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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 nickstermom on September 1, 2014 at 11:11am: Congrats! I want to echo PAW's comments. The OCS class FB page is wonderful as is OTC Newport. My son graduates 10/10. Can't wait.

Comment by M's mom on September 1, 2014 at 10:51am: Congrats, Gatormom! I know that feeling of pride. Our son graduated OCS two years ago this week, and he just received his first promotion to LTJG. He is currently aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Is your son headed to nuke school now in Charleston?

Comment by Gatormom on August 30, 2014 at 8:19pm: Graduation was awesome! Newport is beautiful. So proud to celebrate this huge milestone with our LO.

Comment by Marmie on August 27, 2014 at 1:52pm: My LO was in the OCS class that started early November of 2013. I believe they were allowed to go off base for Thanksgiving (but no travel away - there was a limit on the distance but since we in VA visiting relatives, it was too far to think about). I believe some parents went to Newport to spend the holiday with their LO. As for Christmas/New Years. That was a last minute decision, but half the candidates were allowed leave for the Christmas holiday and the other half had time off around New Years. I can't remember how many days - maybe 5 total. And I don't know how it was decided who got which holiday. Graduation was end of January - great pricing on hotels and travel but pretty cold (but no snow that weekend!). Good luck. Join the FB group - and follow the rules for the group (i.e. no personal remarks on the FB page and follow the mail rules very closely).

Comment by PAW on August 27, 2014 at 1:15pm: Hi jkcmom. My son is in his 3rd week of OCS - and it is tough! Make sure your daughter does everything she can to prepare beforehand. There will be a FB page created for your daughter's class when it gets closer. If you want to see what previous/ongoing classes are doing, you can request to join one of the ongoing classes. My LO's group is US Navy OCS Class 02-15 Family and Friends. You can also "like" Officer Training Command Newport on FB. This is where OCS puts up pictures of the classes. As far as holidays, I have been given the impression they treat them as any other day - Navy is 24-7...but I am not positive. The FB sites I gave you have a bunch of information, and the admins are also more then willing to answer questions.

Comment by jkcmom on August 27, 2014 at 12:58pm: Okay, my daughter finally received the official email that her report date is November 23, 2014. she will go in to the recruiter's office in the next few days and sign the paperwork. Can anybody tell me how the holidays work in OCS? Will the holidays extend the time the recruits are in training?

Comment by M's mom on August 22, 2014 at 10:18pm: Welcome jkcmom! Your daughter's recruiter should be able to give her an APPROXIMATE date to report to OCS, but this can change also. My son graduated from college in May 2012, and was told that there wouldn't be room for him at OCS until Feb 2013. Then his recruiter called him a few weeks later and told him he had been moved up to report in June 2012, which he did. Some others have said that they were given an initial report date, only to be contacted and put on hold for several months!!! Some in my son's OCS class did not have their orders yet for their next school on graduation day, and had to hang around the Newport base until the orders came through, maybe weeks later. As Nancy wrote, "hurry up and wait" is pretty much typical for the military. Your daughter will have to learn to be patient and flexible. "Semper Gumby," they say; --always flexible! :-)

Comment by NYNancy on August 22, 2014 at 8:54pm: Jkcmom,
Welcome to the Navy. Everyone's experience is different, but waiting for things to happen is typical. You're daughter will get used to it.

Comment by jkcmom on August 22, 2014 at 3:28pm: We are new to this. My daughter was told her officer packet was accepted and she is being picked up for officer. but it's been two weeks and she hasn't heard anything about when. is this normal?