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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

Events

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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.

Format Downloads:

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

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PACT Moms

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Let's chat about our wonderful sons and daughters who have chosen the PACT program.

Members: 222
Latest Activity: Jul 17, 2022

Hello

It has been a long time since I have posted and I am sorry. I hope everyone has been able to connect with others in the PACT program. My son is now 3 and a half years in and it has been a great experience. He thought he wanted to be an AM. When he got on the ship, he was put with the AO’s. Now he is an AD3. It was best for him to start PACT because we didn’t know much about the Navy and he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do. This has been a good route for him.

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Comment by Daniel on July 21, 2015 at 11:51pm: Thank you Vickie360 I am happy I found this group and I look forward to learning and sharing about the career of my future fiancé. I am in the Army and stationed in Germany but I have all the faith in the world in our relationship. I know it'll be tough sometimes but I support her in anything she wants to do because I love her and I look forward to the Navy experience and growing together.

Comment by Vickie360 on July 21, 2015 at 9:46pm: Welcome Daniel!!

Comment by Vickie360 on July 20, 2015 at 11:30pm: Excited for you Jojosmom!!! PIR will be great!!!

Comment by jojosmom on July 19, 2015 at 10:36am: Thanks Michaels mom!

Comment by jojosmom on July 18, 2015 at 11:57am: Hello all.. My sons PIR is July 31st. he is EPACT. He will be going to training/school in GL for about 33 days then get 10days off. He said he wasn't sure where he would go from there. We are excited to see him soon for PIR!

Comment by MissiMom9470 on July 18, 2015 at 11:29am: Thank you Vickie350. My son just enlisted this week with the Sea Pact (?). He goes to boot camp in February 2016. We are a new Navy family so we are learning about everything. I am so proud of my son and trying not to be overwhelmed. Looking forward to everything with pride and a small amount of apprehension. Not sure what to expect. My son is very excited. He is a smart young man who chose to serve in the Navy. So here we go.

Comment by Vickie360 on July 17, 2015 at 3:03pm: Welcome Missimom9470! Is your sailor at bootcamp? Mine is APACT, graduated in January and is currently on a ship.

Comment by Vickie360 on July 14, 2015 at 7:35pm: Welcome Sandra!!! Everyone here is very helpful!!! I'm not sure I am much help though!!LOL!! My son is APACT and had PIR on January 30th. He found out where he would be about a week before PIR. He went to Pensacola and was on hold for several weeks before training. He is currently deployed on a ship.

Comment by jill3538 on July 12, 2015 at 10:52pm: Sandra, for our situation him being in holding allowed us to see him more. We had the entire weekend (still needs to be back on base every night). It was really nice! Of course, you won't know what's happening until PIR - my son found out the morning of PIR that he was going to holding - and everyone's situation is different.

Comment by splash on July 12, 2015 at 10:40pm: Sandra...I am not sure how each PACT group is handled. My daughter is SPACT and it seems like most of them have had a similar experience. My Sailor graduated Dec 5 and moved across the street in GL. She was on hold because of the holidays and then came home for holidays. She went back to GL for her training. From what she has told me the length of the training can vary. Her training was 10 days. She was then sent to San Diego. There were 11 sailors that went together. She is on the Amphibious base Coronado. If I remember correctly found out she was going to SD in the last week of boot camp or right after. But she did not get her actual orders until about 2 weeks after PIR.