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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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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 Melissa (Tucson) on July 10, 2009 at 4:09pm: Does your son know he has to submit a chit for leave? Are you very far from GL? There may be exceptions to that rule if you live close to GL. Either way, he'll get an answer once he submits his chit.

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on July 10, 2009 at 4:00pm: Melanie, as far as I heard our Sailors do not get leave between boot camp and "A" school. We have a Great Lakes "A" school instructor on this site and Hoppie has said that several times.

Donna: My Matt wanted SD so bad!! And of course he got VA. McFaul is a destroyer I think. You can join the Destroyer group and the Norfolk group. Matt doesn't complain to much about Norfolk. He'd never been to the east coast before.
So few of our sonar tech's go anywhere but VA. I guess since there are more destroyers there than anywhere else....it sorta makes sense.

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on July 8, 2009 at 3:12pm: While my son was at ASW he phased up very quickly. He spent the weekend with us at our hotel on Shelter Island many times. Matt would trade with someone if he had watch. And I stayed at the Navy Lodge on ASW a few times also.

Comment by Dianne on June 27, 2009 at 2:06pm: That really sux for those sailors! No AC in these temps, I hope they get it fixed soon!!

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on June 25, 2009 at 4:08pm: Hi Laura!
Oh you're so lucky to have S. home! Glad to hear the car issue is resolved at least for awhile. Sorry about the tat, but you know how Sailors are.

Enjoy him while you can and YOU have a wonderful 4th of July also! M.

Comment by Dianne on June 18, 2009 at 7:32pm: My son wasn't #1 but he still got his pick...so I guess it depends on how many openings and how many are in your class.

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on June 12, 2009 at 9:34pm: Deb, does your Sailor know if he ranks 1st in his "A"/"C" school, he gets first choice of orders?

Comment by Dianne on June 12, 2009 at 4:37pm: Deb - my son lives on his ship in SD, he was told once he returns from his first deployment he can put in for base housing. He doesn't mind living on the ship, but I know he will be happy when he can sleep in a real bed everyday.

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on June 12, 2009 at 1:56pm: Deb - the single guys stationed in SD and assigned to a ship usually stay in the barracks. They are very nice as my single nephew has been stationed in SD the last 3 years and we've been to visit him on base. I think some of the lower ranks may have to stay on the ship until something opens up but right now the goal of the Navy is to have EVERY Sailor off the ships where they are on shore duty.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on June 12, 2009 at 10:45am: Good Morning Ladies, today is Donna's birthday and I hope you can send a little birthday wish her way.