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:
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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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.
Discussion Forum
S-PACT
Started by Maya2021. Last reply by Valtameri Apr 21, 2022. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hello, I am newbie here, My son has signed 3 yr contract for S-PACT and will be leaving for BC next month 01/27. After which we were told he will attend another 3-4 week training and then will be…Continue
PACT Airman
Started by Angella. Last reply by shellyh Jan 7, 2019. 14 Replies 0 Likes
My son just left yesterday for BC, and I am wondering about his A-PACT program. The Chief Petty Officer at his recruiter's office told him that he came in under the PACT program and it was really the…Continue
Im Freaking out a little!
Started by tracemc. Last reply by shellyh Jan 7, 2019. 14 Replies 1 Like
Really, I can't help but freak out a bit here. I am literally up at night thinking about my daughter signing up in DEP as a S-PACT. I found out when I arrived at MEPS to watch her swear in. I am ex…Continue
New and Improved Navy A PACT Program
Started by Barbara. Last reply by shellyh Dec 20, 2018. 13 Replies 1 Like
Hi all!Relatively new to all this.... my daughter left for BC June 27th. She signed up under the new and "improved" PACT program. She was told she would be able to designate after 12 months at her…Continue
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Comment by navymom25 on June 18, 2015 at 2:31pm
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Thanks much. this is very helpful.
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Comment by DepthCharge4 on June 18, 2015 at 2:23pm
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The STA-21 program isn't right for everyone, and you must have recommendations from your CO and have excellent reviews on file for inspections, PT, etc. I don't know exactly how it works as I've only scratched the surface on reading about it. There may still be some stipulations about which rate you want to study for and if there are "openings" but my daughter isn't that far down that path, obviously. With your son being older sailor, he will likely be chosen for leadership positions at bootcamp; at least that has been my daughter's experience with those older sailors from her PIR group. Tell him to have a SUPER attitude and keep his head down and work hard in boot and it will pay off in HUGE dividends for his permanent file. As for being disappointed, yeah, it happened to my daughter, too, but after a couple of weeks she determined to make the best of the situation and her attitude really made the difference in her motivation to succeed.
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Tlh63, yes, my daughter is also an E-3. You can Google STA-21 and visit the Navy websites for a BUNCH of information regarding STA-21. It stands for Seaman to Admiral. It is an officer's program that your sailor must apply for. There is an age limit to who can apply so your son should ask his recruiter if this a possibility. It means that if he was accepted to the program he would spend 8 weeks in officer school and then go to an approved college to finish his degree in the rate he wants to be. The school must have a JROTC unit and he is paid to go to school. He must be able to complete his degree within 36 months or less, and they tack on those months to his service contract
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I found abbreviations listing.
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also, what is HM rate and PIR?
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thanks Depthcharge4. My son also has almost 3 years of college credit so he is going in as E3. . what is STA-21 program? I am writing all of this down so thanks for all the info from everyone! I feel my son is disappointed to have to wait until January for BC and this took some of the "air out of his balloon"
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Hello tlh63! Welcome to the PACT moms page! I've been following your discussion since I got off work this morning. My daughter is also SPact because the HM rate she wanted is full. She is home for a couple more days and will be heading out on Sunday for her first duty station with the Seabees. It is a little different for her, since she has some college, but hasn't completed a 4 year, only a two year, minus 2 classes. So she can strike for a rate in the coming months and then apply for the STA-21 program and essentially try to get the rate she wants through the "back door" of the PACT program. She is content to work hard and keep positive till someone takes notice of her attitude and work ethic. I firmly believe in the Sovereignty of God and that His plan for her will far outdo anything she or I can plan for her life. Already she has been recognized for academic achievement at PACT school in Great Lakes so she is off to a great start. Keep the faith in the PACT program and stick with this page for the best information and encouragement. Again, welcome!
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Comment by Vickie360 on June 18, 2015 at 1:06pm
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My son is APACT and is currently on deployment. We have only gotten to talk once when he was in a port. He emails often but I don't get many details of what his plan is. He has mentioned talking to different Chiefs about his options. He seems to be figuring it out. For him this is probably best because I tend to try to "fix" things for him. LOL. He has grown up so much and is happy. Of course he has had some bad days when everyone is grumpy but he is doing really well.
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Just talked with my son about the DIR and he is going to ask about that. I know he really wants SWCC as first choice, which scares me but I support whatever he decides.
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Thanks. He won't tell me anything really. If he stays "undesignated" he will go to BC in January which sounds like really fund time to be in ILL especially since we are from AL and don't really have much winter. I am a voc rehab counselor and since he was a teen have been making him do career interest inventories and other testing to try to help him (which of course made him do just the opposite of what I recommended) he has tried college and has always worked at various jobs but nothing ever sparked a desire to do. He feels this will give him focus, structure, and direction. I agree but still think of him as that teen I used to sit up at night waiting for. He moved back in with us after returning from college which I think of him still has a child rather than the grown man he is.
I found this Navy learning and development roadmap for S-Pact I have reading over. Has your son chosen a path yet to become undesignated?
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