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:

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:

RTC Graduation

**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:

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

Loading…
Hey there. I have a question for wives or fiances, specifically anyone who has gotten married during liberty weekend. My fiancé and I plan to get married during his liberty weekend in January, and he graduates on jan 9, which of course is a Friday. He's gotten permission to get married, and I'm trying to coordinate how To go about getting a marriage license and all, but it's difficult due to the fact that the license wouldn't be valid till the next day (Saturday) and I'm not even sure if the Lake County Courthouse is open on Fridays. Does anyone have an advice to give? Or anyone that's gotten married on liberty weekend and can tell me how to go about this? Please! Thanks!

Views: 360

Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Just google Lake County marriage licenses, the hours and such are posted online.  Yes, it is open Friday. There is also a list of JoPs who do the ceremony on Saturdays.  Some even do Sundays.

However, WHO gave him permission?  The RDCs do not have that authority.  If he does not have a special request chit requesting permission in writing, with signatures, a verbal go ahead means NOTHING.  When prepping for liberty, they are given a brief, and one of the rules if do not marry PIR weekend.  They sign a Page 13 agreeing to follow the regulations.   So if he decides to marry, it may not be with formal permission.  

Where is his A school?  If it is out of state, he will be flying out Saturday and will not be allowed to go to the courthouse.  If it is in Great Lakes, once he checks into his A school on Friday afternoon (TSC), any sort of "permission" from RTC is invalid.  He must get it from TSC, a totally different command.  They require a class or counseling session and will not sign such a chit until phase two.

Sorry to sound so harsh, but I hate it when no one tells the SRs the actual way things work.

Is he staying in Great Lakes for A School?  If he is not, he will not have time to get married on Saturday as he will be flying out.  If he is staying in Great Lakes getting permission from RTC will not work.  He needs to get permission from the A School he will be attending.  Great Lakes A School attendees are specifically told that they are not to get married PIR weekend. He will find all of this out closer to the end of Boot Camp.

Thank you for the replies! He will be staying in Great Lakes for A School. Does anyone know how long it takes to go from phase one to phase two?

Two weeks minimum.   Some of the shorter A schools are more relaxed about the no marriage rule (PACT program, BM) but the long schools can be quite strict.

Here are the liberty phase rules:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/training-support-center-tsc-great-la...

Here is the general PIR liberty outline:

http://bootcamp.navy.mil/rules_liberty.asp

RSS

© 2024   Created by Navy for Moms Admin.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service