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
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.
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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 Valtameri on February 24, 2015 at 4:42pm
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Beach Bunny -- How do you manage that re: OPSEC? I never knew what port my son was in until he left (except for the one time he logged in at an internet cafe in the UAE and my hubby was fortunate enough to be able to chat for a few minutes).
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Comment by Vickie360 on February 24, 2015 at 4:13pm
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BeachBunny- does your son have a credit card to pay for the room? How does that work?
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Comment by Christie on February 24, 2015 at 12:25pm
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BeachBunny I would love to do that for my son. Thanks for sharing!! I don't think either one of us know what to expect when you are at port but I have a feeling we are definitely going to learn haha
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Comment by BeachBunny on February 24, 2015 at 11:52am
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that's cool Christie...my sailor gets a motel room for some much needed R&R at each port...I book the room on travolcity and he pays at the hotel...usually he has a buddy with him to share the cost, the employees at the hotels tell them the best places to go....they sleep the first day away, then explore the local sites and seem to love the food in the different countries....he sends me pictures of his food..:)
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BeachBunny how exciting about striking and getting a new job!! My son is on the Fort McHenry and is doing good. Just learning everything and looking forward to his first port visit after being at sea for a couple of months :)
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Interesting that the females are on the ship and the males in base barracks....The berthing rooms(bunks) on the ship are set up women and men in separate quarters...and are restricted to the opposite sex, duh right..:)...I got to go in the one on the RR bc the squadrons berthing rooms were empty, since they went back to their bases ....there's separate berthing rooms for the petty officers, higher ranked officers and commanders....there's a separate officer galley too...my sailors KP duty was in the officers galley, as every sailor takes a turn at KP for their advancement schedule....
Aviation sailors and ship sailors are in different parts of the ship...easy to get lost bc everything is painted Navy grey......many areas for squadrons have locked doors, had to put codes in to go into them. We got to go in the "briefing" room called ready room for our briefing of the ship, they have a "shop" area and a lounge to hang out in, really small room with a bench seat, computer and TV....my sailor takes his laptop with movies in it and they play them on any "free" time (they work 16 hours a day 7 days a week)....
new sailors are given a checklist to go around the ship and find the different areas, just like any sailors going to a new base or squadron...
Christie, my sailor is on his 3rd deployment and is working TAD orders on a squadron on the Carl Vinson, was on the Ronald Reagan for 2 deployments...:)
Got news last night of one of the BC buddies of my sailor from Pcola, finally striked a job!! Took him 2 years, he is excited!
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Michaels mom - when will they move to the ship?
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BeachBunny which ship is your sailor on ? My son is on his first deployment too
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I have pictures of the flight deck...on my page...:))....we were told we can take all the pictures anywhere we wanted, that any sensitive material is behind a locked door....the carrier put on a great family event and air show last spring....I could live in SD easily...
my sailor is on deployment, the carrier post pictures almost every day of the carrier and the captain writes a nice post to the families at least once a week on the ships FB page, ships media dept put together a video every month and ship magazine.......I'd advise getting on the carriers obudsman email list.
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Good Morn Ladies..
Great question Vickie...it depends on the rate and the needs of the navy or squadron at the time...I've seen some stay with the squadron and work on quals and some go back to Pcola..one changed planes so he went to a different ship, another came right back to the squadron and ship...does all depends....
Michel's mom when I was on the RR, I got lost as every set of ladders and walkways are painted in Navy grey! Good thing am short as every 30 feet or so there's a door and step to walk over, the hatches, got pretty good at running down the ladders though.....
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