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leave after A/C school-- orders are confusing
my son is in A school now in pensacola Fl--he is set to finish on 9/6/19 and was told he starts 26 days of c school after that-- he is being stationed on the USS ronald Reagan in Japan-- his orders state he leaves for Sandiego on 9/30/2019- which would only give him 19 days in C school-- and they also say he will have 102 days in Sandiego-- leaving for japan on Dec 4th 2019-- but thats only 64 days in Sandiego-- also he says he isnt sure he is getting the 10 days leave we were expecting after C…See More
"This is from the RTC website:
STEP 3: Pick up your tickets for the graduation ceremony
TICKETING: Everyone who is planning on attending a graduation ceremony MUST personally obtain a ticket, which will be distributed at the…"
"Hi Mandy, Taking his Birth certificate and maybe social should work, Maybe a High school ID with his picture and name."
picking up PIR tickets
My son left for boot camp on 5/24/2019-- after reading posts on this website about having an ID to pick up tickets for PIR, I have a question. My other son is 16 and does not have an ID or a drivers license. Will we need to go get him an ID to get his ticket, or will his birth certificate work? TIASee More
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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…"
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- At 1:49am on August 14, 2019,
lemonelephant said…
Make at least change 3 at the bottom of OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes to Your Profile) (clickable link) and change the Privacy Settings for this page from "Anyone" to "Members."
There may be other changes you need to make as well, so read and consider each of the changes.
Since you have a Sailor, you can change "At Boot Camp now" above to “Enlisted.”
Also update your "A little about me:" section to indicate that you have a Sailor. ("I am the mom of a Sailor." or "My son is a Sailor.") Keep it general and you won't have to update it often.
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 1:46am on August 14, 2019,
Check out USS Ronald Reagan Families, CARRIER Families!, Yokosuka, Japan Moms and/or Japan Mom's. You may also want to check out https://www.facebook.com/ussronaldreagan. This is an interesting site, https://www.fleetmon.com/ports/yokosuka-ko_jpyos_10683/.
You may want to check out Pensacola, FL A School: NAS and Corry Station. What rating (job) is he in "A" School for? There may be a group for it as well.
- At 4:21pm on May 22, 2019,
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!
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