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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

Events

**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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OCS Graduate Moms

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

Members: 662
Latest Activity: Jan 14

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Discussion Forum

OCS in November

Started by J71792. Last reply by barbrag Oct 12, 2023. 4 Replies

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Comment by Terri on March 2, 2015 at 6:37pm
Sylvias, is your son NFO? How many days was he given to report?
Thanks!
Comment by Amanda1965 on March 2, 2015 at 4:29pm

Thank you all for the warm welcome.  I will be visiting the group a lot for support.  Don't know why I am so emotional - the kid went thru HS and College with Honors and has always be very physically fit.  I am going to spend time reading older posts.  Sylvas - My husband agreed big time with your comment on what I read and say on the sites.  He was in the marines - B.A.(Before Amanda) 

Comment by JediGrey on March 2, 2015 at 4:26pm
Amanda 1965, yes, any family can join the class page. The admin will ask questions to make sure they are family. Also keep an eye on the Officer Training Command -Newport page. Pictures of each class are posted about every two weeks. You may catch a glimpse of your son. Good luck to him. And you. It goes by a lot quicker than you can imagine. My kid is on his way to Pensacola. He checks in tomorrow.
Comment by Amanda1965 on March 2, 2015 at 4:18pm

Terri - thank you for your info.  I don't have Facebook - never have.  Can my two other children check it out on their facebooks? I can't keep my mind off my son.  It's only day 2!

Comment by Terri on March 1, 2015 at 11:16pm

Amanda1965: Make sure you join your son's OCS facebook page. You will receive valuable information! Write your son, they love hearing about everyday things that are happening at home. My son is starting week 10 and it actually has gone by fast. Good luck to you and your son!

Comment by M's mom on March 1, 2015 at 10:54pm

Sylvas: Congratulations on your son's graduation!  Weren't you just bursting with pride?    Where is your son headed next?

Comment by JediGrey on March 1, 2015 at 10:18pm
Amanda 1965: my son graduated on Friday and is home for about 12 more hours before he heads to his duty station. The next 12 weeks of your life will go fast. When you go to OCS Newport at the end you will be amazed at the changes in your child. Stronger, more confident. Pay attention to what you read on the sites. Be very careful of what you say on them. Good luck to your LO.
Comment by M's mom on March 1, 2015 at 9:59pm

Welcome Amanda1965.  Stand by for that first phone call you will get in the next 48 hrs.  After that you probably won't hear much from him until they get email privileges about week four.  Just remember: NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS.  That means he is still in the program and hasn't quit, or been "rolled" back to the next class.  Read back on these postings here as far back as you can.  We have probably answered many of your questions here already.  Start writing lots of encouraging "snail mail" letters to him, but read the OCS Letter Regulations in the discussion forum above.  Make sure anyone with his mailing address knows these rules!  Mail is the only contact they have with the outside world for a few weeks, so they love mail from home!!!

Comment by M's mom on December 13, 2014 at 8:23pm

Welcome MomOfNavyBoy!  Read back in this forum as far back as you can.  We have had several new OCS Moms join recently and we have probably answered many of your questions already here.  Also check out the Discussion Forum above the posts here for "OCS Letter Regulations."  You will want to make sure everyone you give your son's OCS mailing address to knows the rules so they don't innocently get your LO in trouble with the Drill Instructor!        Sylvas:  Your LO should be close to being past the worst of it now!  Once they pass the Room-Locker-Personnel inspection in week four, then they can breathe a little easier!

Comment by MomOfNavyBoy on December 13, 2014 at 12:23pm
Hi

I am a newbie and have a LO starting OCS-Newport tomorrow (Sunday, Dec 14). Anyone else?
 

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