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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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
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A Blue Candle Event ♥
Event Details
Time: December 4, 2019 to December 3, 2020
Location: Anytime, Anywhere, Any Home or Office
Event Type: family, event, celebration, reunion
Organized By: A Blue Candle Event Group - Alicia from Texas
Latest Activity: Nov 5, 2020
Event Description
When you're missing your Sailor -- Light a Blue Candle!
A wonderful way to honor Sailors Anytime, Anywhere!
During Boot, PIR, specialized training, deployment or when you're just thinking about your loved one on distant shores.
Don't forget holidays, family events or birthdays - Just light a a blue candle, any type of blue candle (Blue for Navy) and allow its warm glow to bring you comforting joy & peaceful solace, and while separated from your Sailor.
Blessings to all our Sailors all over the World ♥
Comment Wall
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Comment by Storymom on December 20, 2011 at 12:27am
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Alicia: love that song on Home for the holidays group page...love it.
"candle in the window" wish that group would stay active, but it has become quite quiet, huh?? Nice to hear the story of the begining of the blue candles!!
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Comment by AutumnSunset on December 18, 2011 at 8:58pm
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I will be going out this week to look for a blue candle. What a great idea! My SR, although not a sailor and not deployed, will not be home for Christmas, I will light one to remember all those serving in the Navy during this time.
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Comment by Alicia Mother of Chris Texas on December 17, 2011 at 4:31pm
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Story behind the blue candle moms... Several years ago some of us were in group called home for the holidays...one mom was upset because her child wasn't coming home. I popped off and said... I will burn a blue candle for the military missing from the home tables and many others joined in...that is when we made it a blue candle event.. It has continued and we are all happy to remember those not at thome. This year my son is ont he Stennis somewhere on the big blue sea and his candle will be burning again this year. Actually mine burns most of the time but especially on holidays we light his candle when we eat...
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No problem Alicia...happy to do it --- I'm just glad you started the whole wonderful group long ago!! THANK YOU! :-)
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Thankyou Storymom for keeping the Blue Candle Going!!! Proud to be one of the original Blue Candle moms and my hubby being sick I have not realized it had to be started again....GOOD FOR YOU
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Have a wonderful and hearty Thanksgiving Navy Moms! Lighting my blue candle for my sailor far away on distant shores....
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Honoring All on Veteran's Day!
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Comment by momoftwosons on October 7, 2011 at 9:25am
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Look what I found - send me a msg if you want more info to purchase - I will send you the link to Julie for ordering they are $35 - will try to work out a N4M price deal ;)
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Comment by towermom on July 12, 2011 at 8:17am
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Storymom - thank you for your words. I called the recuiter yesterday and their sytem was down so he couldn't get me his address so I am anxiously waiting for it this morning. I have letters and cards to go out already, just want to make sure he does receive something when he can get mail. We are very proud of him and can't wait till we can speak and see him again. It is hard not able to talk to him everyday. I don't think I will ever get use to it. Thanks again and I am so glad I have other moms and NavyforMoms to chat with.
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Lbarber....soon you'll receive his box of 'stuff', and THEN the letter with lots of info about graduation-PIR AND about 4 lines from your wonderful son with an address for writing letters. I wrote everyday, sometimes just a postcard, or sent sections of the Sunday comics or local news in an envelope with a supportive note and lots of love. You might be able to get his valid address earlier if you have a good relationship with his recruiter? Sometimes they know where their barracks (ship) actually is and can let you know a little sooner.
Congrats to your boy and he will love the NAVY! (not boot camp, but the NAVY-haha)
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