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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:
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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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Moms of "A" school Sailors
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Our sailors are now in "A" school - let's share!!
Members: 960
Latest Activity: Dec 3, 2022
Discussion Forum
Leave during A School
Started by azmom. Last reply by Anti M Sep 8, 2015. 1 Reply 1 Like
Pensacola for A School
Started by azmom. Last reply by Bernapet Aug 9, 2015. 3 Replies 3 Likes
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Comment by VirgoMom904 on December 3, 2015 at 2:14pm
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Anti M- Thank you for your quick reply, she is currently on hold in Great Lakes and no one seems to know anything about them getting a Christmas break. Hopefully they will know soon.
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Comment by Anti M on December 1, 2015 at 4:19pm
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Ft. Lee is an Army base. I'm pretty sure they have a stand down also, but call it exodus. Since she is transferring about the time the stand down begins Dec 18. they may just put her on leave, and have her report to Ft. Lee in Jan. I am just guessing though, she has a unique situation. But she's in training, so her chances are very good. Just don't know who will authorize it.
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Hello, my sailor had PIR last week on Nov. 25, she is in Great Lakes for two weeks then flys out to Fort Lee, VA for A School. Does anyone know if holiday break applies to her?
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Comment by TheRocksmom on November 26, 2015 at 11:48am
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Back here at great Lakes, long ride from New Jersey!
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Happy Thanksgiving back where at GL, son bringing 3 sailors for my homemade Turkey feast! So if you have a son here not coming home please know that if he's one of the 3 coming here, they will be treated like one of the family, have a wonderful day!
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Please take a look at my Leave vs. Liberty blog here, because it is important to understand the difference. They will be using leave for their holiday time off, earned paid vacation days. Liberty is just normal time off and subject to travel restrictions.
http://navyformoms.com/profiles/blogs/leave-vs-liberty
No, they do not get travel days when taking leave. That is only when leave is in conjunction with PCS travel (change of duty station).
Their schools will tell them when to put in their chits requesting leave, they do it en masse there are so many students doing it all at once.
See my blog for a lot of details, them please, ask questions!
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Comment by NavyMom1108 on November 18, 2015 at 12:37pm
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My son graduated 11-13 from Bc. He's doing A school in San Antonio,tx. He is on hold for school to start Dec. But we got the great news he will get liberty for Christmas. I suggest sailors to ask questions. I know it's hard not having our kids home for the holidays. Good luck!
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Comment by Classycalicat on November 17, 2015 at 1:23pm
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My son is "on hold" until January for his classes to start.
Will it be likely that he can come home for Christmas?
How do they count days of Liberty? He thinks that they do not count the day you leave & the day you return [travel days]
They have 2.5 days per month for Liberty? yes / no He has been in since 9/14/15, so will he have 3 x 2.5 for 8.5 days by 12/14/15?
How soon should he apply for his Chit / Liberty /vacation days? [not sure of proper terminology.]
Thank you in advance! Classycalicat
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Good morning all! Have a beautiful day today!
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Good morning my son isn't starting school for a couple of weeks either, his PIR 11.6, but is keeping busy for sure, getting usecd to routine and surroundings, which he definitely needed to do. Congratulations ProunNavyMom!
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