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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: 667
Latest Activity: Dec 2, 2024

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Comment by pgrlisa on July 24, 2010 at 4:54pm: dch - It's called Bishop's 4th Street Diner. If you're leaving the base, it's on the right-hand side of the road before the traffic circle. Classic diner - silver building.

My daughter finished SWOS 2 weeks ago, reported directly to her ship and is out to sea as we speak. Everyone on board is treating her very well and she's enjoying her first deployment so far. That may change as she gets more responsibilities.

Graduation for her class started around 9:00. Once they were done with pictures inside, the new Ensigns go out to the parade grounds to get their first salutes from the training NCO's. They pay for them (a silver dollar), and it's another great photo op. We did it a little differently. My daughter's husband is also in the Navy, but enlisted, so he gave her her first salute. It was beautiful. He also says it's the last time he'll salute her! LOL! Then she got in line to get the first salutes from the the trainers.

Comment by jamac80 on July 23, 2010 at 4:10pm: Et moi, je parle francais aussi. Ma mere vient de la Nouvelle Orleans et je l'ai estudie au lycee et l'uni. It'll be fun to say hello...I mean, boujour!

Comment by jamac80 on July 23, 2010 at 3:16pm: Yup, I thought about others, too, after I logged off. To all of the moms out there helping us newbies...!gracias!

Comment by jamac80 on July 23, 2010 at 3:01pm: Thanks so much. I'm guessing it'll be the same for 19-10...I'll assume so anyway unless I hear differently from my son. Btw, I really appreciate all of your entries. You are a doll to share so much with us newbies. I'm a Spanish teacher, so I'll say "Gracias!"

Comment by jamac80 on July 23, 2010 at 2:41pm: Pgrlisa, what is the name of the diner with the mean breakfast?

Does anyone know when graduation actually begins and ends? We have company coming that might need to leave afterward.

Comment by dch on July 23, 2010 at 7:49am: pgrlisa, thanks for this info & congratulations on your daughter making it thru OCS. Hope she is doing well in SWOS.

Comment by pgrlisa on July 23, 2010 at 12:58am: dch - Congrats on your LO passing RLP. That's a big step. My daughter graduated with Class 18-10 in June. I wore a cocktail dress for Hi Moms and a different, less formal, dress for Graduation. There's also Pass In Review (PIR) on Thursday morning, for which I wore capri's and a nice top. The Navy Lodge is a very nice place to stay. You will eat all your meals off base in Newport. There's a diner just off base that makes a mean breakfast, and tons of cute restaurants in town. My daughter lovesThe Melting Pot, so we drove to Providence Friday night after Graduation for a celebratory dinner. She was staying in Newport for SWOS, so she didn't leave right away. Some kids can't wait to get off that island! Just a note, my daughter's class did not wear Dress Whites for Hi Moms, but did where their other Whites (can't remember what they are called). They wear Dress Whites for Graduation. Wow, they all look sharp! Hope that helps some.

Comment by dch on July 22, 2010 at 11:35pm: Sue, thanks for the info.

Comment by dch on July 22, 2010 at 8:52pm: I heard from my LO, passed RLP last week, so know I can start to think about graduation. What do moms/dads wear to the Hi Mom's affair on Thursday night & what do they wear on Friday am for graduation. I don't want to be under dressed nor over dressed for the occasion. Also, have made reservations at the Navy Lodge, I know my LO will have to be there to check us in, but what about being able to drive on/off base. Will LO have to be present, or will we get a pass. We hope to do some sightseeing while we are there.