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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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OCS Graduate Moms

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For those who have graduated from Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI or who are currently attending there.

Members: 668
Latest Activity: Feb 3

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Comment by M's mom on September 19, 2012 at 9:41am: momoffive: Tell all the family members that you give your LO's OCS address to, to send ONLY letters, until they reach the Candidate Officer (Candio) phase at nine weeks. Do not send candy, gum, cookies, or any gifts now, or they will be punished. One candidate in my son's OCS class got sent cookies at week three by an aunt, and had to do 800 pushups! The letters should be in plain, white envelopes, no glitter, or stickers. They also frown upon loose enclosures such as photos and cartoons. One way around this that we did successfully was to photocopy pictures and cartoons onto letter- sized paper, or print them into a word-processed letter. NO MUSICAL CARDS!!! You don't want their mail to stand out and call the DI's attention to them. Tell all who have your LO's address about these rules, or they may innocently get your LO in trouble.

Comment by momoffive on September 18, 2012 at 8:48pm: Thanks ...I did join the FB page and am enjoying the pictures, we also got an email from him today!!!

And thank you Mayapple for your comments...we have sent his address to family members and hope they will write, too.

Comment by Dawn on September 18, 2012 at 6:36pm: The OCS Facebook page and website post an update with pictures weekly for each class

Comment by Dawn on September 18, 2012 at 6:32pm: The class also has a face book page. You won't here from them the first four weeks much. After that they will get weekend phone privileges. They are very busy. No news is good news, means they are hanging in there.

Comment by Mayapple on September 18, 2012 at 10:07am: Hi momoffive,

My son graduated from OCS in September 2011. May I suggest sending a letter everyday. They will mean so much to him. The circumstances are very intense and the guys and gals love getting mail. I ask friends who knew him to send letters too. Just tell him all that is going on and give some words of encouragement. It's generally not a good idea to send pictures. Best wishes to you and your son. Wonder where you are seeing pictures. Maybe on fb. I only saw one of mine the whole time. What a wonderful thing for you.

Comment by momoffive on September 18, 2012 at 9:07am: My son is in class 03-13 in Newport also...I am loving seeing the pictures posted and have been able to spot him in a few. Has anyone heard from their son/daughter/husband ? We got on phone call so far and we sent one letter.

Comment by Sheila on September 17, 2012 at 11:49pm: Hi my hubby is in that class 03-13. Like the OTCN page you'll see their training updates:)

Comment by NYNancy on September 15, 2012 at 9:47am: Hi Campbellm, I have a son in 03-13.

Comment by Dawn on September 14, 2012 at 2:43pm: 03-13 has a face book page that family and friends are on.
US Navy OCS Class 03-13 is what you search for and ask to join. Join some of the earlier classes also so can read how things occur. My son was class 14-12 and thee face book page was great for keeping informed

Comment by campbellm on September 14, 2012 at 12:48pm: Good morning. Is there anyone out there with a son or daughter in OCS Class 03-13 that started on September 9, 2012?