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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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PACT Moms

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Let's chat about our wonderful sons and daughters who have chosen the PACT program.

Members: 222
Latest Activity: Jul 17, 2022

Hello

It has been a long time since I have posted and I am sorry. I hope everyone has been able to connect with others in the PACT program. My son is now 3 and a half years in and it has been a great experience. He thought he wanted to be an AM. When he got on the ship, he was put with the AO’s. Now he is an AD3. It was best for him to start PACT because we didn’t know much about the Navy and he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do. This has been a good route for him.

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Comment by splash on March 16, 2015 at 8:55am: The SPact school was 2 weeks. She was on hold in GL for a while becasue of the Holidays. Her PIR was 12/5 then was on hold, then came home for 2 weeks and then went back to GL for 2 weeks of school. She shipped out to San Diego mid January.

Comment by Vickie360 on March 16, 2015 at 1:36am: Someone on here might be able to clarify but from what I understand it will be about 3 weeks after their class starts. My son is A Pact. The first week they learn all the rules and then they wait for class to start. My son had to wait a couple of weeks for class to start but now that it started it will be 2 and a half to 3 weeks. I think it is about the same for all of the PACT programs.

Comment by DebP on March 15, 2015 at 11:11pm: How long is the seaman PACT program at GL?

Comment by CrackerjackMom on March 9, 2015 at 2:52pm: I just wanted to say that both my daughter & son have had a few deployments between them over the years. In fact my daughter just got back two weeks ago.

They both always just handed me their original POA that they had done by the Navy's legal department. I have had to use it a few times for my daughters business, never had a problem. It's good to have them get it taken care of as soon as possible and get it to you before they leave.

Comment by BeachBunny on March 9, 2015 at 1:33pm: The POA I posted was on the air craft carrier to do list before deploying....read it, if it doesn't fit your needs, there's other ones out there...yup, to be official needs a notarization stamp...some banks have their own form or you can fax your form to them, has the form needsto be on file if you call into customer service to ask about accounts...which I've had to do as my sailors account was hacked and he lost his card in A school.....

Comment by Valtameri on March 9, 2015 at 11:19am: An additional hint from that passage:

Keep a photocopy of your future Sailor's driver's license with the power of attorney. Some states must have both in order to use the POA. Some banks will only accept their own POA that must be signed at the bank, so check with your financial institution if you will be taking care of any banking business for your future Sailor. If you will only be taking care of matters dealing with a vehicle, you may only need the form that can be obtained from the license bureau or DMV.

Comment by Valtameri on March 9, 2015 at 11:18am: The following information is copied from "things to do in the last month" before your sailor leaves.

http://navyformoms.com/group/newmomsstophere/page/11-pearls-of-wisd...

6. Decide if you need a power of attorney. There are 2 types, a general Power of Attorney and a Medical Power of Attorney.

You may need these if s/he has bills or personal property that you will need to take care of or if s/he were to be hurt while at the RTC. You can get the forms to do both kinds of POA for free online and customize them to your needs and then have them notorized. Craig has a general POA on the navydep.com site http://www.navydep.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1596 and http://www.expertlaw.com/library/estate_planning/medical_power_of_a... has a Medical Power of Attorney form.

You only need a POA if you will need to take care of financial matters or personal property for your recruit and the MPOA is only needed if your recruit is incapacitated; otherwise, the HIPAA form or medical information waiver form is all that is needed.

A durable POA that will cover both is best drawn up by an attorney and most will charge less than $50 to do so.

Comment by Leach73 on March 9, 2015 at 9:38am: BeachBunny - thanks for the POA form. Is it as easy as filling it out and just keeping it handy, a copy for my Sailor and a copy for me, or does this need to get notorized to make it official? Sorry, not sure how this works. Thank you!

Comment by Vickie360 on March 9, 2015 at 12:07am: BeachBunny - Thanks for the POA form! Does this also include medical POA or do I go somewhere else for the medical one? Thanks so much for helping all of us!