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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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STG (Sonar)

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Sonar Technician - Surface

Members: 197
Latest Activity: Oct 27, 2019

Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center Website:
http://www.cmwc.navy.mil/default.aspx

OPSEC Points :

Don’t discuss current or future destinations/ ports of call/deployment bases .
Don’t discuss current or future operations or missions.
Don’t discuss current or future dates and times of exercises or missions.
Don’t discuss readiness issues and numbers.
Don’t discuss specific training equipment.
Don’t discuss people’s names and operations.
Don’t speculate about current or future operations.

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Comment by abuon18 on January 25, 2016 at 12:41pm: Like Jenn said they don't always start class right away so even though the class time is 6 weeks or however long they could be there longer because that is not including hold times.

Once they complete ATT in GL they go to San Diego for A school then C school. A school us the same then they are separated into different C school classes depending on the system they will learn. 1.5 years is really an estimate. Some systems have a longer school some is shorter. Again there are hold times where they are in between actual classes - waiting for their class to have enough students to start usually or if it's too close to holidays they will wait until after.

My husband started ATT in GL in September and went to San Diego in November (2011). He finished all of his schooling in May 2013 and then remained in San Diego on hold until he got orders to his first ship in July 2013.

Comment by Jenn PIR 5/30 Ship 4 Div 188 on January 25, 2016 at 12:29pm: Yes, school in GL is 6 weeks. Keep in mind he may not start his school as soon as he gets there. He may be on hold while they wait for the class to fill up. My husband had to wait several weeks before he could start. In SD, he wasn't there 1.5 years... He was there from September thru Mid July.

Comment by NavyFiance0526 on January 24, 2016 at 8:56pm: SO I got a call from my fiancé today, and he said his A school would only be 6weeks in GL and then 1.5 years in SD for B school , I was just wondering how accurate that is, as we are getting married after A school.

Comment by mom2stg on December 30, 2015 at 9:59am: Absolutely! Happy to help. :)

Comment by Meggysmom on December 30, 2015 at 9:55am: Thank you mom2stg. That helps me out a lot.

Comment by mom2stg on December 29, 2015 at 11:32pm: This ATT course and C school are specifically for 6-year contracts. 4-year STG's will report directly to A school in San Diego after PIR.

Comment by mom2stg on December 29, 2015 at 11:30pm: After PIR, she will have a basic electronics class, called ATT. The class is 6 weeks in GL. However, it is likely that she will be in "hold" until the class is full. A handful of ratings take this ATT course. After completion of ATT, she will go to San Diego for A school followed by C school, also in San Diego. While in ATT, she will have approximately 3 roommates, and the course is computer-based.

Comment by Meggysmom on December 29, 2015 at 2:48pm: She enlisted for 6 yrs and I've seen that she has a school to attend in great lakes before San Diego. Can someone explain that to me please. My daughter had only told me that she would go to her 'A' school after finishing boot camp