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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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- Graduation Info
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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
Discussion Forum
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Started by Sailormom01. Last reply by Sailormom01 Sep 17, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Ladyrocker on August 18, 2014 at 8:40am
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My sailor son is also a FT and arrived in Groton on June 15th. he will be graduating this Friday the 22nd from BESS 2nd in his class with a 99.5 GPA! One proud Momma here. Wish I was able to attend but unfortunately I can not. It was also his first choice. God bless all our Sailors and their families.
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Comment by LaxDogsMom on July 31, 2014 at 12:09am
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I just uploaded photos from the ET Radio Graduation on 7/24/2014. Look for your sailor here!
http://navyformoms.com/photo/albums/groton-a-school-et-radio-grad-7...
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Comment by hvnlysentxoxo on July 18, 2014 at 12:37am
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Hi there! My husband just got to Groton 2 weeks ago! He's FT. Was wondering if anyone here has a son/husband that went FT and how long the entire schooling process took before he got his first duty station? Thank you :)
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Comment by Matt's.mom on July 10, 2014 at 8:42am
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Bainite my son is SECF and PIR'd on 6/6. He left for Groton the next day in the early afternoon. I know that could change depending on the classes, but that was my recent experience. He really likes it in Groton and has some good stories about sub school!
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Comment by Rhonda8881 on July 9, 2014 at 11:47pm
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Congrats Gloria!!! I hope you have a wonderful visit.
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Comment by FATHOMOM on July 5, 2014 at 11:14pm
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Wonderful news Gloria P. - enjoy ! Give your son an extra hugg from us NAVY Momma's! I am happy and excited for you too! We are waiting patiently (hard to do) for our son to come home from Groton, he is on hold.
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Comment by Gloria P. on July 5, 2014 at 10:52pm
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Our son is home on leave til the 21st so happy to have him home. Boy he has grown up so much. Feeling very happy and excited.
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Bainite - it just depends on when the next class is starting. Sometimes they have to leave the next day, other times it may be a week before they leave. You and he won't know until just before PIR.
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Comment by mrsb on July 3, 2014 at 10:38am
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Good morning ladies and welcome!! There are two other sub groups you may want to look at if you haven't already; sub moms and loved ones of groton.
Bainite he will fly out to Groton on saturday morning unfortunately. You will be able to hang out at the airport with him if you choose; they get there very early. Welcome to submarine life!
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Comment by Bainite on July 3, 2014 at 10:19am
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My number-two son just got to BC as a SECF. Does anyone have recent information on whether the SECF's ship out to Groton on Saturday, or if they get to remain a couple of days after PIR in Great Lakes? (Our first son is a nuke, and we only got to spend Saturday-after-PIR with him at the airport three years ago.)
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