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Navy For Moms

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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

Events

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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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: 834
Latest Activity: Feb 14, 2023

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Comment by Anti M on July 15, 2015 at 8:31am: Italy and the chance to see your daughter sing before the Pope sounds amazing. I am sure your sailor can appreciate this once in a lifetime chance for you and your daughter!

Comment by Indiboxer on July 14, 2015 at 8:43pm: I wish I knew that sooner. I figured my sailor would be in school over Christmas so we decided to go to Italy because my daughter is going to sing for Pope Francis with her school choir. We booked the tickets to leave earlier because I didn't want to be home without my sailor over Christmas. Oh well live and learn.

Comment by Anti M on July 14, 2015 at 8:28pm: The training commands, which are A and C schools, take two weeks off and close the schools. The students are allowed to take leave, although there is enough staff to man the barracks and such during that time for those who choose to stay behind. Taking leave means they can travel home. Yes, they pay for their own tickets.

If they have not earned enough leave, they may borrow some of their future leave. You can make an estimate as they earn 2.5 days each month for 30 days a year. Never book flights in advance of knowing the official dates, and try to have them back early in the day, or the day before, because flying into Chicago in winter is a bear.

I wrote a blog entry about the difference between leave and liberty is anyone is confused:

http://navyformoms.com/profiles/blogs/leave-vs-liberty

Comment by Navymom627 on July 14, 2015 at 7:49pm: My son finished PIR last November and was able to come home for 2 weeks during Christmas stand own. He went back to Great Lakes on Jan 4th and is there now for his A school.

Comment by TravelerMom on July 14, 2015 at 7:35pm: I'm curious also about Christmas leave, I don't understand the term "stand down", my sons PIR is early October then will stay in GL for A school.

Comment by Alex's_Mom (Robin) on July 14, 2015 at 7:08pm: How much time do they get for Christmas? Is it leave or just liberty?

Comment by Anti M on July 12, 2015 at 10:08pm: Also DaIhgren.

Comment by MsT on July 12, 2015 at 6:27pm: FC's go to C school in San Diego or Dam Neck Virginia.

Comment by Jennie on July 9, 2015 at 10:00am: does anyone know where C school is for FCs? or at least what the possibilities are? TIA :)

Comment by Anti M on June 25, 2015 at 3:12pm: The "change" could be another sailor was dropped from the program. Have not heard of other changes now.

Sailors in A school do not usually get to take leave. There is a two week stand down around Christmas, and leave requests are approved then.