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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: Aug 6, 2024
Discussion Forum
Anybody out there?
Started by Jules. Last reply by Bandmom Aug 24, 2021. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Current A school at GL for AECF?
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Anyone graduating A school on 10/26/18
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Comment by Vickyrun on April 21, 2013 at 11:20am
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I saw this on FB this morning and just had to share with you all.
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Comment by Janie134 on April 16, 2013 at 8:54am
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My sailor had PIR 5 Oct 2012 and had time for ATT school before he took 10 days Christmas leave. Very quickly after return from leave he began his A school for FC. He is due to finish that FC A school next month. So roughly, from early Jan to mid May is the number of weeks for A school. Sorry I don't know the dates to be more accurate. Hope this helps with your calculations.
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Roth you know you can do it
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Comment by Chris, Forever Ray's Proud Mom on April 15, 2013 at 5:55am
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Rohitsakp-good luck
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Thank you Angie, Anti M and All other Moms.
Angie..Yes I went to PSD and I am going undes. There is nothing that I can do but keep a positive attitude and try to be a great sailor.
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Comment by Anti M on April 9, 2013 at 9:27pm
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Here is a good discussion about going undesignated:
http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/going-undesignated
I hope that will answer a few questions.
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Angie..No I am not looking for any shoulder to cry..I know where I went wrong and suffering for it and probably will suffer all the time I am in the Navy for a mistake. I was just looking on advice on how the whole undesignated thing work and how to strike since some people say it take 6 months to strike for E3 and some say 2 years. Also I was confused when some of the 1st classes say I can strike for anything, at the same time I hear that it is upto the command if they want me to strike and in what rating. Thank you and Sorry if I have offended anyone.
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rohitskap - your experience was a bad one and I know you need advice, but your participation here makes me uncomfortable - for you as "talking out of school" might not set well??
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rohipsakp, pick yourself up and dust yourself off. you can reach your dreams another route. make the best and do your best in whatever is decided. your career is not over, just a different route. I feel for you, but you need to (and seemed to have) learned to take care of yourself, forgive yourself, just don't forget the lessons life teaches.
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Thank you for sharing your experience Perhaps some good may come of it in that several are now letting their sailors know what a very important issue this is and how serious the Navy takes it. I'm so sorry for what has happened. Wish I had some good and promising advice, but I can't offer any.
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