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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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What ship has your son been assigned to? I might be able to see if I can get you further information in Norfolk.
I need to get to bed, we had a long day yesterday with our youngest son and an activity with him and church today, but I can give you some more information about Norfolk, VA as well.
I have been searching the internet, so far I found a FB post of someone that was with their son at a Jan 27th Prototype graduation. I think they are about 3 months apart. Sorry, that is not much help. Have you tried reaching out to the Ombudsman at NNPTC? - I just found this on FB - is this the correct class #? NPTU Charleston | Goose Creek SC | Facebook dated Jan 19 2023
I hope I answered your question. I will be away from my computer for a while, but I will try to check in later. Have a wonderful day!!
Good Morning mamabearto3 - I came across a post of yours when I was working on some things for posting on BC Mom group and just thought I would say Hi!! How is your sailor doing? I have forgotten if he is done with the pipeline yet, and at a duty station or is he still in GC?
Sorry - I deleted and reposted that comment in a longer PM to you, check your inbox.
Good Morning mamabearto3 - I am glad to see you posting in the BC Mom group. That is where you will get the most support here. Feel free to post every day even it is to just tell us how you are doing.
Here is the link to the EmptyNesters group on this site - EMPTYNESTERS - Navy For Moms (ning.com)
Hugs to you!! I am not much help when it comes to empty nesting. I just graduated my youngest from high school, but I still have kids around that I am involved with and I have a project of my own that I am trying to get up and running, so I stay pretty busy. My sailor is in the fleet and I receive pretty good communication from his ship so I know most of what is going on. I miss him and it is hard to not have him available to do things with.
When he was in BC my husband found a sample time line of their activities and events so that helped me feel a little more connected and gave me something to pray about. Be sure to check out the videos in the upper left of this page that share some of the BC activities with you.
There are a lot of moms on this site though that have struggled with their only child or last one leaving for BC. I have reached out to some of them, hopefully they will reply on the BC Mom group for you.
HI mamabearto3 - I am sorry that I did not see your post in the main room chat yesterday. It is best to post your comments in the BC Mom group. That is where the majority of our currently active members receive email notifications and feed to reply and check on your post.
I am sorry that you are not sleeping well. Did you receive the "I'm here" scripted call? If your son had his two vaccinations then most likely he will not have to do ROM, but some still are and those that have not been vaccinated are still doing ROM.
If he has ROM it will be 4 - 5 weeks before you might receive the form letter with his address. If no ROM then about 2 - 3 weeks for a letter. Be sure to read through some of the recent posts from members with SRs in GL.
Hi mamabearto3 - you are a member of the BC Mom group, so you can click on the icon to the left here and go to that group page. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom section where the Comment Wall is. That is the best place on this site to post. You will have more people see your message there and post comments. Also, you will find a lot more information on what is going on at BC etc.
I think BBH has updated this a little more with some of the recent changes - First Things First-- The Quarantine Edition - Navy For Moms (ning.com)
Hi mamabearto3 - Just checking in on you to see how you are doing!!
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