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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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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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My son arrived at RTC on 11/15/11. His current contract has him as a Mineman and I am looking to see if there are any other Mineman Moms out there that have sons/daughters who are going in or have just arrived! Mineman is such a small community that it is hard to gather information about the rate, and would like to hear stories or talk about what our children are doing!

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Latest Activity: Jan 6, 2021

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Comment by KarenW56 on November 25, 2016 at 10:57pm: Are there any current Mineman Mom's out there ?

Comment by Mcway74 on February 24, 2016 at 1:30pm: Hello! I've been reading all the comments and I see that someone said school is not in tx? But in Cali? What's up with the false information?

Comment by Michelle0120 on August 1, 2015 at 3:58pm: Can anyone tell me If there is Liberty allowed for Christmas if my son is still in A school in San Diego at the time?

Comment by Paige ship14 div 161 PIR4/26 on July 28, 2015 at 11:23pm: Navywife_sz
My husband is no longer in the service but when he was he was also a mineman. Right after boot camp he stayed in great lakes for ATT school and then once that was completed he went to San Diego for A school.

Hopefully this helps

Comment by shelly on May 1, 2015 at 6:45pm: Well Michelle. The thing about the Navy is that they have to wait for classes to "fill up" before they start. So this means lots of hold time. My son was pretty lucky. He only had to wait a week for Att to start and then went to San Diego. When he got there he had to do other schools first before his mineman class. Then he had c school too so it took from dec 2013 bootcamp til dec 2014 to leave for Bahrain. He took leave to come home to NY en route to overseas in late November.

Are you from the San Diego area?

Comment by Michelle0120 on May 1, 2015 at 5:24pm: Hi Shelly . Thanks for the info. He heads to basic in August , so still always away, but time goes quickly. :) how is your son liking Bahrain? Is the A school training in San Diego really only 13 weeks after ATT in GL?

Comment by shelly on May 1, 2015 at 4:36pm: Hi Michelle 0120 minemen only mainly go to three places Bahrain, Japan or San Diego. My son chose Bahrain but chances are probably good that yours could get San Diego. Where is your son now? Mineman school is not in Ingleside if that's what they told you, he will go to San Diego for training.

Comment by Michelle0120 on May 1, 2015 at 3:51pm: Hello. My son will be going to A school for mineman training. Does anybody know what bases he would be able to choose from, depending of course how he does in school, after he finishes school? Are they all out of the country ? Is there ever a choice for San Diego ?