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
Latest Activity
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
OS Aschool
My husband is in BC at the moment, he graduates on the 30th. I can't wait to see him! But he sent me a letter a few weeks ago saying he wants me to move down to Chicago when I come for PIR. I've made all the necessary plans to do so, but now I'm wondering if he will be able to get the live ashore package. I thought he could but its only a 3 month school. Does anyone know if OS's can live off base during Aschool??
Views: 225
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by nightingale cvn72 on
-
I know he can't during the first phase.. Just not sure about after that.
-
-
Permalink Reply by abuon18 on
-
I'm not 100% sure because I didn't bother moving to GL with my husband for the short amount of time he was there but I have heard that it is extremely difficult to get an approved live ashore even after the first phase. It is a whole big long packet of paper work and once he fills it out then he has to wait to get it approved which could take weeks or months in itself.
-
-
Permalink Reply by Anti M on
-
Does HE know about liberty phases and the live ashore packet? We do, because it is discussed daily here. Recruits don't have a clue about any of that. Inform him. and see how he feels.
For three months, and he can't move offbase right away? Is the deposit on an apartment worth it? Did you find something short term? Military lease clause? Weekly/monthly extended stay hotel may be your best bet financially.
Can you move all your stuff in one shot? Anything you leave behind "at home" does not get moved by the Navy later. If you're in Great Lakes, you and your household goods get moved from one location only.
-
-
-
I found a way to have a place to live without a deposit or a lease. (thank goodness) Its an extended stay hotel and I pay per night or per week or per month.. as long as they get their money they don't seem to care. Ive booked a room for a little over three months, but I have no obligation financially to stay that long. All of my stuff fits into two bags. I spent the last two years moving every 3 or 4 months so I learned to pack light. Anything I can't pack in the car will be left in Rochester, thats where we will have the Navy pick our stuff up from. Because that's where all of his stuff is. I'm bringing all of my things with me when I go down with my inlaws for graduation. He has no clue from what I can tell. I should get a call on Monday so I'll let him know then. And if it doesn't work I'm not signing anything that will hold me there. I'm use to making sure I have an escape plan, life is too unpredictable. He does know about liberty phases, we covered that before he left. I sent him a letter mentioning live ashore package, but I don't know the details so its quite vague. I have nothing holding me here, so I don't mind moving. I just don't know whats going on with the live ashore package. I'm so new to all of this....
-
-
-
Sounds like a plan. Just one small detail... make sure someone in Rochester has a power of attorney to sign for the household goods shipment. Also, that could mean you pay for your own personal travel from Great Lakes to the new duty station. Possibly.
The OS school has contact info online, you could call and ask about live ashore packets. You might even get a helpful, pleasant answer. Let me know if you need help digging it up.
-
-
-
I'm not quite sure what household goods shipments are.. The trip to Great Lakes is all taken care of :) I knew the Navy wouldn't pay for the move. I was planning on heading back as soon as hes done with Aschool. I was told he would have about a week of leave after he graduates? And we were going to come back to Rochester to see family before we move the his duty station. I havent been able to find the OS School contact info.
-
-
-
Household goods is shipping your physical belongings and furniture, but not a car. He will need to talk to the personal property office about that as soon as he has verbal orders. It can take time to set up, so you still may end up with a relative overseeing the packers. There are also ways to be paid for doing the furniture moving yourself. Check the PCSing group, not very active, but the same people are here and there, and you can get an idea of the process from reading the posts.
I'm having trouble finding the specific school number, closest I can get is the TSC (training service command). (honestly, you can get mixed results as a spouse when calling, either they are super nice, or no one knows a damn thing... hope you have a sense of humor and some patience)
https://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/TSCGL/Sites.aspx?ID=0
OS is part of surface combat systems.
CENTER SURFACE COMBAT SYSTEMS (CSCS) UNIT Bldg. 621
320A Dewey Ave
Great Lakes IL 60088-5100
COMM: (847) 688-3535 -
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
