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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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Discussion Forum
The Path of a Rescue Swimmer
Started by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours). Last reply by Swimmermom May 28, 2019. 53 Replies 33 Likes
My Rescue Swimmer is at RTC...PIR 11/9/18
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Confused
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Comment by proudmama on June 18, 2015 at 7:54am
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Melissa- Congrats! How exciting! Is this grandbaby number 1? Merry Christmas in advance! I'm excited for your daughter and her family... AND your son! To have both your son in law AND son doing well in their perspective "jobs" within the military is an accomplishment!
Welcome Marianne!
Question for all who are familiar with the last stages of Romeo-FRS training... my son has 2 1/2 months left before he finishes FRS with only 3 flights and he is "done". Do you think he will graduate "on time?" How do I manage the timing of flying out to SD to see him graduate when graduation date seems to be more of a suggestion than a firm date? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Comment by Melissa on June 18, 2015 at 12:42am
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Hey Marianne - welcome to the group! Good Luck to your son as he continues on his journey down the pipeline.
Okay - on a totally non-Navy related note, I have to brag on my son in law. He is in the Air Force and was just selected for Officer Training AND he and my daughter are expecting a baby!!!!! I am so excited for them - and Merry Christmas to me, as they are due at the end of December. Yeah!!
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Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4 on June 15, 2015 at 10:08am
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Welcome Marianne. There is a link above, Path of a Rescue Swimmer, that may answer any questions you have. If not, feel free to ask any questions and someone on here should be able to answer them for you.
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Comment by Marianne on June 15, 2015 at 6:46am
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Hi I am new to this group. My son just got to Jax for FRAC 2 weeks ago. He leaves for SERE in July before he classes up 8/5. It has been tough but I am so excited for him. We are driving down Fourth of July weekend to bring him his car. I can't wait to see him!!!! I'm glad I found this group :)
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Comment by mtnestr on June 9, 2015 at 9:50pm
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Thanks to Melissa and April for your encouraging words. My son is currently in RSS. It is challenging, but he is enjoying it so far.
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Comment by April on June 8, 2015 at 2:13am
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Hello all! It's been a couple years since I've logged on here. And I forgot how awesome and useful this site is.
I just want to encourage all you moms, wives, and girlfriends to hang in there! While the RSS pipeline is a long one, it is very rewarding.
My husband graduated boot camp in May 2011. He did aircrew, RSS, A School (Romeo) in Pensacola and then we headed to Mayport for about a year for FRAC. And now we've been in Japan for a couple years and enjoying every minute of it!
Stay positive everyone! And good luck to all your sailors!
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Hey Ho Everyone! Long time, no chat. =) Hope everyone is doing well.
Last Thursday my son received his wings - it was (in his words) a very quick thing because they left for DEP on Friday and they had a briefing to get to. He did manage to squeeze in a picture of his new name plate and his certificate for his Momma, but only because I begged!
He took off on Friday for training in Arizona - when I asked him how it was going, his reply was "It's hot" - so all is well in his world.
Someone asked down thread how it was going now that they have graduated and are in their Squadrons - and I have to say for my son, it is going really well. He loves the guys he is with, he loves his job, he loves to fly, he loves when they take them two miles off shore and they get to train in the water for three hours. Basically, he loves everything about what he is doing, and is giving serious thought to this being his career, and not just an enlistment.
Of course, that is dependent upon how the next three years of his enlistment go - but if the next three go as the first three have, I think he's set.
It's a hard discipline and the time in classroom is stressful and wearing, but so worth the time and effort that these young men and women put in.
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Birdiejr- Glad to hear how much he continues to love his rate and his teammates. So proud of your young men and women who attempt this challenging rate...
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Comment by Birdiejr on May 17, 2015 at 3:19pm
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My son seems to love his job. He is still tight w his Rescue Swimmer school group (even has a tat). I know that his graduation in Pensacola was precious to me. You'll love it. It is so much more personal than boot camp.
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Saltyocean- ahhh... it is so hard for me to keep in my mind where everbody is in the pipeline! My son is about half way done with his Romeo training...can hardly believe it. Looking forward to hearing about your son's graduation.
Birdejr and LynJ- would love to hear their perspective of the AIRR rate now that they are "done" with training... :)
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