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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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Comment by DREW7062 on July 17, 2015 at 9:05am
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KIM; Congrats on your new grandchild.... My son is signed up for 5 years but I don't think he's going to C school, is it more money, etc if you go to C school bs just going to A school? Be safe on your trip love NY WATCH OUT FOR THE TAXI DRIVERS LOL
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Comment by Kim on July 17, 2015 at 8:14am
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My son had trouble with Tricare. They moved when she was pregnant and had to switch doctors. The old doctor refused to send records. My son went up his command and they put pressure on them. It seems the doctors fear getting put on the bad list.
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AntiM, not much different with HMO's. I was capitated to a podiatrist that charged me a $50.00 copay and said "That is really swollen, the xray looks good, make an appointment for next month". Six months later I still couldn't walk and I stomped my good foot at my PCP to insist on a new podiatrist.
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Comment by Anti M on July 17, 2015 at 7:52am
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Kim, I have been referred to a podiatrist and see him next week. LOL, I am on Tricare and do not get to pick my doctor. They pick for me.
Ah, C schools. Some ratings are okay as a "quad zero", while others, especially the technical ratings, they are mandatory or the sailor is next to useless to the Navy. I was an ET and went to a lot of C schools. One long one after A school, but a few others in between duty stations, and one four week one while I was stationed in Japan (micro-miniature soldering). So the C school experience can vary a great deal from one sailor to the next.
Drew, is he going to the hospital in Yokosuka? That is a big command, they have their own barracks, and can be strict about details for the junior sailors. It is a busy place, he'll work his tail off. I have a very positive view of that hospital, they saved my life twice with emergency surgeries. Of course, I know he could be going to a ship, they have HMs also.
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MamaBear; hey!!!!!! Miss us what's happening? Yes my boy is in his last 4 weeks of A school can u believe how the time has flown... Seems like he was in boot camp just yesterday. Yes, he's coming home and then to Yokotuska or something lol Japan. What's been going on with you? I'll sdd you on my friend list. But have yourself a good night. And you know good luck! (((Hugs)))
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Comment by MamaBear on July 16, 2015 at 11:47pm
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DREW7062 a name I recognize!!! How happy to see that your Sailor will also be going to Japan! I'm still waiting for my daughter to come home, I hope that it comes soon. Glad to hear and see a familiar name!
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2tymenavymom: Wow! That's great! I don't think he wants to go to C school
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2tymenavymom: Oh I see, thank you so much for the info. My son is in A school now and graduates in 4 weeks I think he's coming home on leave for a couple weeks and off to Zjapan I asked him how come he's not going to C school and he's said he did not want to go to C school, that's why I asked if its mandatory that he go to C school because everyone doesn't go am I correct? He has Been getting 90 or95 or better on all his tests. But I don't think he's going to A school.
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Comment by 2tymeNavyMom on July 16, 2015 at 11:28pm
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If he does get a c school, he should look forward to it. Just one more certification he gets for free. The navy gave me a 70,000$ education and a career as a surgical tech. I'm even certified nationally.
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Definitely mandatory. When you are going through the last phases of a school you fill out something commonly referred to as a dream sheet. You list your top three picks on a slip of paper and turn it in. Some people ask for c school and don't get it based off of grades, while someone who did not want school got the slot because their scores are so high. Uncle Sam has to fill a quota, which is based off of needs of the fleet. So if they need 20 8483's in a particular month, they fill that quota by pulling sailors from the four classes that graduate in that month. Once you get orders to c school, there is no way you can change it.
-HN Reece
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