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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 February 4, 2015 at 10:53am: A car is useful in SD, and opens up a lot of activities during his time off. Is this for C school or will this be his duty station?

Comment by Navy Nates Mom on February 4, 2015 at 10:11am: Thanks so much for the info my sailor is trying to decide to keep his car from high school and take it to San Diego or sell it

Comment by Anti M on February 4, 2015 at 9:47am: Short answer, yes, they can have their car, but do not expect to park it close to where they live or work.

Comment by Anti M on February 4, 2015 at 9:46am: 32nd Street base? Parking on base is limited, there is some, and if they are in the Beacon, there is assigned parking. There is a lot of parking by the trolley tracks, and a couple parking structures. That base is divided into wet side (the ships) and dry side (the schools and barracks, recreation facilities). Pain in the ass to park on base, most park just off and walk over to the wet side. Dry side, expect to walk a bit for parking also.

Comment by Navy Nates Mom on February 4, 2015 at 8:24am: does anyone know if they are living on base at San Diego if they are allowed to have their car on base?

Comment by Anti M on January 26, 2015 at 10:21am: FC A school is always longer than stated seat time! There are always some hold times waiting to class up.

He can take leave after A school, and yes, unless it is the holidays, he can use RAP (recruiter assistance) to save leave days for after C school. The stand down for training commands is roughly two weeks over Christmas and New Years. Can't use RAP over Christmas.

Comment by RebeccaProudWife on January 22, 2015 at 4:09am: Christine, your sailor can put in for a chit (not sure of the name, drawing a blank) where he can go and "work" in the recruiting office he left from for 5 days. Approval us usually based on when he needs to report for C school and when the classes start, additionally if his recruiter and/or recruiting office gives the ok. Its a way to get a few more days at home, but its not a completely a vacation because he may still have to "work" but those days won't count towards leave, which he can use after C school.
Brandon's Mom, usually stand downs are the last two weeks of the year and first week of the year...about

Comment by Brandon's Mom on January 21, 2015 at 11:18pm: Got the "Sailor" call tonight, hooyah!!! He also got his orders today and he is going for FC, which is what he wanted. He said a school will be 173 days and that was as much as he knew right now. Hopefully will find out more about any stand downs or C school!

Comment by Anti M on January 17, 2015 at 12:55pm: For A school, you need to let your sailor know you are coming. They must escort you on base, no passes. It is very low key, little more than a few salutes, maybe a speech, and then they pass out certificates. Ours was held in the hallway.

Usually they take leave after A school, about a week. It will depend on the C school though, some do begin right away.

Comment by Christine Proud Son of ET on January 17, 2015 at 12:00pm: My son is graduating A school and I would like to attend. Any tips on how to go about this? Do they get time off in between A and C school?