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Navy For Moms

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

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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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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 CrackerjackMom on August 28, 2015 at 2:26pm: DepthCharge4, I don't want to sound negative, The Navy gives you lots of experiences. It was actually a good 8 years for my daughter. But hindsight is 20/20, she wishes she would have spoke up and did things a little differently.

STA-21 would be a great move for your daughter.

Also my daughter got her ESWS pin in 6 months while on deployment. I'm sure the ECWS can be gotten in less then a year.

Comment by DepthCharge4 on August 28, 2015 at 5:31am: I knew it! Thanks, CrackerjackMom5! I appreciate the honest 20/20 on that! Talked to daughter last night and she told me she will submit a package for STA-21 next year.

Comment by CrackerjackMom on August 28, 2015 at 12:08am: Haven't been on here in a while, but I wanted to put my 2 cents in. My daughter recently got out of the Navy after 8 years. She went in Undesingnated, she left as a BM2. I know her advice would be to not settle for Boatswain Mate, she said those exact words "brain turning to mush."

It is very hard to cross rate into another rate once you get one. They will try to push BM on everyone, I hate to say it but it's cheap labor for the Navy. Tell your sailors to talk with their councilors, find out what rates are open.

Comment by DepthCharge4 on August 27, 2015 at 8:11pm: Yes, michaelsmom, I believe a year due to new changes, but daughter is an E-3 so maybe that makes a difference between year and year and a half that your son tells you? Not certain about that. She knows that striking for BM would keep her at that job for two years minimum and her time with Navy would be almost up or at least not enough time to strike for an A school position without Re-upping. I'm also praying she proves him wrong ( in a respectful way). It is days like these my doubts come back about her recruiter talking her into joining as PACT instead of waiting for a desired rate...I remember Mary Moses Powell from one of the Facebook Pages I'll try to find her again.

Comment by Vickie360 on August 26, 2015 at 12:40am: Welcome Neb'smom!!!

Comment by Vickie360 on August 26, 2015 at 12:37am: Welcome Marcy!!

Comment by Vickie360 on August 26, 2015 at 12:31am: Whew! School started and I am BUSY!!!! It is crazy!

Comment by jojosmom on August 24, 2015 at 1:00pm: vickie360 that is awesome! I am glad they recognized him for all his hard work. :) how proud and happy you must be!

Comment by Vickie360 on August 20, 2015 at 9:51pm: Sorry for all the errors.

Comment by Vickie360 on August 20, 2015 at 9:45pm: Welcome angelmomma12! My son originally was assigned to AO but that is. It where he wanted to be. He made the best of it and worked hard. He was there for 3 months and this week his chief told him that they really didn't want to give him up but they figured he was willing to work that hard doing something he didn't want to do, he should be given the opportunity to work hard doing what he wants to do! Hard work pays off! He is now with the AD's and loves it! This is what he wants to strike in! I am so glad he had that experience. He learned that hard work pays off!