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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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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 Submom2016 on October 31, 2015 at 7:39pm: Thank you.my son is 18 hrs away from home. She likes it so far. Today is Halloween is anything going on, on the base?

Comment by Erica on October 31, 2015 at 7:34pm: Thanks so much, Navymom9828! I'm trying to learn and know as much as possible. He'll be there for 63 days and then over on to C school.

Comment by Submom2016 on October 31, 2015 at 7:11pm: Hi I am new as well my son arrived in ct last Saturday.

Comment by Erica on October 31, 2015 at 7:05pm: Hello all. New here. My son arrived in CT this afternoon. So excited for this new journey he has embarked on!

Comment by Submom2016 on October 29, 2015 at 11:58pm: My son arrived less than a week ago to ct.

Comment by proudnavymum95 on October 28, 2015 at 6:02pm: Thank You Navymom9828! That is alot more info than I had,I appreciate it!

Comment by proudnavymum95 on October 28, 2015 at 5:09pm: Has anyone attended BESS Graduation? And know how do we get on base? How many are allowed to attend from each family?Any info would be greatly appreciated..Thanks! :)

Comment by EagleScoutnNavyMom on October 26, 2015 at 12:11pm: Do Thanksgiving holiday leave start on Tuesday or Wednesday and what time?

Comment by proudnavymum95 on October 26, 2015 at 11:06am: DianaLynn is completely right! There is lots of interaction with my sailor since he has been in Groton.Emailing,Texting,Phone calls..Its been great!

Comment by DianaLynn on October 26, 2015 at 10:47am: You have much more access to your sailor after Boot Camp! My son is graduating BESS this Friday (and we're going to see him too- hooyah!). Throughout BESS we have had daily texts and many FaceTime conversations with him....mostly in the evening and on weekends. There have been some weeks when he has class in the evenings and he's in class all day, but still. . . there's time for connection.

We have found the lodging situation is more like that of a college dorm. He'll go from 80 roommates to one. He'll still have rules and discipline, but more freedoms. It's really nice after the rigor of Boot Camp.