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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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Naval Aviation

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For Moms with Aviators or anyone interested

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Latest Activity: Feb 3

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Comment by Lisa on March 2, 2010 at 8:01pm: How long is IFS and is that the part they wait around for? Is that the program that is backed up for the 6-8 months or so?

Comment by snowmc on March 2, 2010 at 6:29pm: Thanks...that is going to become a very useful tool!

Comment by AH on March 2, 2010 at 6:24pm: Someone posted an Aviator Slang website before that is a good reference. It's way back in the postings so here it is again. I keep a copy handy for times that we talk with Mike. Not all of them are there but a good portion of them are.

http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.html

Comment by Lisa on March 2, 2010 at 6:15pm: Thanks so much! Yes, I would like the apt info as well!
Is API before IFS? Do they do both before the actual flight training begins?
What's the difference between the programs in P'cola and CC?
Probably REALLY stupid questions, but this is all foreign territory to me!LOL

Comment by AH on March 2, 2010 at 12:20pm: OCS to waiting to class up was a whole lot easier when OCS was in Pensacola. Mike had to check n the same day as he graduated. Everyone else had to rush to their next station. Pensacola to CC was over a weekend. Then he waited from mid Nov to Feb for IFS and I think he started API in March. Once he was in CC he only had 3 weeks for Primary to start up but started standing duty right away.

Comment by Lisa on March 2, 2010 at 11:59am: Do they get paid when they are waiting around for months in P'cola?
Is it hard to get OHARP? If you get OHARP how long are you in P'cola before you are released for OHARP? Thanks so much! (Trying to decide whether or not to fly or drive to P'cola...what to do with his truck in Newport....drive it to Fl or wait and see where he is ordered to go.)

Comment by newfmom on March 2, 2010 at 10:15am: It seems so long ago that my son was in P'cola and it has been @ 9 mos since he went to Corpus. He spent 6 months in P'cola but even then there IS quite a bit of down time. He is one of those "A" type personalities that HAS to be busy every moment. He trained for a marathon when he had time,stood watch and anything to pass the time. Suddenly, it happens and they are through and BOOM- they go to their next assignment. A very stressful time for all but more so for them. They know what they want and know that everything they do is so important to their career. All that we can do is be their rock and ever positive sounding boards. Good luck and peace to all the new P'col Moms!

Comment by PattyM on March 2, 2010 at 1:53am: Lisa - Pretty close timing. My daughter had less than a week. We drove for 3-days straight with a U-Haul trailer :-) What an adventure!