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:
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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- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Discussion Forum
STG path for first year or two
Started by molly86ag. Last reply by abuon18 Mar 3, 2019. 3 Replies 1 Like
A & C School in San Diego!
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Moving during school
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Comment by d o on March 29, 2011 at 12:52pm
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I live on the east coast, but my family lives on the west coast where I grew up. Now my sailor gets to be with them on the weekends, and I don't know who to be more jealous of. Them for getting to be with him or visa-versa. If I wasn't outraged about the transportation department getting to feel up every passenger (and time and money) I'd be out there already.
Some of my especially good memories were to go to Ensenada for lunch, and then just drive back home. I understand our sailors are NOT allowed to go into Mexico for any reason. Hey they still have Catalina Island and Big Bear.
I called my son one weekend, and asked him what he was doing. "We rented a car and we're going snowboarding." was his reply. Now that's Navy fun.
These kids are gonna need these memories when their out in the ocean! Another mother said her son's ship didn't have enough toilet paper when it deployed. They were all begging for care packages from home filled w/ TP. They've go to enjoy SD while they've got it!
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Comment by Gwynhwyfar on March 29, 2011 at 7:08am
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Sadly, I don't have any vacations left -- I teach school and we had too many snow days. Our Easter vacation is now Friday and the weekend, rather than the 5-day that we had, which might have made it possible to fly out there. If he does well and makes the switch, then I can go out after school is out for the summer, which would be awesome. I've never been it to the other side of the Mississippi river!
Last night, he was doing some course on NKO and talking to me in between on his laptop, from Starbucks. As weird as it feels to me to talk to him after BC's relative lack of communication, I'm sure it feels even more weird to him.
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Comment by phoebe stg2 on March 28, 2011 at 9:45pm
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Hello Gwynhwyfar, My son is four year but has applied for six year. He will know more when "A" school is done in about two weeks. If he continues top of the class I am sure he will be given his request for six year. At that point we are not sure what will happen. I think he will remain where he is for many more months for continued training. He loves the beach and is spending a lot of time watching more than just the ocean....LOL
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Hi, all! My sailor arrived out there for A school over the weekend (Saturday departure, fooey!) and it sounds like he's enjoying the weather and confused by the sudden (relative) freedom. He knows that'll change when they class up, and he's working on the NKO stuff.
He's been told that it's possible that he could shift to 6 year STG-AEF if he does well in A school. He's 4-year STG right now. Have you guys hear of anyone doing that?
I'm SO excited that he's excited about all of this. :)
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Comment by txsailorsam-Donna on March 27, 2011 at 10:17pm
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They are first assigned a ship then c-school because they need to learn the sonar for that particular system. 6 yr does ATT first, then a-school and then c-school, I think. My sailor is, for right now, a 4 yr. He may re-up and cross rate, ie, change jobs.
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I was just wondering... if he was assigned to a ship, will he go to C-school or is that still in the working? My sailor is doing something called ATT on this phase. He signed on for six years to get extra training.
Right now he's playing Phase Ten w/ a couple friends in his room. I guess life is hard out there in sunny CA on the weekends!;)
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do... My son has been there since Oct 2nd. He just finished A-school about a month ago. He has been assigned a ship but C-school hasn't started yet and he doesn't know when that will happen.
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Hello everyone, my sailor has been in sonar school since Oct.2010. I've just found this site. I'm so curious to know if my sailor knows your sailor. He said his room is a "hangout". I look forward to hearing and learning from you all. God bless all you Navy Moms!
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Sam got his orders today. He got his first choice. He and a friend got the same orders. He is excited. .
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Vanessa... it is beautiful and there is lots to do. Transportation system is the best I have seen.
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