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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 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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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SECF - ET & FT & STS

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This site is for ETs & FTs & STS who are in the submarine field. My son is an ET/COMM

Members: 259
Latest Activity: Oct 22, 2021

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Comment by Gayle on September 7, 2012 at 8:08pm: Amber,

My son left the same night as PIR around 2 in the morning,but it can very with each class. It depends how many they have flying out and it's on the navy schedule. When he got to Groton he waited about a week for enough guys to class up for BESS. I think that was about 4 weeks and then he had techno and something else. Can't believe I've forgotten. At some point in the training he was given his rate. He wanted Navigation, but on the first day of school they pulled him out and put him in Sonar. He then was in school until almost a year after enlistment. The training never ends in the Navy. Read the avatars to the right in the sub moms section. It gives so much information as well as joining the Groton group.

Comment by navywifechaney (Ship-02 DIV-950) on September 3, 2012 at 9:56pm: what do you mean rate and point in education? do you know how long he'd have before hes shipped out to school? i heard it was like the same night or the day after boot camp.

Comment by Gayle on September 3, 2012 at 8:12pm: Hi Amber,

It depends on his rate and at what point he is in his education. My son is in sonar for submarines and he spent a year in school plus 3 months before he went on his first underway. Good luck.

Comment by navywifechaney (Ship-02 DIV-950) on September 3, 2012 at 7:26pm: hello my name is amber and my husband will be going to school. does anyone know how soon he will be shipped out after boot camp?

Comment by Rhonda8881 on August 22, 2012 at 12:38am: Gloria, congrats to you son! He looks very handsome in his dress whites.

I received a phone call from my sailor today. He is on deployment so haven't talked to him in a while. He received his 3rd NAM this week. Very proud of him and the man he has grown to be. The Navy has done wonders for him.

Praying for the safety of all of our sailors.

Comment by Gloria P. on August 17, 2012 at 5:03pm: Thanks missinmybrowneyedboy yes we are very proud of him. Well Hello Jack A.S it has been a long time since I've seen you on. Thanks I try to help when I can. And congrats on your nephew. Thank him for me. Best wishes. Gloria :)

Comment by missin'mybrowneyedboy on August 12, 2012 at 2:02am: Gloria, Wow, does he look sharp, or rather I should say "expert", in those crisp dress whites and rows of ribbons and beautiful shiny dolphins! Congratulations to him and thanks to him also for volunteering to continue to protect us. Definitely a pleased and proud moment for you.

Comment by Gloria P. on August 10, 2012 at 2:20pm: Great news our son re-enlisted for another 4 years...we are so happy and proud of him :)

Comment by missin'mybrowneyedboy on July 1, 2012 at 4:52am: Ah, timsmom, I am preparing myself for that exact same feeling and am asking for prayers, too. Of course, I don't know anything specific about when my submariner will be out on his first underway(actually, it will be as a rider because his boat is in dry dock) but I have already given him his August birthday presents just incase there's no communication then: ( And, yes, God bless your son, his crew, and all that have commited to serve and protect: )

Comment by timsmom submariner on June 29, 2012 at 4:18pm: Missing my son who is underway! Praying for him and all the crew on the sub! God bless our sailors.