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Navy For Moms

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 Nancy on January 23, 2017 at 8:22pm: Does anyone know if RLP is Thursday of the 3rd week or Thursday of the 4th week? The NavyDads website says the 4th week. Something I saw on this site made me think the 3rd. Does anyone know for sure based on mail from LO or very recent experience from other classes?

Comment by Nancy on January 21, 2017 at 9:46pm: No phone calls here either, so that is good I guess. Letter was very positive! LO actually having a good time! Makes me feel so much better.

Comment by Shelby on January 21, 2017 at 5:04pm: Got my second letter from LO in 08-17B! It was written before the fast cruise. But I haven't gotten a phone call so I believe she's ok for now. She says the poopie suits make them all look like garbage men! She said they are all prepping for RLP inspection which come up this coming Friday

Comment by bkat3 on January 20, 2017 at 7:21pm: Excited for you, Nancy! I think I read my first letter 10 times.

Keep sending letters with all of the trivial info happening in your family, local, and the world. They really do not get much information from outside and have so little time to write to you.

It does get better once they get to email!

Comment by Nancy on January 20, 2017 at 5:19pm: Got first letter from LO in 08-17!!

Comment by PortMom on January 18, 2017 at 2:14am: Thank you everyone for your comments, I am starving for information about OCS, since this is my first time with my LO there.

Thank you myvampress for the info - very helpful!

I am grateful for this site, found lots of tips from experienced moms/dads! Keep these coming please!

Comment by Nancy on January 15, 2017 at 9:11pm: Just found the FB page 08-17 too! Thanks for sharing that.

Comment by Shelby on January 14, 2017 at 11:50pm: Found the FB page for 08-17! Just waiting on request to be accepted.

Comment by Shelby on January 14, 2017 at 11:23pm: Hello. Is there a Facebook page for OCS class 08-17B? If so his do I find it?

Comment by myvampress on January 14, 2017 at 12:12am: My son's graduation from OCS was at 2pm at the War Museum but graduation times and locations change. I was able to pick my son up the day before graduation and he stayed the night with us but I had to have him back at 5am graduation morning to do his check out stuff and then I was able to pick him back up about 11am and he stayed with us until graduation. He was able to come home with us for 10 days before heading to Charleston. He has completed 2 of his classes already while 3 of his ex roommates and a good friend of his all who graduated from OCS still have not started school yet due to clearances and background checks haven't been completed yet and it has been over a year so they have them working in the mail room.