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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 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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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 Texasmom on December 29, 2015 at 7:20pm: Hannahlashai, is navy housing available? How long has yur hubby been at school? At what point did yu go there etc?

Comment by HannahLashai on December 29, 2015 at 6:41pm: I'm looking for an apartment in Groton. I just married my sailor and he will be in school here for at least a year. Any suggestions?

Comment by fayegirrl4* on December 26, 2015 at 12:17pm: Thanks TJ proudnavymom! Why didn't we think of uber? Lol

Comment by TJ Proudnavymom on December 26, 2015 at 10:52am: If that doesn't work out my sailor suggested UBER. When he got back in October the taxi took him to the wrong base and still cost him a fortune. He used UBER yo get back to base

Comment by fayegirrl4* on December 26, 2015 at 3:33am: CO_Proud Parent, thanks for the tip! We will contact USSVI Groton to see if there are other options for our sailor. If he didnt have a round trip plane ticket, I would drive him back to Groton ( although the trip up and back over Thanksgiving ALMOST did us all in).

Comment by CO_Proud Parent on December 25, 2015 at 8:23pm: Fayegirrl4 If he has a friend that could pick him up or possibly contact the USSVI Groton base and see if you could have someone pick him up and get him to base. http://www.subvetsgroton.org/default.aspx They are the group that does the large Thanksgiving for the guys that can not make it home. Good Group.

Comment by fayegirrl4* on December 25, 2015 at 7:32pm: Our sailor will be returning to base Dec. 29. He needs to find an economical way back from Hartford/Bradley airport. We thought he could use the shuttle but was informed that it would not be running until Jan. 2. He is not old enough to rent a car and a taxi will be close to $200. Any helpful tips will be appreciated! Thanks!

Comment by Mominmich on December 19, 2015 at 8:37am: My son had PIR 12/4/15 and has been in Groton from there. He only has the 5 day leave but is flying home and will drive back..I'm thinking about riding along ..not sure yet on that we are so excited for his visit!

Comment by Anchor's Aweigh Mom on December 17, 2015 at 9:58pm: My sailor said that everyone is on liberty, but he's not coming home for Christmas because he doesn't have enough time (only five days accrued), and two of those days would be for travel. How does this work? I guess I just don't quite understand the concept of liberty and whether or not it subtracts time from his future days off.

Comment by Texasmom on December 13, 2015 at 4:29pm: Son and his wife trying to get an 8dea 9f when she mite be able to come to groton. Hell grad bootcamp, leave for groton, be restricted to base for a period. When is it feasible for a wife wth out shipping household goods to actually go to groton, get into housing, and livery there, seeing hubby as he's avail and phases up etc. ??