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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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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Comment by Gs'mom Ship 09 Div 72 on February 14, 2011 at 4:34pm: Hello everyone. My son just graduated on the 11th, I just found you all and wanted to be your friend. Together we can get through this and help our sailors become successful. Good luck to all of our sailors who are going through this journey, and good luck to the mom's that are going through it with them. :)

Comment by gonavy2010 on February 14, 2011 at 11:14am: Hello ladies! New to this group. My son will graduate BC on 2/18/11 - Can't wait!!! But he is also staying at the Great Lakes to do his "A" school for MM. Just looking for any info and to make some new friends too! Thanks

Comment by Sash on February 14, 2011 at 2:39am: hi everyone..Ive been in this group for a little over a yr now.. but havent been on in months, so I just wanted to say hello, because I have noticed a lot of new people from the last time i logged on :)

Comment by jmazzsmom on February 13, 2011 at 10:32pm: great day Friday, now to fill classes and have A school start for MM at GL..

heard 9 weeks then 11 weeks so we'll see how long school is...they'll hold them a week or so till classes fill i heard.

Comment by mommajo on February 5, 2011 at 11:32pm: My son is MM -- I met an instructor who made me smile, "Men's Men! The world needs more of them." I'm not sure about other MM's but in the nuke program they don't change but cross study in power school; they need to know how it all works. It does depend on the Navy's need at the time. He will be happy to be a MM and MM's become E4 in just 3 mos compared to 6 mos for ET and EM -- they earn it!

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on February 5, 2011 at 2:20am: Thanks, Linda. I think that is the bottom line. There were approximately 30 sailors leaving boot camp and heading to GC - all Nukes and each of them given a variety of the three ratings... I've heard that in the end my sailor will be very happy that he was given MM.

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on February 4, 2011 at 7:30pm: it is also based on Navy needs at the time

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on February 4, 2011 at 7:24pm: Is there something besides scores on ASVAB that they choose their rating because my son got 99% on his and still didn't get his first choice of EM. Any ideas?

Comment by Terri(Machinist Mate Mom) on February 4, 2011 at 12:25pm: Penny-my son chose Jog Seng as his rate (not his 1st choice) and when he was in BC they gave him MM. He is interested in cross rating when he is able. He has been looking into it and securing sponsors for the new rate. It might be too early for that because he has to be in the current rate for 18 months ( I believe). He has only been at his duty station since mid November. Maybe its differnt for Nuke my son is not Nuke

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on February 3, 2011 at 5:06pm: Yeah, he told me that he will be done in something like 14 weeks. He had MM as his second choice, EM was his first but don't know how they decide besides the luck of the draw. Can they ever change their rating from one to another, any idea? Or do they just cross-qualify when they get in to the fleet for some of the other ratings?

For those that have MMs either in school or in the fleet, what has been their experience? Are they enjoying schooling, deployment, etc. I'd love to hear.