This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
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.
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.)
N4M Merchandise
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.
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
Badge
Boot Camp
My boyfriend of a year and a half just left for boot camp at Annapolis today and I am a mess. I cried all night because I'm afraid of whats going to happen. I guess what I'm really asking is what is the whole navy education really like. He has told me that we can write during boot camp and once that's over well be able to do everything as normal like talk on the phone and web chat, but it seems like he is guessing about this stuff rather than actually knowing the facts.
Does anyone have any advice or experience that they can help me out and relieve my worry?
Views: 35
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Anti M on
-
Annapolis is for officers, there are a few differences than with enlisted boot camp. You will want to find the OCS groups here on N4M.
There will be letters, and yes, there will be regular communications for the most part. When he is assigned to a ship or sub, then you can join those groups and find out how it varies.
-
-
Permalink Reply by sammy on
-
Well i read the last comment. My husband went to boot camp at Great Lakes so it could be completely different. He was able to write me after the first week of boot camp. They can write every Sunday, and if they aren't completely exhausted they can write at night... my husband did.. but not often. They were allowed to send as many letters as they wanted, but only mailed them out once a week. Once he reached his 4th week of boot camp he was able to send out letters 2 times a week. He called me i think 3 times while he was in boot camp. He got to call me after his first week of being there, so that was really nice! I didn't get to talk to him the last 4 weeks at all on the phone until he passed battle stations and called to tell me he was 'officially a sailor' He just started his A school and he calls and text me several times a day, we chat on the webcam/facebook/yahoo.
It may be differnt in OCS if thats where he is. He may have MORE or LESS freedom. I seriously have no idea. You should search for an OCS group for more support :)
Everything will be okay, you just have to stay strong for him!
-
-
Permalink Reply by TropikalParadize on
-
I have a question: I was under the impression that OCS was in Rhode Island....I know there are LOTS of different officer training programs though. Is Annapolis another one of these? I thought the Naval Academy was in Annapolis though, is this program boot camp there and then school at the Naval Academy?
-
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
