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This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**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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OCS Graduate Moms

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

Members: 663
Latest Activity: Apr 11

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Comment by Marilyn on February 11, 2011 at 7:00pm: Our son graduates from OCS in Newport RI on March 11th. What can we expect? what do you recommend wearing to each of the events: Pass and Review, "Hi Moms", and Graduation? Any recommendations out there for a Navy related gift from his family, except for our presence of course? Thanks a ton for any help you can give me?

Comment by Kelley on February 8, 2011 at 8:40pm: Hi,

My son will be starting OCS April 24. By our calculations, his graduation will be July 15. Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere yet, but still looking! Also, if there is a facebook page for this moms of this class, I'd like to join, so please let me know if you have that information. Thanks!

Comment by LSUtiger4life on February 6, 2011 at 12:47pm: Thanks gdawg I'll make sure I get there early! I kinda want to see what this whole eating by the numbers actually looks like with everyone doing it.

Wow Navyprincess that is late! But that's nice that you got to spend time celebrating with friends and family!! I am already getting very excited about seeing him getting commissioned. I feel the same way about your philosophy. I told my husband that he can decide what he wants to do Thursday and Friday night since he has gone through so much the past 3 months! I already have a list of meals I want to make him once we are finally living together again so that he can have a home cooked meal for once! I plan on spoiling him once we are finally together!!

Amanda that's good to know that OCS is the hardest part! My husband graduates on February 18th. Stay safe in the snow!! I'm from Louisiana so I'm not very familiar with snow. Today's high is 64 here!!

Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on February 5, 2011 at 11:23am: LSUtiger4life- we didn't do dinner after the HiMom's but a bunch of us did go out and celebrate since many people had to leave right after graduation. We were out until about 1AM! Everyone was really tired but we wouldn't have traded the memories of the whole family, plus friends from OCS, going out together because now that my husband is out in the fleet, it's really hard to get people together! Our graduate run was canceled but we still had the "eat by the numbers"- but the adrenaline of him finally commissioning more than got us through the day, and we took a nap afterwards. Haha! :) My philosophy was, my hubby spent four months being told what to do up there, so if he wanted to go out that last night, we should take him out!

Comment by navymom9875 on February 4, 2011 at 11:53am: My son's graduate run was canceled due to the weather and then the class voted to also cancel the Eating by the Numbers demonstration so we didn't have anything Friday morning until the graduation ceremony at 9am. Be sure to arrive by 8am though if you want a good seat.

Comment by LSUtiger4life on February 4, 2011 at 11:49am: Thanks! I mentioned to my husband that we would have to get up very early the next morning but he is dead set on trying a restaurant called The Pier that he has heard about. Apparently they have the best prices on Thursday nights only. I'll have to make sure we eat lightly at the Hi Moms! I am hoping the graduate run is cancelled too due to the weather! I guess I can make reservations for around 8:30 and we'll be fine. Thanks for the information!

I am so looking forward to going to Newport!!! We will actually be there for 7 months because Supply School is there and my husband starts in April. I'll have to put up with a few months of winter but will be there throughout the summer, which I've heard is beautiful up there!

Comment by navymom9875 on February 4, 2011 at 11:39am: My son graduated several weeks ago. The Hi Mom's event was 5:30-7:30pm. We easily made an 8:15 dinner reservation in Newport. We went to Brick Alley Pub and it was great! Since we knew we were going out afterward we ate very lightly at the reception.

Comment by LSUtiger4life on February 4, 2011 at 11:20am: Morning everyone! I was wondering if anyone knows how long the Hi Moms reception lasts? I know it starts at 5:30. I've read the discussions about Hi Moms but no one mentions how long it lasts. My husband wants us to eat dinner at a restaurant in Newport after it but I have no idea how long the reception will be so I can't make reservations yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated!