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

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

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it .  You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

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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 Rosemom on July 2, 2015 at 12:25am

M's mom:  Thanks I'll take a look at the groups you mentioned and if anyone has any more info please let me know.

Comment by M's mom on July 1, 2015 at 11:36pm

Rosemom:   Sorry I don't have any knowledge of the Sub Nukes, so I can't help.  Anyone reading this with a LO who is a sub nuke officer who can answer Rosemom?   Maybe ask your LO about the mental eval they had at OCS?   There are groups here on N4M's called "Sub Moms" and "Nuke Moms," but I believe they are mostly moms of enlisted sailors in those areas, and may not be able to address the OCS experience.

Comment by M's mom on July 1, 2015 at 11:27pm

Anna:  Wow!  I had no idea the Navy was involved in this site's creation!  I thought it was just started by Moms of sailors as a support group.  Must be why the recruiters recommend it to moms of prospective sailors.  Now I'm cringing because we were joking a while back about calling the Secretary of the Navy with our complaints.  "Just kidding, SECNAV Mabus.  The Navy has my full support!"    ;-)        (Hope I won't have any NSA agents knocking on my door!)

Comment by Anna on July 1, 2015 at 9:46pm

M'sMom,

This website is managed and was created by the Navy out of the Navy Recruiting Command at Millington.

Comment by Rosemom on June 30, 2015 at 9:09pm

Hello moms - Does anyone know what type of mental evals the Sub Nuke candidates go through during OCS in addition to the standard medical test performed at NICNI during the first week? 

Comment by Quilter on June 30, 2015 at 12:57am

Mrs Potts here!! LOL Thank you GalleyMom and M's Mom I've been so busy over the last few weeks :) and its great to be back.  My LO is on OHARP, and is loving the down time before reporting very soon.  He bought his first brand new car and is very happy.

It feels good to be back and checking Navy4Moms again! With every new class my mind just wonders and I place myself in their shoes!! I live through them, because I know exactly what they are feeling and what their LO's are up too! A new class will be starting very soon!! 

Ladies lets be ready LOL LOL 

Comment by M's mom on June 29, 2015 at 9:49pm

Quilter:  Good to hear from you again!  I'm glad you're willing to help the OCS newbies. The whole OCS process can be very frustrating, anxious, and even heartbreaking for some families. --as you well know! 

  My family had no prior experience with the military before my son left for OCS, and I remember feeling that the families were just not being given any info at all by the Navy as to what was happening--as opposed to college, when the families were given all kinds of pamphlets and new student guides, (at least at my son's college.)   I might have ignorantly sent my son cookies in his first weeks of OCS, and innocently gotten him a whole lot of pushups to do, had I not read on this forum that was a total no-no until the Candio phase!  The Navy's OCS info website says nothing about mail regulations, only lists the address.  My son's recruiter mentioned this site to me during a pre-OCS family meeting, so the Navy apparently somewhat approves of this site!   I was able to take much of the info I learned here back to our class Facebook page, which was composed of all newbie parents also, so I was grateful for the help I received here.  But, things change year to year at OCS and probably some from when my son was there 3 years ago, so it's always helpful to have fresh intel from recent grad Moms!

Did you say your son was doing OHARP (recruiting) for a while?  That will be a nice break before he starts flight school. 

Comment by Quilter on June 29, 2015 at 10:16am

freckles 12-18, Hi and welcome! I was wondering if your LO checked into the Navy Lodge which is located on base or even the Mainstay which is basically 3 min from the base.

Also welcome Jen27, so glad your LO is doing great, and yes  he is very busy..Best of Luck to everyone and their LO's during this tough week of RLP... My LO graduated 12-15 Class. He started with the 11-15 class but Rolled into the H-Class for failing RLP by one point. RLP was a blessing believe it or not.  He was able to rest, practice and he became a great leader in H-Class helping others and working with others to prepare them for RLP. Some LO's rolled before the RLP due to injury or other reasons and did not make it to the RLP phase, so my LO worked with the OC's and showed them what to expect at RLP. Our LO's end up in H-Class for different reasons, so while there they help each other in the areas they know so when they leave H-Class they OWN OCS!! LOL 

M's Mom and GalleyMom, I've missed y'all!! I've been gone for a week and I see the two of you are on top of it. Like M's mom I'm here for a long time... Once a Navy mom always a Navy Mom!! LOL  I find myself reading post often to see  if I can help in any way...M's Mom has been there for me, and now I want to pay it forward as well.  GalleyMom, for some reason Class 15-15 did not accept my friend request, so let them know new Pictures are up on their page :) 

Comment by topdog1p on June 28, 2015 at 9:24pm

i have not seem it come thur yet jen27 but i will keep checking.  i use the same profile picture as here.

Comment by Jen27 on June 28, 2015 at 8:53pm

topdog1p: No, I never got accepted. I will send you a request. Thanks! Yeah it sounds like they will be together for a while :) considering they are all Sub Nukes. 

 

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