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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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OCS Graduate Moms

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

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OCS in November

Started by J71792. Last reply by barbrag Oct 12, 2023. 4 Replies

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Comment by Cathy on November 28, 2022 at 7:57pm
Hazel Teddy my son is NFO. He’ll be in Pensacola sometime after graduation in March 2023
Comment by Andy'sMom on November 28, 2022 at 7:56pm

Cathy,

Usually not at the OSC phase unless someone would want to start it and administer it...which would be a lit of work! After my DS commissioned, a mom in a class above him started a page for his designation. This site has valuable information for OSC and Officers. My DS is an Aviator and there is a great page for that here as well. I'm sure there are pages for officers in other designations. Good luck to you and your son.

Comment by HazelTeddy on November 28, 2022 at 7:40pm

Welcome to the group Cathy!  

My son graduated OCS on September 16, 2022.  He'll be heading to Charleston (Goose Creek) for nuclear school.  I don't know of a FB group for Officer Families.  It would be great if there was one.  

If your son Subs or SWO?

Comment by Cathy on November 28, 2022 at 7:35pm
Hi everyone new mom here to son who just started OCS. Would love to connect with other moms. Is there an Officer Mom Group on Facebook?? Not just the class but for all moms of Navy Officers?
Comment by Cathy on April 12, 2022 at 7:38am
My son is currently there. Started February 13 and is in week 9. You should try to find a Facebook page for the class. Usually containing the class number. The Facebook pages are so helpful and you can connect with other family members from the class.
Comment by NavyplusArmy on April 12, 2022 at 12:25am
Any Moms or other family who currently have someone at OCS? My son's OCS class started 3/27.
Comment by Kim8 on November 19, 2021 at 3:00pm

Hi Vetta17,

My son graduated in class 07-21 this past March. Candidates receive their candio boxes after Battle Stations which is in Week 9, usually on Wednesday. The candidates can get their phones back as early as that Wed night & Candio boxes are usually given Thurs or Fri of week 9 but this is at the discretion of the class officers so it varies. I sent my son's Candio box on Thurs of week 8 via UPS & it arrived on base on Monday. My son was actually given his box Monday night, it had to be a mistake, because they are usually held onto until they know the candidate has passed everything. He, of course, just held onto it because he knew it was full of contraband until he was a Candio. :)

If you google search "Navy Candio box ideas" you will see a lot of photo examples. I also uploaded a photo of the one I made, see below. (The black boxes you see are where our last name was. Since no last names are allowed on this site, I blocked that out.) Have fun decorated the box. You can use wrapping paper if you can find some that are patriotic or go to a craft store & use scrapbooking paper, that's what I used. In that same section of the store you can also usually find the stick on letters & some Navy decorations. 

When my son was there goodies & snacks were allowed. It seems that this changes every few years so try to find out for sure, maybe look on OTCN FB page or website and/or your son's OCS class FB group for friends & family. I included snacks, cookies, energy bars, etc that I know my son likes. I also contacted family & friends & told them to send me cards that I would include in the box. I bought a little desktop stand with a small American & Navy flag that stand in it. They have very limited space to store anything so that & the cards were the only non-food items I included Some people send practical items, like nice socks, thermal/compression underwear, etc.

Many people use the large flat rate box from the post office for the Candio box. It's 12x12x5 & costs about $20 no matter how heavy it is. We live in Ohio so it was actually a little cheaper to go UPS & I saved a box that was 12x12x6 from Christmas. The scrapbooking sheets are 12x12 so that's a nice size to make decorating a bit easier. USPS also got way behind in deliveries during the holidays so I didn't want to take any chances that it would be late so that's why I chose UPS. Btw, candidates are allowed to receive more than 1 Candio box but again, remember they don't have a lot of extra space.

Comment by Vetta17 on November 19, 2021 at 12:18pm

Thanks and my son is in his 6th week in OCS; looking for advice on candio boxes 

Comment by SandInMyShoes on March 8, 2021 at 4:51pm

Thanks Moms!!!

Comment by ProudMom on March 8, 2021 at 4:16pm

Naval Officer Cuff Links (Amazon) and Cadio Box Ideas (Pinterest)

 

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