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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Nuke School Charleston

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My husband is in Nuke school at the NWS in Charleston, SC. We are enjoying it here! This group's for anyone who wants to talk.

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Comment by Wendy4Cody on April 22, 2014 at 4:29pm: My son is a MM in Prototype who is stuck on hold until his unit is back up and running. He can't finish Prototype until then. I just wish they could get done so he can fully qualify to move on to his duty station.

Comment by BoyWonderMom on April 22, 2014 at 4:01pm: Anxiously awaiting the scores for today's test. Anytime now.

Comment by BoyWonderMom on April 22, 2014 at 3:59pm: My son is also a MM

Comment by JeffsMom on April 22, 2014 at 2:29pm: My son is an MM.

Comment by MomThatLovesHerSon on April 22, 2014 at 1:29pm: JeffsMom and The boy wonder mom,

Are your sailors MM, EM, or ET?

Comment by MomThatLovesHerSon on April 22, 2014 at 1:27pm: Hi JeffsMom, Susiedental, and The boy wonder mom!

My son graduates June 6. So we have that in common, The boy wonder mom!

Susiedental, my son is also an ET!

I wonder, for the June 6 graduates, at this point, are they having 1 test a week or 2 tests a week?

I so hope I can afford to go to PS graduation. I am currently unemployed. I know though, that if it's the Lord's will for me to go, I will go!

Comment by Susiedental on April 21, 2014 at 7:41pm: I know how all you moms with PS students feel. The amount of relief I felt on April 8 when I got the text letting me know he passed comp was monumental. My son is an ET and most weeks in the second half there were two tests every week. There is so much stress for our sailors. I just always tried to be positive and encouraging when I spoke with him. Never let them feel your stress. Now he is on to prototype. Hopefully that will go well. Good luck to all your sailors.

Comment by BoyWonderMom on April 21, 2014 at 7:32pm: JeffsMom, Susiedental, and Momthatlovesherson, I'm with you also. While my son is struggling, he's very positive that he will finish PS. I pray For that blessing for him everyday.
JeffsMom, congratulations on your son's high score, it's fantastic, and a confidence boost.
Momthatlovesherson, my son is set to graduate on June 6, can't wait for PS to be done with so my boy can relax a bit. Susiedental, I do get a bit of anxiety every week, usually Tuesdays, when it's time for the dreaded weekly test. We are all in the same boat. God willing our boys will graduate and continue on to prototype. ;)

Comment by JeffsMom on April 21, 2014 at 4:48pm: Hi MomThatLovesHerSon! Welcome! Yes, isn't is wonderful that we have a place to come, where we know we're understood and not looked at like we're over-worrying...lol. Most of my girlfriends get it, but sometimes not as much as I'd like. They've not gone through this. So, I am soooo very thankful for this site!!! :D

My son's grad date is supposed to be Aug 1st. When's your son's?

Comment by MomThatLovesHerSon on April 21, 2014 at 4:42pm: Hi Moms!!

My son is in PS. Will graduate this summer. I am so proud of him. I think he also struggles with his grades and classes. But I try to be encouraging to him when we talking, telling him to work hard and he can do it and ask questions when he needs to.

I don't hear from him often these days, which I totally understand. He is SO busy, mainly with studying.

It is so nice to come here and know that others understand what you are going through. I am SO excited about going to his PS graduation, Lord willing.