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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
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GROTON, CT. SUBSCHOOL & "A" SCHOOL MOMS
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hi My Son is currently in Groton, Ct. for Submarine School then "A" School.
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Comment by Val-ACD-(ship 12 div 034) on July 30, 2011 at 2:19pm
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My son just graduated from CS in Fort Lee and arrived in Groton in the wee hours of the morning and will be starting sub school. I am originally from CT and my parents are only a half hour from the base so we are looking forward to going to visit. So glad he can be near his grandparents. When my son was about 5 years old his grandpa took him to the sub base to visit and tour the museum. .... And now 15 years later he is there.
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Comment by Nana Donna (nanaTo2Saliors) on July 30, 2011 at 10:25am
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Lynn welcome this is a great group glad you joined us. My grandson has been in Groton since may he also will be there at least a year learning to be a sonar tech
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Comment by lynnvikings on July 29, 2011 at 7:09pm
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my son graduated from boot camp July 22, 2011 . He is now at Groton going to school. He said he will be there for over a year.He is going for FC tech or sonar tech. I hope i am in the correct group. Anyone else have a son or daughter new to Groton ?
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Comment by HeatherMc(ship11, DIV 369) on July 29, 2011 at 4:55pm
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Great, I haven't gotten your friend request yet, but sent you one as well.
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2 beds is great, please let me know when you cancel.
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Comment by PNM #2 (Proud NaVy Mom-2nd SR) on July 29, 2011 at 3:17pm
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janh: You don't know how good it makes me feel that you talked to him! He knew I would finagle a way to get at least one picture of him. That's really all I was asking for. Unfortunately he has a habit of giggling at inappropriate times so I'm not surprised. He has a smirk that he does when he's trying to be serious and the smile just can't help but come out. He did it in band, in show choir and now in the Navy. I'm glad one phase is over and another is ready to begin...
Cheri: I'm sure all moms know exactly how we feel. It is nice that I do not have as much of a financial burden on me since he's gone but I would gladly take that burden back in a heartbeat to have him home. I'm glad that the Navy is where he is growing into a man. Don't get me wrong; college is a good way for kids to grow up too but I believe that the military forces them to grow up pretty much whether or not they're ready to. I guess I just thought he wouldn't be able to do it without me. I wasn't ready to let go of the "being needed" part of being a mother. It's all good though and he is definitely growing up, being responsible, and making me a very proud mother.
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Cheri, do you have a suite reserved? How many can it sleep? PLEASE let me know as we had to go for something much more expensive for the weekend, but we can cancel our other plan if we can get in at Nave Lodge.
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janh - what graduation did you go to?
My grandson graduated BESS on 7/15
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Comment by janh on July 29, 2011 at 12:43pm
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Proud navy mom - I got some great pics of your son. Will have to wait til I'm home (mid of next week). Your son was cracking up but I could tell he was very happy about it. He said he knew you'd find someone. I told him you and I had been thru a lot together - the other moms too
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tackijacky: Thanks for the warning. I think I saw my son 10 hours when I went to his PIR. He is hoping to come home for Christmas. He left March 28. I figured it would be hard saying goodbye again plus when he comes home he already has planned all the friends he wants to hang out with, the places he wants to go, etc. He even wants to visit some shipmates from boot in Pensacola, FL so my time with him will be very limited again. Guess I just never realized that once he left home I was not going to be a priority in his life anymore :( It makes me kinda sad but then again I know he has to grow up and form bonds with people other than me. As long as he's happy, I'm going to TRY(!) to be happy. It never does get easy saying goodbye, does it?
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