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Navy For Moms

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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Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy.com Para Familias

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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 debmil24 on July 8, 2014 at 8:48am: My son has arrived at A-school and waiting for it to start. He said its so different from boot camp and loving it so far.

Comment by debmil24 on June 18, 2014 at 9:25pm: After they finish A-school and Ops do they go on a ship? What do they do with their clothes and personal effects? My son heads to SD July 5th and I already have his clothes boxed to send him when I get his address. Not sure how much storage they have and what they do with their things when they leave.

Comment by Barbydahlzz ALUM 09/075 USS JPJ on June 9, 2014 at 9:15am: my sailor is a 4yr... after A school he was on hold for 3 weeks waiting for OPS school to start... NO leave, then after OPS was over he had a month before he had to report to his new base and ship ( went around the bay over to NSSD...) still NO leave.. ugh he was very frustrated... got to his ship ..from day 1 LOVED IT. finally came home at christmas for 9 days... his ship went to port/starboard leave..and his chief told him usually newbies go after christmas but since he had been in the navy over 1 year with no leave ... he could go the first round... (YAY FOR AN AWESOME CHIEF)..

Comment by spyder013 on June 4, 2014 at 7:22pm: That's really nice of you!

Comment by GMA of a Sonar Tech on June 4, 2014 at 6:36pm: Congratulations to all the young men and women that are leaving Pt. Loma to go to their first duty stations...and I am so glad and honored to have met a few of them that our Grandson has brought home with him...Fair Winds and Smooth Seas...

Comment by Suzbee on June 4, 2014 at 10:10am: Sorry about the auto correct. And you**

Comment by Suzbee on June 4, 2014 at 10:10am: We gave our Sailor the phone and iPad at the airport. No issues. Even if it gets locked up, at least it's on base ams toy won't have to mail it. Also. They will have it at ORD and SD to communicate. They are on their own for the trip.

Comment by jillymom on June 4, 2014 at 6:06am: As I remember, we had to ship him his laptop. The return of the cell phone is right away.

Comment by debmil24 on June 3, 2014 at 9:12pm: I have heard when my son leaves boot camp I can give him his laptop and cell phone at the airport. Will he be able to have it when he gets to A-school at SD? Some of the web sites say that they will lock up his laptop until he earns it and others say he can use it when he get there. Is it best for me to just ship it to him?

Comment by Sharla on June 3, 2014 at 3:21pm: Jenn, I don't think there is any hard fast rule for any of it. My daughter was on hold for 2 weeks before A school started, while others she arrived with started right away and others were on hold for a month. It's all about class size and whose name gets thrown in the hat.