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

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:

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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How to Communicate with a Sailor on Ship Deployment

Share your tips and experiences and help those facing first deployment!  What's worked best for you?  Types of calling cards, phones, email, Skype, and so on.

Ship-to-shore calling cards are used when calling from the ship. The cards can only be purchased in the ship store, NEX or online (I have no experience with this site so not recommending it) Purchase Ship to Shore calling cards online  My son purchased his at the NEX and reloads them on the ship.

Also get info about the cards here AT&T Global Prepaid Card for Ship to Shore, and for other AT&T military calling cards and services: AT&T Military
NOTE:  Ship communications occasionally enter a condition called "River City," a euphemism for Restricted Communications (RC).  This condition may happen for mundane reasons, i.e. OPSEC  (Operations Security) during ship movement, as well as for more serious reasons, like notifying next of kin in the event of a death.  So if you hear "River City," there is not necessarily need for concern.  Just think OPSEC, and wait to hear (don't post about it).   Today's Sailors and their families are used to being a click away, so it's something for everyone to become adjusted to and accept.  Limited online access at sea (Navy Times)

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Permalink Reply by 10mileloop on June 18, 2017 at 12:10pm

Do they use their cell phone with this card? We have Sprint and the country my son is in now, charges $2.50 per minute for calls. Does this card eliminate the regular cell charges??

Thanks

Permalink Reply by 10mileloop on June 18, 2017 at 12:12pm

Any moms with kids deployed to middle east on here?

Need a shoulder, devastated about the Fitz, even though it is not my son's ship..my heart is broken..

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