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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.

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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

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OCS Graduate Moms

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OCS Graduate Moms

For those who have graduated from Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI or who are currently attending there.

Members: 662
Latest Activity: Jan 14

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it .  You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

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OCS in November

Started by J71792. Last reply by barbrag Oct 12, 2023. 4 Replies

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Comment by Marilyn on February 15, 2011 at 9:33pm

Sue, Where did you get the commissioning coin?  That sounds like an AWESOME

idea!  I also am going to snd your comment to a friend of my son who works for someone in the US House about the flag.  Thanks a million!!!  The more I read and the closer it gets, the more excited I become!

Comment by angie79 on February 14, 2011 at 7:57am
I hadn't thought about it starting one.  I guess I can look into that and try it out.  Thanks!
Comment by Tiramisu on February 14, 2011 at 12:01am
You could start the F&F group...have him let everybody know the name of the F&F group.  It could be easier to start it now before he begins.  It's a great support system for everyone--the one for my son's class is up to 102 members.
Comment by angie79 on February 13, 2011 at 9:07pm
Tiramisu, yes my husband has joined the Facebook group for his class.  I know there are talking about meeting the Saturday night before their class starts.  I have searched Facebook, but haven't found a group for family and friends yet.  He does have a couple of former classmates who started in January and should be Candio-o as well when he gets there.
Comment by Tiramisu on February 13, 2011 at 7:53pm

I just looked...there is a FB group already.  Is your husband in there?  It's a nice way to begin to connect.  My son met up with some of his classmates before the Sunday he began.

 

Comment by Tiramisu on February 13, 2011 at 7:49pm

Hi, Angie.  Welcome.  This is a great group...lots of helpful women here.  My son is currently at OCS.  If I figure this correctly, my son will be a Candi-o for your husband's class (if my son passes everything okay between now and then, of course...fingers crossed).  Does your husband's class have a Facebook group started yet?  Also, there will be a Facebook group for their Friends and Family too.

 

Comment by angie79 on February 13, 2011 at 7:43pm
Hello all!  I wanted to introduce myself.  I am Angie.  My husband is about to leave for OCS March 13.  He's getting pretty nervous and excited.  He is prior enlisted in the Army reserve so he has an idea of what to expect, but I don't.  I didn't meet him until after he finished basic training.  It looks like there is a ton of information on here so I am hoping you kind people can guide me through this process.
Comment by Marilyn on February 12, 2011 at 9:45am
Wow 2 in the service-how devoted! We did get him a camera for Christmas that he hasn't been able to use yet, but that time will come. Thanks for all your input!
Comment by Marilyn on February 11, 2011 at 8:06pm
Thanks gdawg, but as of yet I don't have a Facebook page.   I'm not really very computer savvy.  I had a comment on here, or so I thought for 4 or 5 days with no responses before I finally saw this group and joined it.  Thanks so much for the suggestions.  Our son will be deployed for 30 months once he completes a little more schooling of his specialty so we had thought about a Kindle.  Hope to hear from others soon, I don't think our other 4 children, our OCS is the oldest want me "creeping on their facebook"  Ha ha!
Comment by navymom9875 on February 11, 2011 at 7:37pm

Have you joined the facebook page for friends and families of his class?  They've been chatting about graduation gifts, outfits for the events etc.  Here is the address:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_108717709199819&ap=1#!/home.php?sk=group_108717709199819&ap=1

You'll probably need to paste the link into your browser because links don't seem to work on this site.  

I can fill you also though.  PIR is very casual - many were in jeans, if not jeans then casual pants, sweaters etc.  Hi Mom's is like a cocktail party - nice dress or dressy pants and top, men in suits or dress pants and tie.  Graduation itself ranged from jeans to "church" type clothes - nice pants, sweaters, less dressy skirts or dresses (it was Jan. so people dressed warmly).

  As for gifts - a common gift is a sword (they can be purchased from the Navy Exchange but are in the $500-600 range).  My son already a sword passed down from his grandfather so we got him an engraved Ensign box to hold his medals and such.  He also received a ship's clock and a nice watch.  I've heard others say they've given luggage, laptop, Kindle (great if they are going to be deployed for long time periods).  Hope that helps!  The graduation weekend is lots of fun, full of so many proud moments for you and your LO.  

Hope that helps.  If you have other questions, just ask, but I do recommend joining the facebook page if you haven't already.

 

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