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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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Moms of Officers

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Future, current and past officers

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Latest Activity: Jan 29

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Comment by CindyN on March 28, 2017 at 11:30pm: ChefMom, First, congratulations to both you and your son. It is an exciting (and stressful) time but so rewarding.

You can find a list of what your son should take to Newport here: http://www.ocs.navy.mil/ocs_requiredpaperwork.html

I recommend that you also join the group "OCS Graduate Moms". That is a group of family members who have a LO that are soon leaving for OCS, currently at OCS, or who gradulated from OCS. If you read back through the comment wall you will find lots of useful information.

Ask lots of questions. Everyone here is happy to share their experience.

Best of wishes to your son!

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Comment by CindyN on March 28, 2017 at 11:30pm: ChefMom, First, congratulations to both you and your son. It is an exciting (and stressful) time but so rewarding.

You can find a list of what your son should take to Newport here: http://www.ocs.navy.mil/ocs_requiredpaperwork.html

I recommend that you also join the group "OCS Graduate Moms". That is a group of family members who have a LO that are soon leaving for OCS, currently at OCS, or who gradulated from OCS. If you read back through the comment wall you will find lots of useful information.

Ask lots of questions. Everyone here is happy to share their experience.

Best of wishes to your son!

Please

Comment by ljdnavigator on March 27, 2017 at 10:14pm: All are correct in not sending packages, just letters. I ended up getting cards for each week and mailed them accordingly, so he'd have mail each week. They really love getting letters/cards from home especially during their first challenging couple weeks. You'll want to double check with your candidate regarding what they can receive in the Candio (9th week) Box(es) (I sent 2). This time around they candidates were not able to get candy or junk food...even jerky fell into this category. I was glad I sent a few non food items our he's have very pretty empty boxes! (If you need any suggestions for this you can message me...I was clueless and thankfully I found some posts on when and how to send the boxes).

Things for your candidate to take can range from nothing but the clothes on his/her back, to an athletic bag packed with t shirts, underwear, socks, running shoes, toiletries, we packed 2 pairs of running shoes because he has wide feet and a size 14 shoe. They don't need to pack any street clothes, since they have to be in uniform from the get go. Your candidate will get a list of approved items. It sounded weird to me considering how much he took to college.

Wishing your candidate well!!

Comment by M's mom on March 27, 2017 at 4:36pm: Tess099: Noni is correct. Don't send your son ANYTHING but letters in plain, white envelopes until his 10th week when he becomes a "Candio," (Candidate Officer) and can then receive "Candio boxes with goodies. Make sure anyone you give his mailing address to knows this, or he will be doing hundreds of pushups as punishment, even if he didn't ask for it to be sent!!!! As far as what he is to take with him, there should be a list on the Navy's OCS website, something like OCS/navy.mil. His recruiter should also be able to get him a list or send him a link. He shouldn't take anything that is not allowed, or it will be confiscated.

Tess, please join the group here on N4M's called "OCS Graduate Moms." That's where the current and former OCS moms are posting and you will learn lots about OCS by reading past posts of that group. That group is specific to OCS, whereas some of the families of officers in this group became officers by NROTC or the Naval Academy.

Comment by Noni on March 27, 2017 at 11:56am: You won't be able to send your son anything but letters until Candio time. He will be in serious trouble

Comment by Tess099 on March 27, 2017 at 11:48am: My son will be leaving for OCS soon and I'm looking for non food ideas to send him...gag gift ideas are welcome. I don't know yet what he's able to take with him...I'm a blank slate here...:)

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Comment by Rose on January 25, 2017 at 10:06pm: Darn auto correct! Intended to type "Thanks Parv!"

Comment by Rose on January 25, 2017 at 10:05pm: Thanks Park!

Comment by Parv on January 25, 2017 at 2:12pm: Yes Rose, I have sent a flash drive with movies. Our DS really enjoyed this. He usually downloads music onto his laptop before deploying, so I stuck to movies. I've also sent some sophomoric-humor DVD's from the sale bins. Comic relief!

Comment by Rose on January 25, 2017 at 11:47am: Yes, the jersey knit sheets (twin XL) have scored well with our DS. :-D He has requested cookies, also beef jerky, for care package items. Has anyone sent flash drives loaded with movies, podcasts, and such? Figure with limited access, he can still have that type of stuff to watch on his laptop.