: Thank you Helen and Vickymed.

Vickymed congratulations to Chris!! Hope you hear from him soon.

Can't wait to see my son in December.

Comment by Vickimed(AECF-ET) on November 17, 2011 at 6:51pm: Hey Sandy Chris got his yesterday also. Congratultions to your FC3. Chris is deployed so I haven't heard from my ET3 yet.