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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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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 hoosiermamma on September 20, 2014 at 10:01pm: Back home after BESS graduation yesterday. So happy to have my son home for a couple of weeks on leave. Then will take him back to Groton with his car and belongings. And then on to the USS San Juan for him. Did get to see a sub coming up the Thames to the sub base. Was an AWESOME sight yesterday morning. They sure do run silent!

Comment by FATHOMOM on September 18, 2014 at 1:54pm: Tidefan - wonderful news! On with the NAVY journey!

Comment by FlowerPowerNavyMom on September 18, 2014 at 9:50am: What AWESOME news tidefan!!!! Congratulations!!!!

Comment by tidefan on September 18, 2014 at 9:34am: Ladies. I have not been on here very much because my son has been on hold for his security clearance due to student loans. WELL, I got a phone call this morning. He has been cleared and can now start school

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on September 16, 2014 at 10:58pm: Scuba girl, my son PIR'd last Dec. he is in A school, and will be graduating the end of October. This year has flown by!

So sweet about your granddaughter making a poster! Last Thanksgiving when the whole crew was over, we put together a poster for PIR. I had photoshopped a picture of my son with a sailor uniform on. We ended up placing that picture on an empty chair at the table - it was too funny.

Comment by scubagirl on September 16, 2014 at 10:01pm: Cath Bubblehead, that is so funny. What was your PIR date? I got to watch PIR DVD yesterday and did see my son march in. Granddaughter watched so she could see her Uncle. She could not go but made a poster for me to take for him.

Comment by mark's mom on September 13, 2014 at 8:50pm: Scubagirl, my son had his PIR 7/25/14, and we haven't received our DVD or pics yet.

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on September 13, 2014 at 7:03pm: Scubagirl, when we were looking through my son's Keel, they used the serious picture of him. When I showed our grandson, he said "Uncle John looks sad" but then saw all the other sailor pictures and pointed to one and said "he's happy there"

To the 2 year old, they all looked like Uncle John!

Comment by scubagirl on September 13, 2014 at 6:06pm: Received the Keel today from my son's boot camp. Looking forward to seeing if I find pictures of him in it. Have not received my DVD yet. He had PIR 7/25/14.