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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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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

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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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AECF - FCs and ETs

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For families that have a loved one serving the Navy as an FC or an ET. This is the place to share and learn more about their jobs and schools. For subs - look for the SECF group.

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Latest Activity: Feb 14, 2023

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Comment by Katie02 on October 1, 2014 at 5:17pm: Lisa, funny that you thought my SR gave me the info ;) He doesn't seem to keep informed, or share the info with us, if he does have it, although he is still in boot, he could write a bit more in his letters home. ;) I got this info from another Mom on N4M's :) So glad this site is here!

Comment by Lisa on October 1, 2014 at 5:16pm: BTW...regarding hold time: my son was basically in Indoc for the first week after PIR (9/19/14) and then he was on hold for the first two days this week and had Indoc for ATT school today with actual classes starting tomorrow. During his hold time, he was on cleaning duty:-D (makes a mother of a young man have to smile!)

Comment by Lisa on October 1, 2014 at 5:12pm: Thanks Katie02! I'm wondering why my son doesn't seem to be getting this type of info. While some of the other sailors seem to have quite a bit of info.:-)

Comment by Katie02 on October 1, 2014 at 4:57pm: Lisa, I heard half get the first week, and the other the second week, to go home, and no on Thanksgiving.

My son has PIR on 10/17, is there a normal hold time or is it just random before they start ATT? What do they do during hold?

Comment by Lisa on October 1, 2014 at 4:05pm: Do you know whether they will get to come home for those 2 weeks? Do they get to come home for Thanksgiving?

Comment by Anti M on October 1, 2014 at 3:51pm: Don't forget the holiday stand down at the end of the year! That's two weeks of no instruction.

Comment by Lisa on October 1, 2014 at 3:00pm: Interesting...so it is possible that my son will not even get started in A school until next year which would put him on days:-). Considering that he will be 9 weeks in ATT school starting from today...he wouldn't be ready for A school until December which will make it close:-)

Comment by Jacob94mom on October 1, 2014 at 2:54pm: My sons ATT was during the day- they have that first before A school. His was 11 weeks for ET, I believe FC's is 9. He is now in night school for A school - He said they do night vs day every other year. So he says he will switch back to day school at the first of the year.
He will get used to the night routine- they are allowed to sleep as long as they want (usually)

Comment by Lisa on September 30, 2014 at 4:49pm: My son was in PIR 9/19/14 and has been on hold for the past week +. He just found out that he is starting ATT school tomorrow. Yay!!...I think:-) He will be an FC. He has been worried about night school because he isn't a "night owl". Does anyone know anything about how they assign day vs night school?

Comment by Jacob94mom on September 29, 2014 at 11:10am: MNS - is Mandatory Night Study When they fail the weekly test the first time, they have to go to MNS until the next week or they pass the test on the first try- He failed 5 tests the first try but always scored 92 or better the second time (go figure) This also effects their phase up process, he is still phase one. He was last in his class after others failed out. Now in A school his GPA (so far) is 93.
He said the blue screen reminded him of the ADD test he took in third grade - lol