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:
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
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Let's chat about our wonderful sons and daughters who have chosen the PACT program.
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Latest Activity: Jul 17, 2022
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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 Vickie360 on May 8, 2015 at 12:22am
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Wow!! Where have I been today??? I missed out on the entire conversation. LOL!! Jeannie- so excited your daughter will have a connection when she gets there!!! Yep- one day we need to all meet up in CA!! My son will deploy soon. He is excited! It is maxing how you can make connections with people. I posted on his ship Facebook page that I needed to send a package quickly and a wife offered for me to send it to her house. We messaged back and forth to make arrangements for her husband to deliver the package. During the conversation she said she used to be in the navy and she was APACT. She said if my son had any questions she could help him. She said for him to order NorthStar study info to help advance.
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Comment by DepthCharge4 on May 7, 2015 at 10:26pm
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splash, at first when you said your daughter got excited to see a seal in the water, I thought you meant a SEAL! HaHa! Daughter reports July 1, but A school at TSC is only 10 days long, so Jeannie1 you can expect to spend the weekend of PIR with him in Great Lakes, then depending on if he has to wait to "class up" or wait till a class is full to start, he only stays there 10 business days. Daughter gets 5 days for RAP (?)duty and 5 days for being in boot camp, and the other 20 days would count against her for future leave. In other words, she would have a deficit of leave time that would take her 8 months of working to just get even again for time off. The recruiter will have her schedule time to work here and that won't count against her leave time.
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Comment by jeannie1 on May 7, 2015 at 10:13pm
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My son graduates June 5th yaaaa
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I know he has school across the street after graduation but thought he might come home after that
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My son is s pact is that a bad thing and does he get to come home after graduation?
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That is good. What a great son!
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Michael's mom. When Michael is out to sea do you get to talk to him much?
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DepthCharge4...My daughter loved BS21. She said it was really fun. They can't really talk about it but she liked it. When you said Seado...did you mean Sea Bee? When people find out she is from Minnesota most of the time they say...oh so you are from Canada...LOL! And they think all of MN is farms. And the first time she saw a seal swimming in the Ocean she got really excited and the kids still tease her about it.
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Michael's Mom, yes, greatly relieved! Not attached to a ship, but they CAN attach to ships. They didn't get to pick a ship, otherwise she would've picked an underway ship. In any case, I wrote her a letter last night and sent it today telling her about Splash's daughter and how much fun she is having, so it will arrive just after BS21 for her!! Vickie and Michael's Mom, another young man from her division is also going to the same command, but I need to keep that quiet until he informs parents!
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Michael's mom. My daughter is not assigned to a ship. I don't think anyone in this batallion is.
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