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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:
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:
**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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For those who have graduated from Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI or who are currently attending there.
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Comment by LZ27 on October 25, 2010 at 9:45pm
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I am glad you found the Good Wood Store. Paymaster gave me the idea of an ensign box. I seached high and low and finally found TGW Store. I sent them the info I wanted and they created the ensign box exactly like I wanted it. The one on their website is my son's box without his name and class. They were the nicest people, prompt, good quality,and the pay was very fair. Hope you are as happy with the product as I was and my son loved it.
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Comment by Stevemom56 on October 24, 2010 at 10:13pm
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Congratulations to all the new OCS graduate Ensigns!! My son graduated 6 weeks ago and is back in RI for SWO training for 3 weeks.
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Comment by 2sonmom on October 23, 2010 at 5:54pm
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Thank you and congratulations to you, kab!! Our son's fiancee and her mother were also in R. I. The 4 of them were out to dinner and our son could tell he has to get used to being out in the real world again. I just talked to my husband as he was waiting in the airport. I'm looking forward to hearing all his stories in person.
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Comment by kab on October 23, 2010 at 9:28am
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Congratulations!! best of luck to your LO's and their Navy careers.
My LO left Newport yesterday after SWO training and is excited to continue his journey to the West Coast.
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Congratulations - what a proud moment for all of you!
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Hello everyone! Our son graduated from OCS this morning! My husband will fly home tomorrow with lots of video for us to watch. It's really been a journey for us. One son started OCS Aug.1st and another son left for bootcamp Aug. 10th. We are definitely a NAVY family! : )
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Comment by navymom9875 on October 21, 2010 at 4:05pm
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Kathy - as L727 said, you really can't count on any date staying the same. Start dates, graduation dates etc. all can change without any notice. As far as time between graduation and starting training, that can be all over the place. They may graduate on a Friday and start training by the following Monday or they may have several weeks between. I guess the important thing to remember is that you need to include flexibility into your plans because nothing is set in stone with the Navy.
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Once into OCS graduation will be 12 weeks of training. If there is Christmas thrown in there they have stand down which does not count for part of their training. So your graduation date is ??? Also there is a possibility of being rolled or going into H class (hold) which would change everything. There are a number of reasons for that status. The time between OCS and assignment...depends where they are going, when classes start, etc. It is hurry up and wait. Good luck to you and your LO (loved one) and keep coming back to this site.
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Comment by Kathy on October 21, 2010 at 12:23pm
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Thanks..I guess, my question is this: Once he starts OCS, he will graduate at a finite time, right? So, once we know when his start date will be, there will be X weeks until graduation. How many days do they get to come home and get ready to leave for their next assignment? BTW...the man I am going to marry is retired from the Navy...very coincidental!In fact, he was a a NUKE submariner.
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How much time to the OCS Grads get between graduation and the next location...school or ship? I am asking because I am planning a wedding and want my son to attend in his uniform. He thinks he goes straight from OCS to a ship for 18 months...can someone clue me in?
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