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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:

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:

RTC Graduation

**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.

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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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Started this discussion. Last reply by darlene8993 Feb 7, 2011. 3 Replies

I'm wondering after boot camp and during schooling, do the kids need or are they allowed to have their cars?  Trying to figure out what to do about insurance and my daughter's car once she ships out…Continue

 

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My Daughter Is One Step Closer!

Posted on February 3, 2011 at 8:45pm 4 Comments

My daughter is a senior in high school and is now officially in the Delayed Entry Program.  She went to MEPS this week, in the middle of the ice storm here in southwest/central Ohio!  She actually stayed an extra day to take the DLAB test and was very successful!  She's been assigned a job as a CTI.  I'll learn more tomorrow but it appears she'll leave around August for boot camp.  She is still interested in becoming a Rescue Swimmer but I guess that's a pretty tough test and this is an…

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At 2:54pm on September 27, 2011, diannep said…
We think your divison goes T/W next week.
At 7:48pm on September 25, 2010, Anna said…
Darlene,
You are welcome!!! Don't worry about those tears - there is plenty of that going around so you are always in good company!!! Just remember that!! We wear our tears proudly!!
My daughter also enlisted as a depper the summer between her junior and senior year. I thought for sure that with so much time inbetween something would happen and she would change her mind. But before I knew it we were watching her swear in for the final time and sending her off at the airport in Cleveland!!!! My heart was ripped out of my chest and crumpled up and tossed on the floor and stepped on several times!!!!!!! Ok - maybe I exaggerate a bit, but that's how much it hurt!!! So any time you need to talk or a shoulder to cry on, just stop by and let us help you along!!!
At 8:37pm on September 19, 2010, Anna said…
darlene,
I see you joined the Moms of Daughters 2 group and I want to welcome you!! We are a close, friendly, supportive group of Moms and look forward to getting to know you and your sailor. I see you are brand new to N4Ms, is your daughter in boot camp now? Please feel free to jump in and join our chats. You can ask any questions you may have, talk freely about your feelings, fears or concerns, or just chat about life. We are all in different phases of our daughters Naval careers and we are always there for each other!!! I am from OH although I just recently moved to Marquette, MI for a couple months. We have a couple other moms in the group from OH also! Again, Welcome Aboard!!!!!
At 11:57am on September 18, 2010, Navy for Moms Admin said…
Welcome to Navy For Moms!

You will find this site very helpful and full of members who are eager to answer your questions. Browse around the site and check out the forums, groups, blogs, photos, videos, and even the other member profiles!

If you haven’t already, please make sure that you review our Community Guidelines to learn the “Do’s and Don’ts” of the community.
Also, check out this OPSEC Internet Safety Video

Enjoy your time here and we look forward (along with the community) to reading more about you! :)
-Colleen
 
 
 

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