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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).

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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NAVY HISTORY

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List any links to historic Navy websites and any announcements to shows on TV prior to airing.

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Latest Activity: Aug 16, 2023

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Comment by CCR on January 5, 2011 at 9:53pm: Suzann, let us hear about the homecoming. Mine would be in Japan, don't think I"m gonna make those.... Its got to be an awesome sight!

Comment by CCR on January 2, 2011 at 8:46pm: gotta love that Portuguese Wine! Plus, rum kept better/longer than water.... : - D

Comment by Vickyrun on December 22, 2010 at 5:53pm: Today in Navy herstory;

December 22

1942 - Sue Dauser takes oath of office as Superintendant of Navy Nurse Corps, becoming first woman with the relative rank of captain in U.S. Navy. She was promoted to the rank of captain on 26 February 1944.
1944 - Commissioning of first 2 African-American WAVES officers, Harriet Ida Pickens and Frances F. Wills.

From; http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesdec.htm

Comment by Vickyrun on December 15, 2010 at 1:27pm: Lol that's funny!!!

Comment by CCR on November 24, 2010 at 11:38am: Love it Vicky. Thanks and to everyone! Happy happy thanksgiving. Even as many of our 7th fleet sailors/marines are going to South Korea, we have much to be thankful for!

Comment by Vickyrun on November 23, 2010 at 1:13pm: Happy Thanksgiving; Established by George Washington in 1789
General Thanksgiving
By the PRESIDENT of the United States Of America
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:”
To read the rest of it go to;
http://nationaldayofprayer.org/thanksgiving-proclamation/

Comment by CCR on November 23, 2010 at 9:13am: I have been keeping up with the Naval History and Heritage page on FB. So many of you here, do you belong to that group? It usually has tons of pictures, info, etc. You can also link to the history and heritage museum that way.

Comment by CCR on November 12, 2010 at 11:18am: Veterans Day is a day we set aside to pay tribute, honor and remember the men and women who have served in our nation's defense.

Our veterans have honorably served and sacrificed throughout the world when our nation called, and many have paid the ultimate sacrifice, and it is with eternal gratitude that we take the time this day to honor the memory of our fallen while bringing alongside and thanking those heroes still among us.

Our veterans are woven into the fabric of our great nation we call America. They lend the character and the core values they developed while in uniform to the communities in which they live and work, and we should take advantage of every chance we have to talk to, learn from and thank them for their devout patriotism.

Service to our nation has bound us together, and we must continue to draw on our veterans' experiences and value their dedication to our country and our way of life while strengthening and forging the future for our next generation of warriors and veterans.

Take the time to thank our veterans this Veterans Day, they certainly have a story to tell and we all need to listen, but once the holiday is over, keep them in your thoughts, remembering their service and sacrifice that laid the foundation to which our service members today build upon. I would also like to say 'thank you' to the service members in uniform today, many in harm's way, for your continued service to our great nation.

Happy Veterans Day and HOOYAH!"

For more news from Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, visit www.navy.mil/local/mcpon/.

Yes, I know I'm a day late, but I was "on the road" to Dr.'s, etc and did not have a computer yesterday....

Comment by CCR on November 5, 2010 at 11:50am: Suzann, that sounds like my brother, who served 20 yrs. He and his wife go on cruises so he can stand on that deck at sea. He misses it so much. And thank you for taking the time to share with us.

Comment by CCR on October 29, 2010 at 11:03am: Vicky, our family remembered the ten yr anniversary and have not been happy reading the news of what has happened to the terrorists. there seems to be no justice at all.... One has been assessed to be a "victim"

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/27/terror-suspect-gets-...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2180148/posts (for the pictures to remember the fallen)
Hi Mary - thanks for the link! wow!