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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.
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."
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 isno 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.
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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Welcome and congrats on being a Navy Mom...it is a proud moment as well as a scary one as I am sure you are very well aware of. My son is very happy with being AIRR - he is an AWS-3 now and in San Diego. He just graduated FRAC back in August and will be going out on deployment in the new year.
He went to BC in mid-February 2019 and he completed everything (NACCS, RSS, FRAC and SERE) by the end of August 2020. He does like it, he is very confident and has matured a lot. My son is young he just turned 20 last week and he was always the kid who surprised us and he has done very well and surprised us more than we could ever imagine. With AIRR depending on if your son is AWS or AWR they will have different types of jobs that are all related to the helicopter and SAR (search and rescue). It is a very strenuous pipeline, the physical requirements are very difficult but doable. I was able to attend his BC graduation which I know a lot of parents are missing out on. It was a great moment and he was exhausted! There was a snowstorm in Great Lakes when we were there so we got an extra day with him...He graduated on Thursday and left for Pensacola on Monday (it can be any day after they graduate). We were able to visit Pensacola and the Base. It is typical dorm type living..when they get there from BC they have "phase up" in order to leave the barracks, have their rooms neat, and will work a cleaning detail until they complete everything. once they phase up they can wear civilian clothes and come and go as they please. Pensacola Beach is beautiful, the area that surrounds the base is a litte run down but Perdicho Key and the beach are a lot of fun. If possible visit him for his RSS graduation - which is an extremely difficult school. My son's class started with 22 and only had 11 graduate. After RSS which was in August there was (I don't know if they still do A School) his was 10 weeks I think...anyways he left early November 2019 (right before the mass shooting thankfully) and headed to San Diego - AIRR will usually go to Norfolk or San Diego.
San Diego is beautiful but expensive! He started FRAC after Christmas _ January 2020 and finished end of July 2020 - same type of barrack living actually his was like a hotel room. He just moved to a nice barracks and only shares his kitchen - he has his own room! He has a car on base which my brother brought to him from Texas. Where he is he access to parking. A car is a great thing to have because Ubers get expensive and there is a lot to do (there was before Covid) so having a car makes it easier for sure! He completed SERE school last month which he said was the worse experience of his life but also the best.
I don't know if you are on social media (Facebook) but there are great groups on there. The Navy Recruit Training Command will have a page just for your son's PIR date and there is also a Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer group which is amazing! Lots of support from other parents because your friends "won't get it" if they are non-military. I hope this helps and I wasn't too long winded! I am hoping to go to Cali before Christmas because my son will probably not be home this year for the holidays. We were lucky and got him for 2 weeks last year. Good luck to your son, and to you!
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.
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.
This site was created by the U.S. Navy just for you, and we look forward to getting to know you and your Sailor.
Welcome to the NAVY family - we're so glad you're here!!
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FIRST TIME HERE?
FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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.
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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:
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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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Welcome and congrats on being a Navy Mom...it is a proud moment as well as a scary one as I am sure you are very well aware of. My son is very happy with being AIRR - he is an AWS-3 now and in San Diego. He just graduated FRAC back in August and will be going out on deployment in the new year.
He went to BC in mid-February 2019 and he completed everything (NACCS, RSS, FRAC and SERE) by the end of August 2020. He does like it, he is very confident and has matured a lot. My son is young he just turned 20 last week and he was always the kid who surprised us and he has done very well and surprised us more than we could ever imagine. With AIRR depending on if your son is AWS or AWR they will have different types of jobs that are all related to the helicopter and SAR (search and rescue). It is a very strenuous pipeline, the physical requirements are very difficult but doable. I was able to attend his BC graduation which I know a lot of parents are missing out on. It was a great moment and he was exhausted! There was a snowstorm in Great Lakes when we were there so we got an extra day with him...He graduated on Thursday and left for Pensacola on Monday (it can be any day after they graduate). We were able to visit Pensacola and the Base. It is typical dorm type living..when they get there from BC they have "phase up" in order to leave the barracks, have their rooms neat, and will work a cleaning detail until they complete everything. once they phase up they can wear civilian clothes and come and go as they please. Pensacola Beach is beautiful, the area that surrounds the base is a litte run down but Perdicho Key and the beach are a lot of fun. If possible visit him for his RSS graduation - which is an extremely difficult school. My son's class started with 22 and only had 11 graduate. After RSS which was in August there was (I don't know if they still do A School) his was 10 weeks I think...anyways he left early November 2019 (right before the mass shooting thankfully) and headed to San Diego - AIRR will usually go to Norfolk or San Diego.
San Diego is beautiful but expensive! He started FRAC after Christmas _ January 2020 and finished end of July 2020 - same type of barrack living actually his was like a hotel room. He just moved to a nice barracks and only shares his kitchen - he has his own room! He has a car on base which my brother brought to him from Texas. Where he is he access to parking. A car is a great thing to have because Ubers get expensive and there is a lot to do (there was before Covid) so having a car makes it easier for sure! He completed SERE school last month which he said was the worse experience of his life but also the best.
I don't know if you are on social media (Facebook) but there are great groups on there. The Navy Recruit Training Command will have a page just for your son's PIR date and there is also a Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer group which is amazing! Lots of support from other parents because your friends "won't get it" if they are non-military. I hope this helps and I wasn't too long winded! I am hoping to go to Cali before Christmas because my son will probably not be home this year for the holidays. We were lucky and got him for 2 weeks last year. Good luck to your son, and to you!
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.
This site was created by the U.S. Navy just for you, and we look forward to getting to know you and your Sailor.
Welcome to the NAVY family - we're so glad you're here!!
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