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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. 

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.

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GROTON, CT. SUBSCHOOL & "A" SCHOOL MOMS

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GROTON, CT. SUBSCHOOL & "A" SCHOOL  MOMS

hi My Son is currently in Groton, Ct. for Submarine School then "A" School.

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Comment by Navy Mom (A-School Mom) on October 24, 2011 at 2:25pm

Hoping my son get's to sub-school soon possibly end of this week beginning of next week, he is ready for this next adventure.  His PIR was 10/7, but he was still waiting for his paperwork to get completed before he could move on to Groton.  I am very proud of the way he has handled this whole situation, very grown up.  He says he just takes it one day at a time and it will all work out.  For whatever reason the Lord has decided he did not need to be there yet, my son actually reminded me of that it used to be me telling him that.  Funny how they pick up things that you do and say, I kind of got a laugh out of that one.   

Comment by Karen on October 24, 2011 at 12:12pm
PMS & Kris, my son graduated 10/14 & is in Groton now. So now we have a new place to learn about! It has been great now that he has his phone & PC. I have heard from him everyday. He is settling in well, but was sick this weekend.
Comment by Nancy on October 24, 2011 at 11:16am
Hi Val, my son just graduated from Groton and he is in Norfolk too. Have you been over to the SUB MOMS site? It has lots of good info and is fairly active. Not as active as this site. Mine is on the USS Boise.
Comment by PMSingMOMof3(11/351) on October 24, 2011 at 10:06am
Hi Kris. Congrats to your new sailor. I am excited to start sharing experiences with everyone.
PMS
Comment by Kris' proud mom on October 24, 2011 at 10:04am
Welcome pm! My son graduated bc 10/14 and is in groton now too!! 
Comment by PMSingMOMof3(11/351) on October 24, 2011 at 9:56am
Hi everyone. I wanted to introduce myself. My son graduated BC on 10/21 and is officially in Groton now. This site has been a blessing for me for the last 3 months. Now I have a lot to learn (again) and would love to ask here and find yet another set of friends that will last a lifetime.
Comment by Val-ACD-(ship 12 div 034) on October 24, 2011 at 9:09am

HI danagirl, 

My son is a CS and after Groton BESS graduation he flew home and stayed here for 2 WEEKS!!!!!    He too went to Fort Lee for his culinary training (grad end of July) and then to Groton only for BESS (grad beginning of Oct).      He is stationed now in Norfolk, VA so I drove him down there yesterday since it is only 2 hours away.    So glad we will still be able to visit him often and coming home will be cheap for him.          He is on the USS Helena - any other Helena moms out there???? 

Comment by Diana (Proud Navy Mom) on October 24, 2011 at 8:13am
Nana, I know he has to earn the privilege to wear civilian clothes but can I give him a change of clothers that he can keep for later or is that not allowed?
Comment by danagagirl on October 22, 2011 at 7:09pm

Nana - The son that is in Groton graduated BC in August, Son #2 graduates Nov 10. I understand about the Kleenex!! I'm prepared this time. Sub son said that he was going to be in Groton until Dec 19..give or take depending on where he is getting stationed. Groton is actually his second A school, he was in Ft. Lee for 2 months. I just hope he is able to come home before they send him to a sub. My son said he likes Groton too. I think he only does BESS at Groton..he is a CSS. We sent his cold weather clothes a few weeks ago..bit more chilly up north than here in FL :)  Best of luck to your grandson

Comment by Nana Donna (nanaTo2Saliors) on October 22, 2011 at 11:55am

Diana congrats to your son and oh what an amazing ceremony PIR is, just make sure you take kleenex.  My grandson's PIR was May 5th he flew out to Groton 6 am the next morning.  So he have been in Groton since May 6th.  I talked to him a couple days later and he said "Nana it is  so cool here and there is no one in my face yelling all the time"   like in BC.   They do have to earn a few privileges when they first get to Groton, like wearing civilian clothes, going off base etc small thing like that.

But your son has a way to go before he starts A school it has been nearly 6 months since my grandson got there and he is just now starting A school, he is anxious to get started and really start learning his actual job skills.  For some reason I thought that once they through BESS, ATT & TECHNO that it was a pretty sure thing that they were home free so to speak but now reading this, I see that is not the case.  The A school is really the challenging part.

 

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