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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!

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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).

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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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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 mrsb on March 13, 2015 at 9:54pm: Hi Nina! The first class they have is called BESS-Basic Enlisted Submarine School. Can't really remember how long it was but I know my son had to wait for a bit to start. That was called ACU-Awaiting Class Up, but they call it Always Cleaning Up! They do a lot of cleaning in between classes. After that is TECHNO, then ATT. I think there's one more class but can't remember that either, sorry! I hope I helped just a little!

Comment by Nina K. on March 10, 2015 at 12:30pm: Hi. My son is at BC and his PIR is on 4/10. Afterwords, he is headed to Sub School. I'm looking for some type of a sub school schedule, if there is such a thing, Thanks.

Comment by VKat on March 6, 2015 at 7:00pm: Does anyone know when BESS class 15240 graduates

Comment by mrsb on March 6, 2015 at 5:02pm: hi My2, usually the sub school graduations are pretty small, nothing like PIR. We didn't go because our son came home that night; we're in CA so no sense for us to fly to CT then turn around and come back. Of course if you're close to the area you should go. :)

Comment by My2BoyzMom on March 6, 2015 at 2:47pm: My son tells me he graduates from subschool on the 20th of March and I was wondering if there is someplace on this site or any other one that would have more information for me to help me plan a trip to Groton for the ceremony? We had plenty of help with his boot camp graduation planning, but I'm not finding anything about subschool.

Comment by MomP(Helen) on January 26, 2015 at 8:13pm: They are opening it up. One of my main concerns is how are the going to address the privacy issue. I've never told my kids what they should do. I've been a sounding board, fact finder and have ask them Why? a lot. Sometimes they say I'm getting even from when they were little lol.

Comment by MomP(Helen) on January 26, 2015 at 12:29am: I agree. And trying to find someone with dolphins is hard. So she has no real input from someone who really knows and can tell her what to expect. Me and my husband were both surface.

Comment by madhoby on January 26, 2015 at 12:12am: No daughter, but a son who is very curious how the navy is going to make this work as on some subs there is a hallway through the shower area and no real privacy on the subs. He says he wouldn't want his sister on a sub due to the lack of privacy for dressing and undressing.

Comment by MomP(Helen) on January 25, 2015 at 11:57pm: Hi Ladies. My daughter is thinking about crossing rates and going sub. I'm unsure of this but I'm being very supportive on her decision. Anyone out there with a daughter in sub school?

Comment by scubagirl on January 23, 2015 at 5:43pm: I received a proof of his BESS pictures in the mail and a list of the prices. I then ordered what I wanted. I think my son ordered his class picture at a different time so I only ordered what I wanted. Hope this helps.