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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Please, please remember before you post: our sons are part of a Special Operations community, even while in training, and it is vitally important to form the habit of not divulging any information that could possibly compromise the safety of any of their members. This would especially apply to names, dates, places, procedures, etc. You might like to read the "Discussion Forum" titled "OPSEC" for some guidance. If you are still in doubt, please ask one of our members for their opinion by private message before you post. We are here to help each other, but we must be careful at all times.

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Comment by kelly67 on January 1, 2013 at 5:59pm: Laura, I would recommend reading the SWCC PRIMER which is a link above here in the discussion section...it was written by a SWCC Dad & has alot of great info about SWCC training in it.

Comment by kelly67 on January 1, 2013 at 5:53pm: Hi Laura, Congrats on your SR's upcoming graduation from GL! My son was in GL for 2 1/2 wks after graduation before heading to Coronado. It is all dependent on when the next SWCC training class is ready for his group to start.

Comment by Laura on January 1, 2013 at 5:24pm: Hey! My SR graduates feb 1 from BT and he is SWCC does anyone know how long he will be at GL before he heads to Coronado? His recruiter said 6 weeks i was just curious??!!

Comment by Winski on December 29, 2012 at 9:54am: Thank you everybody. I definitely support him and keep my worries to myself ( well at least mostly). I am just trying to enjoy these last 6 weeks. Sheryl navy 2 I'm so glad your son is with you right now, a great Christmas gift!

Comment by sheryl Navy 2 on December 28, 2012 at 1:24pm: Win ski you need to be as. Focused and positive as if it was you doing this navy journey . I am thoroughly enjoying my son home this week ,it's been a year and boy has he changed . Encourage your son through BC like you are his personal cheerleader .
Good luck to you and your son

Comment by D'sMum35 on December 27, 2012 at 8:59pm: If they don't make SWCC, they can usually reapply again after two years. But, let's think positive. This journey is best taken one moment at a time.

Comment by kelly67 on December 27, 2012 at 6:38pm: Hi Winski, Best of Luck to your son in boot camp & beyond! We are all here for support if you need us!

Hope you all have a Happy Healthy 2013!

Comment by Winski on December 27, 2012 at 2:26pm: Thanks pamom, that does help. My son originally signed on as master at arms (I think that is the correct term). He thinks that is he doesn't make swcc he will be allowed to re-sign for that job. I didn't think that sounded right, because what if that job wasn't available? I will tell him this information. He is anxious to go and get started! I'm praying he does well and makes it all the way through.

Comment by pamom on December 27, 2012 at 2:18pm: Hi Winski, Welcome! Good Luck to your son in bootcamp! You are right, there is a high percentage that DOR during SWCC training, if that happens, they might be given a choice of other rates available, but sometimes they are not given a choice..( depends on the needs of the Navy, I believe). and they will go directly to the fleet, sometimes as undesignated. Hope this helps :)

Have a safe and Happy New Year everyone!!

Comment by Winski on December 26, 2012 at 11:45pm: Hello, I am new to this site. My son leaves for bootcamp in Feb. I know that many men don't make the training in Coronado. I'm assuming most DOR. What happens to those guys? Do they go home or are they placed somewhere else in the Navy? Thanks for any information you can give!