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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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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.

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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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Comment by navymom9875 on August 20, 2010 at 11:37am: For those of you that have had trouble getting on the OCS website, I just read on the Navy OCS portal that the website has changed. Here is the new link: http://www1.netc.navy.mil/nstc/otc/index.asp

Comment by Stevemom56 on August 20, 2010 at 11:20am: Hi cekj5, My LO is in class 2010. I understand how you feel! It's hard not knowing, but I just pray every day and have found peace knowing the Lord will take care of him. Also, I remind myself that this is what he wants to do. They keep them very busy and the first few weeks he would write on sundays--letters took a week each way. He really liked getting letters!! I kept things positive and usually didn't ask him questions. I just told him what's going on at home and with his friends that I know--some from college swim team (through fb). I included comics, pictures printed on paper-- of things like his dog and inspirational moments. I looked on the Navy OCS Portal for information on what they may be doing each week. Also this site is a great support along with Facebook class group I found a few weeks ago. Hope this helps! My LO's class just started Candio phase and they got their cell phones--hooray!!

Comment by cekj5 on August 19, 2010 at 7:24am: Hi Sue, thank you so much for your kind words and validating my feelings. It is so nice to talk to other moms that understand about our rough days. I do feel much better today. I was so tired I think I was out in 2 seconds flat when I finally hit the pillow. It is amazing what a good night's sleep can do! I know things will calm down here and I am so looking forward to the Hi Moms! Each day is a day closer to that. He has RLP next week and I am totally keeping ALL my letters positive. I wish for all those with LOs doing this next week that our LOs will pass with flying colors!! Sue, where is your son now? Is he on a ship or sub or at school? We'll I am off to work, have a good day everyone.

Comment by cekj5 on August 18, 2010 at 11:00pm: Hi Everyone. So I'm really missing my son. He is at OCS now and I haven't heard from him in awhile. My husband reminds me that we'd go stretches without hearing from him when he was at college so why does this feel so different? I guess because I know I can't just pick up the phone and call him. It's been a rough two weeks - daughter had to have a procedure done and stitches, worried about my dad's health and stressed with 2 kids getting ready to go to college. My son who is at OCS always has a way of brightening up any situation - well, I'm sorry, I guess I'm venting. I'll probably feel better tomorrow.....maybe as navy moms, at some point or another, we find ourselves missing our LOs but I keep telling myself no news is good news and then I feel better. Besides I know he is doing what he has wanted to do since he was in 8th grade. Thanks N4Ms for letting me web talk.

Comment by navymom9875 on August 18, 2010 at 5:25pm: Very cool, Paymaster. Thanks for sharing.

Comment by madre37 on August 18, 2010 at 5:08pm: Paymaster I so agree when my son came back on the ship and we greeted it at port I pick my son out among all the dress whites. His dad thinks I was crazy but I was right!!! A mother knows her son!!!!

Comment by Paymaster on August 18, 2010 at 3:10pm: They don't call me "Hawkeye" for nothing.

Comment by lsP3Orion on August 18, 2010 at 1:09pm: Paymaster - this is so cool and the fact that you could identify your son is even cooler!!

Comment by Paymaster on August 18, 2010 at 1:06pm: Finally saw my son on his ship. This was posted on the ships website. He's the one on the far right wearing a yellow shirt and baseball cap.

Only a mother could pick her child out of small picture like this. My husband didn't believe me that it was our son, so he had to enlarge the picture to prove me wrong, needless to say he was wrong and it is our son.

http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lpd20/Pages/JerabekChallenge2010....

Comment by pgrlisa on August 16, 2010 at 3:52pm: Rosemarie - Candio (Candidate Officer) phase starts at week 9 or 10. They get many of their privledges returned, wear the khaki uniforms, have assigned duties (my daughter was Division Adjutent, so she prepared attendance reports and chow hall schedules), and basically get ready to graduate and join the fleet.