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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:

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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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OCS Graduate Moms

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

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Latest Activity: Jan 14

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OCS in November

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

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Comment by M's mom on May 30, 2015 at 1:27am

Okie Cowgirl: After the graduation/commissioning ceremony at OCS, everyone heads from the auditorium outside to the seawall by the bay (weather permitting) for First Salutes. The class Drill Instructor and class Petty Officer stand there at attention and give first salutes to each new Ensign as they approach in a line. They take official pictures of this, and you can take your own too.  I think some have posted pictures of a third person in uniform saluting also, (maybe a sibling?)  You could also do a First Salute with just your daughter and son in a family group on your way to the "official" First Salutes.   Tradition dictates that the new Ensign must give a silver dollar to the first sailor who salutes them.  (You might remember this scene with the DI at the end of the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman.")    My son used two old silver dollars that belonged to his grandfather for his DI and PO, but some used various other coins.   You won't be the only blubbering mess!   I always advise Moms to take tissues, and some Dads will need them too!  

Comment by M's mom on May 30, 2015 at 12:47am

GalleyMom:  Nothing at all wrong with you not being worried, since you are not used to hearing much from your son anyway.  My son was the same way at college, but for some parents who are used to texting their kid 3-4 x per day, or maybe they lived at home in college, the lack of communication can be quite traumatic.  This is the Navy's way of weaning the candidates and their families off of constant communication with each other.  When they are deployed on a ship or especially a sub, you don't hear much from them and are not even sure where they ARE much of the time!  

My son can't even tell us about what he does in his job, because he is in Intelligence.  Very much "don't ask; don't tell" in Intel.  My son gives us the old "If I tell you, I'll have to kill you" line, and then laughs.  We hope he's teasing us, but we don't ask!    My son never has been the  "chatty" type anyway, so he's perfect for Intel.  We always had to drag info out of him when he was in college, and even then we'd only get one-word answers like:  "How are things going?" "Fine."  "Did you have any tests this week?"  "Two."  "Anything exciting happen lately?"  "No."     You can see that my son has never been guilty of giving out "too much information," so it wasn't too hard not hearing much from him at OCS!

Comment by Okie Cowgirl on May 30, 2015 at 12:20am

For all of you experienced moms out there, my daughter, who is enlisted, would like to be our OC son's first salute.  Does she need to do anything to get it approved, other than be there?  She is asking for leave and flying in from Italy for his graduation.  I am pretty sure I will be a blubbering mess for this event. 

Comment by Okie Cowgirl on May 30, 2015 at 12:11am

To GalleyMom and Tiggermanic- I am so sorry.  I haven't been paying attention to N4M, and I missed any questions that were directed to me.  At least GalleyMom and I have connected on facebook- so sorry. 

Comment by Tiggermanic on May 29, 2015 at 4:07pm

Nothing wrong with your mom-o-meter.  I was the same when he was in college but then he came home for a few years so I got used to him being here and talking to him all the time.  These last 10 weeks have gone so fast it amazing.  Now we are just waiting on the medical to come thru before going to flight school!!! Wish us luck!

Comment by Tiggermanic on May 29, 2015 at 1:02pm

As a mom of class 12-15 (soon to graduate!!) I checked the FB page weekly.  I noticed they usually updated pics on tuesdays but not every week. Like she said its hard to tell them apart with bald heads but hopefully you can pick yours out!  Hang in there I know it seems like 3 weeks is a long time to wait to hear from them but it flys by!

Comment by CindyN on May 29, 2015 at 12:56pm

GalleyMom: Thanks! The OTC Facebook page will start an album for the 15-15 class sometime next week. With those haircuts, it will be hard to find your LO.  Luckily (or not) my DS has glasses, so maybe that will narrow the prospective faces! 

Comment by CindyN on May 29, 2015 at 11:57am

GalleyMom: There is a Facebook group for 15-15 but unfortunately it was started by an OC in 15-15 and they are (not surprising) not available to accept new people into the group. My DS is also in 15-15.  I am also waiting to get in the group.  It has a different formatted name from the 14-15 group. Put in a request.  I know someone who is in the group.  I will see if she can put out a ping to see if anyone else has the ability to accept new people.  On Facebook, search for "24 May 2015 Class Friends and Family".

Comment by CindyN on May 28, 2015 at 1:21pm

M's Mom: Is this the OTC facebook page you are looking at? https://www.facebook.com/OTCNewport?ref=profile

It is working for me.

Comment by M's mom on May 27, 2015 at 8:22pm

GalleyMom:  Is your son in OCS Class 15-15?  My son started OCS in the middle of June three years ago, and he was in Class 16-12, so class #15 usually starts the last week of May. (Three weeks apart)   You could search Facebook for Navy OCS Class 13-15 and 14-15, and ask to join those, if a group does not yet exist for your son's class.  Ask them how to start a FB group for your son's class if one does not yet exist.

For some reason, the OTC Newport Facebook page is currently not available.  Maybe they are working on the page or something.  Does anyone here know what's up with the OTC Newport page?  

 

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