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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 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).

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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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GROTON, CT. SUBSCHOOL & "A" SCHOOL MOMS

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hi My Son is currently in Groton, Ct. for Submarine School then "A" School.

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Comment by Navymom26 on March 26, 2014 at 8:20am: Good Morning to all the Navy Moms! And welcome to all the new Navy Moms here!! Just found out that my sailor will graduate from Groton May 29th! My husband and I are going to fly up to Groton from GA. Then my husband is flying back and I will be driving back with my son!! That should be interesting ....the good old days of fighting over the radio!! I can't wait. He doesn't know yet where he will be based but he has 2 weeks off till he has to check in! I'm so excited! But then he said that deployment can be up to 8 months. I've been without seeing him that long. :( It's going to be a very hard 4 more years.

Comment by FATHOMOM on March 26, 2014 at 1:55am: Oh LaxDogsMom - what a handsome sweet face! I too LOVE seeing the pic's of happy faces. Happy Birthday to your son and a Happy "labor"day to you!

Welcome Denny & dzdawn - Congratulations and a HOOYAH on P.I.R. Enjoy the beautiful ceremony and take lots of kleenex! Did I mention that when I spoke about P.I.R. our son had no idea what that term was? All of them call it graduation! Your Sailors will truly enjoy Groton. Our son has been at Groton since May 2013 and truly loves it.It is quite different than BOOT. Oh, the opportunity to hear from them and receive texts is wonderful. Everything Eaglefan Mom mentioned below is very similar to what most of our sons at Groton have experienced. During the next few weeks your son's will be busy earning their yellow and blue cards, checking out sub's on base, and sharing the responsibility of watch. When earned they have the privilege of wearing civilian clothes, leaving base and much more. So text them and I am sure they will return your text when they have the chance.

Kevsmom93 - wonderful to hear that your Marine is doing well. God bless and guide America and ALL of our Military daughters and sons.

Comment by Kevsmom93 on March 26, 2014 at 1:01am: LaxDogsMom- Dare I say the first thing I thought when I saw your son's pic...."How sweet and adorable." He looks so darn happy! I just love all of our sailor's thanks for sharing such an awesome pic! And a very Happy Birthday to your son!

Welcome to the group new mom's! My son has been in Groton since June 8th, 2013.He arrived along with mrsb's son and ProudNavyMom#1's son. He's currently in the final phase of his A-school for Sonar Tech and loving it. I'm estimating about two months to go. Can hardly believe all this time has passed, you are absolutely right about that FATHOMOM!

Congrats Mom's on your Sailor's getting their "fish" such an amazing accomplishment in their careers!

ProudNavyMom#1- I'm glad you were able to extract words of wisdom from my post! Truly I think we all have to find what works best when communicating with our son's :-)

mrsb- How sweet of you to ask, my Marine is doing great and continues his school in Pensacola, Florida. Hasn't failed a test and according to his big brother he's at the top of his class. But that's not something our boys focus on so they are typically too humble to tell us themselves. In fact even though we have that bit of info. from the "big brother" we haven't let our Marine know that we know...lol. Things are a lot different in the Marine Corps, they keep them running around the clock. He called one night and it was 10pm his time and was getting ready to go PT (physical training). Then they are up again at 4 am...good thing they are all young, healthy and fit with that kind of schedule!

Comment by LaxDogsMom on March 26, 2014 at 12:02am: Thank you Kristen (K's Homemade Sweets 'n Treats) for making my sailor's birthday extra special!

Comment by navymom2013 on March 25, 2014 at 11:08pm: Hi Denny - We all have someone we love. either in Groton or going there soon. Are you there? Please fill us in - we always love a new person to talk to. My son is graduating A School in May - ET Nav. He is working hard and he can't wait for the next step.

Comment by mrsb on March 25, 2014 at 9:43pm: Hi Denny! Welcome and please tell us about yourself!

Comment by Denny (Ship 09 Div 170) on March 25, 2014 at 8:44pm: Hello I'm Denny.

Comment by FATHOMOM on March 24, 2014 at 8:56pm: Welcome to the Groton famliy ermkilm - we are all here for you! BIG NAVY MOM HUGG!

Comment by ermklm1022 on March 23, 2014 at 11:01am: Eaglefan Thank you for the information. Our sailor is doing the same thing. MM, Torpedoman. I love this place. Everyone sharing and helping each other is just so beautiful! Thank you again.

ProudNavyMom#1 Hello! Yes, his PIR was 3.14.14 amazing weekend! I've been on Navy4Moms since he left for basic and have come to love it here. Thank you for all of the information. Its great to know what he is telling us is actually happening..LOL!! Have a great day!

Comment by mrsb on March 22, 2014 at 10:42pm: Welcome to the Groton family Ermklm! You can see that there are lots who want to help any way we can. Your son will like it in Groton-they all do!!