"You sure can. I went to my son’s BESS graduation. It’s definitely a much less elaborate ceremony than PIR, and not that many parents attended, but it was a great day, and I’m very glad I went. It’s held in a large…"
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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)
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Hotel the night before leaving??
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Hello everyone, I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My question is should my son bring a change of clothes with him to the hotel to change into for the day he actually leaves?? Or should he…Continue
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"Can parents attend BESS graduation as we did with BC??"
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- A little about me:
- First time mom
- I am here to support my
- Son/Daughter
- Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy career?
- Waiting to leave for Boot Camp
- When I heard “Navy,” I...
- needed to learn more about it, was proud and encouraged it, had concerns or fears
- Our Navy experience so far...
- has been positive and maturing.
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 4:14pm on January 22, 2019,
lemonelephant said…
Since you have a Sailor, you can change "Waiting to leave for Boot Camp" above to “Enlisted.”
If you get an error message, then look at the area/s in the error message and unclick all of the choices in the area/s and make choices closer to the question/s. Some choices may have changed since you joined.
- At 4:41pm on January 1, 2019,
Click on OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes to Your Profile) and the Page will open in a new window. Read the Page and follow the directions at the bottom to make change 3 (see the words in bold) to change "Anyone" to "Members" so that this page is no longer visible to EVERYONE (Anyone) with access to the web. Don’t forget to click the “Save” button at the bottom.
There may be other changes you need to make as well, so read and consider each of the changes.
- At 9:46am on November 12, 2018,
Join Sub Moms and GROTON, CT. SUBSCHOOL & "A" SCHOOL MOMS and check out Naval Submarine Base New London Facebook Page.
Your Sailor will most likely fly out to "A" School the day after PIR. Plan to leave late Saturday or on Sunday.See PIR Day and Liberty during PIR Weekend to help you know how to plan your weekend.
What rating (MMS, MT, STS....) does he have a contract for or does he have a contract for SECF? I have more info for you.
- At 5:14pm on November 4, 2018,
B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) said…
Welcome to NAVYforMoms.com!
Head to “Settings” on the main page right away to add a profile image (no last names visible, please) and complete your Profile. Then - and this is important! - read these Community Guidelines and this Operations Security (OPSEC) Checklist, for the safety and privacy of all our Sailors.
Then jump right in! Browse around the site and check out the groups and the information in their Discussion Forums.
Join this group for boot camp moms, where you'll also find a group for your Pass in Review (graduation) date; and this one for PIR Reference Information.
Get a head start during boot camp by joining groups for, and learning about, your Sailor's occupational specialty and "A" School; and later your Sailor's duty station and/or Navy ship and homeport. You can also join groups for your own state, region or home town and interests from getting ready for deployment to care package ideas!
Please say Hi when you join a group, and feel free to ask any and all questions - everyone was new once, and there is no "dumb" question.
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