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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

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:

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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HI. I just joined Navy for Moms today. My son is finishing high school this year and is in the deferred enlistment program. He took the ASFAB, scored well and was encouraged to sign up for nuclear program. He is getting cold feet and is fearful that he "can't cut" the program. Any suggestions on how we can encourage him?

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I don't have any suggestions but wanted to say 'Hi"....My son will graduate this year and be off to Bootcamp Aug 24, 2010 and then off to Charleston too and I know he's nervous. He won't let on, but you can see it. I just keep telling my son what a wonderful opportunity this is and he has always done well and will continue too.

Congrats!
Hi,
Thanks so much for your reply. It means a lot to hear from someone who is experiencing the same emotions. Our son is also due to leave for Boot Camp in August, although we do not have a date yet. Would be neat if they met! He is still very much in the "cold feet" stage. It doesn't seem to be getting any better. Like you we will continue to encourage him. Thanks for your care and support.
(((((Aurora and Daniel's fan)))))) Just wanted to encourage you both - my son graduated high school May 2009 - he was in NJROTC for all four years of high school. He enlisted as a NUKE April 09 and left for bootcamp in Dec. 09. He graduated from bootcamp 2/19 and has been at Nuke School for about 10 days waiting for his classes to start.

I just wanted to encourage you that the boys will do fine, and though bootcamp is a challenge for both the recruits and the moms - it is worth the journey. I couldn't have done it without Navy for Moms - so I'm glad that you are here.
I will pass the word, thank you for the encouragement! It will be very difficult for me, he's not only my first born, baby boy but he's become my friend too. I will miss him dearly!

Just the other day he said "Dad, do you know I have 107 more days at home?" I had to leave the room, completly broke down. I'll be on this site a lot needing anyone to reply that has something to add........

Thanks everyone for your story!
My son may be in the same class as yours, he is in A school right now this week was a bunch of lectures on Navy expectations. I expect our sailors will all do well in school. Congratulations on your sons accomplishment. Thank you for your support and encouragement of your sailor to help get him this far.
I was very proud of my sons decisions when I saw him after boot camp, saw him considering consequences of his actions and making good choices.
Hello there! My name is Meagan and my husband and I are living here in Goose Creek, SC while he is going through the Nuclear Program. We have been here since October so he is just about to finish up the A-school portion and then he'll move on to Power School then Prototype. Let your son know that the program is challenging but they do have a great system set up here to help you succeed in this program. During school you are given a certain amount of required study hours a week depending on your GPA to help ensure that you will pass your test and programs. Now if you are still struggling there are options that your SLPO (section leader) can put you on, like getting a certain amount of assistance and then getting signed of on it by the instructor that helped you study or if you are really struggling they can roll you back in the class to give you a little more time to study. Basically the instructors are here to help and this program is difficult and demading but there is help here. They do pay attention to you and there are opportunities to pull your grade if you need to. Let him know that he can do it!!!

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