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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).

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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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Comment by Colleen on February 4, 2011 at 5:10pm: OK Dunesmom, you are officially in charge of tissues. My Sailor should be calling again tomorrow as it is my husbands 60th BD. The following week it is going to be his 20th BD. Hopefully I will be home when he calls. I am going out for a run in the a.m., but should be home for the rest of the day. What do you think about the menu? I was also thinking about having a salad & chicken noodle soup for those who may not like Mexican. Everyone out there, is the menu of Mexican Chicken Soup, fajitas, salad & chicken noodle soup OK? I also like the raffle idea. I'm making a quilt to raffle off, to benefit our Quilters Group that makes quilts for the Grand Rapids Home for Vets. Is everyone OK with that?

Comment by Colleen on February 4, 2011 at 4:54pm: Congrats Uli!!!

Comment by Dunesmom on February 4, 2011 at 4:52pm: OH my goodness Uli! Congrats on the newest addition.

Ohhhhh Colleen I keep missing mine on line,i know it's not the same as the phone call but i feel for ya hon. We are going to be sobbing Mommas at the end of the month. I'll bring kleenex for all of us!

Keeping my fingers crossed for you Mary.

So those of you that got to hear from your Sailors...How are they doing?

I did read on fb that it is Flightsuit Friday and it's a pretty big deal.

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on February 4, 2011 at 9:03am: Congrats, Uli! Huge, huh? My "little" daughter was 8lbs, 4 oz. and my sailor was almost 9 1/2lbs.--long and skinny, though. Sounds like mama was almost all baby. Big, healthy babies are great!

Colleen, the missed phone call reminds me of boot camp days, when I carried my phone with me EVERYWHERE and still managed to miss calls. At least you know he's alive and well enough to call!

Comment by Colleen on February 3, 2011 at 9:53pm: I can't even believe it!!! I missed another phone call from my Sailor!! :( I miss that boy so much.

Comment by CathieRenee on February 3, 2011 at 8:43pm: I grew up on a horse farm and in 78 the snow was drifted over the 8' barn doors. The water pipes in the barn froze and we hitched the pony to a

toboggan to bring the water buckets up to the house to fill them. We didn't have power for a few days, so Mom cooked in the fireplace.

Yesterday the snow was up to my knees in the back yard. I had to shovel a spot for the dog to go potty because it was too deep for him. It was really pretty after the sun came out though.

Comment by Mary Garner on February 3, 2011 at 7:56pm: Dunesmom.........I'm workin' on it! My husband has been up there since September 1st. We still have a house to sell down here. I am hoping that all can be settled by the end of March.

Comment by Dunesmom on February 3, 2011 at 6:10pm: Yea the stories that i have heard from my folks about 78 was there was wayyyy more snow. I do think i remember my parents snowed in the next town over for like a week. When they got home, via snow mobil, the snow was almost up to my Grandmas roof. The wind is a howling and i'm looking for a nice hot tub.

So Mary.. when you comin home? My Sailor is soooo home sick with the pictures i've been sending him. He Loves the snow. He use to drive around in his 4X4 to see if he could help people out that were stuck in the ditches. He is missed very much around the neighborhood for sure.

Yes Colleen the drives are plowed and with the help of my daughter, she and her dad got the roof done too. Now what to do with the mega ice cycles. I also can not wait to meet you too, but i guess we better share the cheesecake with the other girls too, even thought the rest of you gals probably don't like it as much as us, lol.... You all crack me up!

Comment by Lorraine on February 3, 2011 at 12:03pm: I mean we got a foot of snow during THIS storm. We had lots more in '78.

Comment by Lorraine on February 3, 2011 at 12:03pm: I remember the snow of '78. Stuck at home with our car drifted over we decided to wean our 15 month old daughter from the bottle. Figured if we couldn't go anywhere for 3 days that we could be consistent and put up with the temporary crying. We accomplished our mission and we enjoyed the snow, too. We got about a foot - I straddle Calhoun and Branch Counties in lower Michigan.