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

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Latest Activity: Apr 11

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Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on October 22, 2009 at 8:59am: Also good luck to the classes who have ORLP today!! My fiance was talking to some of the class chiefs, they all had good things to say about the students at OCS right now. I have faith they will all do very well and make everyone proud :)

Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on October 22, 2009 at 8:58am: I remember when Tim had his wisdom teeth out at OCS- he was in pain for so long! He had it done in week 10 and when i came at the end of week 11 he still had not had the time to go and get more pain meds (he was in Indoc staff and all of your LO's were keeping him super busy! They were also the only candi-o's for the longest time- so tough on them all) so I had to bring him some extra strength advil. I felt bad, I had had my teeth out at the same time and I hadn't had any swelling or anything, and I was in between rotations and school so I would've had the time to sit around and be in pain! I wished so much that I could just take his pain on since he was so busy, or that I could be there to take care of him! He was so painful until like four weeks after- right around when he left for SWOS. I felt horrible!
News update on my friend in Afghanistan- he stabilized, so was moved to Germany. His mom was able to go and she will be with him very soon. Still not out of the woods, but doing much better! His girlfriend still doesn't know what exactly happened, I guess he was on a special mission so it's classified. Those prayers are working, we can't thank you enough!! :)

Comment by BunkerQB on October 22, 2009 at 7:49am: It's 4:48 AM PST. I just read Leslie's workout regiment. I am so exhausted. I am going back to bed.

Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on October 20, 2009 at 7:20am: Good Morning everyone :)
Still no news on my friend in Afghanistan- he is still in critical condition. We are praying that he will continue to stay strong!
Just got off the phone with my fiance, he saw all of the non-candio classes at chow this morning. He said that 07 is holding strong! He actually talked to their senior chief, he said they were hanging in there just fine. Tomorrow they meet their DI.
Also, Greatbridge, apparently you sent a message to my fiance over on the OCS Navy Forum asking about SWO's getting orders. It's a small world ;). He promises to write back once he gets done with classes today!

Have a great day everyone :)

Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on October 19, 2009 at 7:14am: Good Morning all!
I'm off to take a huge all day long canine anatomy exam so I won't be back on until later, but I just wanted to give an update on my friend- last his family heard, he was in critical condition. Please keep praying for him and his family and friends! They need those prayers! I told them about this site and that everyone was pulling for them and they were so appreciative- it really means a lot!

Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on October 18, 2009 at 10:52pm: Victoria- the girl who put together the Hi Mom's video for our class was still putting it together during week 12, no joke. So I bet they will be able to squeeze a few pics of Emily in there. It will be okay!!! :)

Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on October 18, 2009 at 11:37am: I hope everyone has a good Super Sunday with lots of long phone calls filled with good news!!
I wanted to ask for everyone's prayers... I just got off the phone with one of my high school classmates. Her boyfriend, another one of our classmates, is a soldier in Afghanistan and he has been badly wounded. She doesn't have details but merely said "it does not look good". He is just the nicest guy you could meet and a true soldier. This is his third tour in Afghanistan. If everyone could say a quick prayer for him, that he will recover, and for his family and girlfriend that they will be strong through this I would really appreciate it!!

Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on October 16, 2009 at 8:29pm: Oh and Congrats to all the new candi-o's :) I'm jealous they get to go to navy ball! I was supposed to try to go up this weekend for it but vet school tends to get in the way of vacation ;)

Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on October 16, 2009 at 8:23pm: Sorry I haven't been on much- I had a huge exam and then five quizzes this week. Eep. Next week and every week until the end of the quarter is just as bad, so I have to get used to it!
Marajade- Tim and I will be off base that night but if they'll let him call and be your sponsor, he can certainly do that- or, if not, he has a bunch of friends at SWOS right now who I bet can help you out :)