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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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Yeoman Moms

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Anyone with a sailor that is classified as a Yeoman or who will be classed up to be a Yeoman.

Members: 87
Latest Activity: Dec 17, 2020

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Comment by CryptoDad on June 29, 2017 at 12:07pm: First here is bit of YN information:

https://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/enlisted/rating_info_cards/yn.pdf

YN training in Meridian is 7 weeks of classroom time, but that doesn't include orientation, time for the class to fill and waiting for orders.

I hope you have received a call by now. He should be allowed to call on his free time when he is not in class or standing watch. Did dad hand off son's phone after PIR?

Comment by Stephanie on June 26, 2017 at 7:22am: Hi,

My son graduated June 23 and and his orders changed and he left for A School (Meridian MS) on June 24 @ 3:00am. My ex husband hardly had anytime with him. I had a 10 minute phone call and cried through most of it.

Now I am wondering, when will I get a phone call. Haven't heard from him at all. I thought I would have gotten a call when he arrived. Still carrying my cell phone with me just in case. How long is A school. I am hearing conflicting information.

Any information would be helpful.

thank you,

Comment by CryptoDad on June 8, 2017 at 6:44pm: smalltowngirl8369,

If your recruit in going to A school in Texas, she is not going to have a rating of Yeoman. My guess is that she has a yeoman position within her division which has no bearing on the world outside of RTC.

If you can tell me what her Navy job (rating) is going to be, I'll point you in the right direction. The big schools in Texas are Medical Corpsman and Master At Arms.

Comment by Ronc on June 6, 2017 at 5:36pm: Usually 6 weeks.

Comment by smalltowngirl8269 on June 6, 2017 at 10:44am: I was wondering if they knew how long mine will be in Texas at A school as well Stephanie....I'm going to guess it depends on their job maybe?

Comment by Stephanie on June 6, 2017 at 10:43am: my son is Ship 06 Div 199

Comment by Stephanie on June 6, 2017 at 10:43am: Hi,

my son graduates BC on June 23 and then heads to Meridian MS... does anyone know how long he will be there?

Comment by smalltowngirl8269 on June 6, 2017 at 10:21am: Hello everyone...new to this group and still trying to understand this website/groups & the Navy in general lol. My girl is in BC right now at Great Lakes and graduating on June 23rd. Any other moms her with a Yeoman Ship 12 Div 193?

Comment by CryptoDad on April 12, 2016 at 2:24am: When my YN cross-rated to CTR as an E-5 she was housed in the Navy Gateway Inn with a per diem. None of the A school restrictions applied. But as a PO she was expected to relieve the instructors of some of their mundane tasks, like leading PT, and take on a leadership role.