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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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Anyone with a Sailor on USS Abe Lincoln

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Share feelings with others that have a sailor on the USS Abe Lincoln CVN 72

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Comment by Cool Mom on October 26, 2012 at 10:12am: Hi moms! Long time no write! LOL My daughter is adjusting quite nicely to Norfolk since being back. She was in a cool apartment complex in Hampton for a bit with a friend, but she is now in the barracks. Luckily her roomie is a friend and in her same department. When they're in the barracks is there address still the ship with new zip - FPO, AE 09520-2872?

I get to go see my daughter over Thanksgiving break. I'm super excited. Also excited because I travel enough for work that I had enough miles for free flights!! Whoohooo! Only had to pay $10 in taxes! That makes it even better!!

Comment by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on October 25, 2012 at 10:08pm: Congrats Alaina! The Navy has made men out of our babies! AND fine ones at that!

Comment by carebear77630@yahoo.com on October 18, 2012 at 9:01pm: Hi all. I will be going to Denver with my sister and her husband to meet my 2 brothers there.i have 1 bro. that lives there and another coming from North Dakota. we are gonna have a mini vacation! afterwards we head to Norfolk to see my son:) im so thankful i have a close family oh and a great husband too! Im truly blessed...have a pleasant weekend all

Comment by carebear77630@yahoo.com on October 12, 2012 at 1:55pm: The new Penny Press is out. i got a glimpse of the barracks that our son is staying in.looks good to me and yea no room mate yet:) still crossing his fingers lol have a blessed weekend all and im still thankful God continues to bless all our gifted Sailors and all our Military....

Comment by carebear77630@yahoo.com on October 11, 2012 at 4:44pm: Thanks Yvonne! how sweet of you sincerely:) my son hasnt been bored to much at least not on the weekends. he complained about the traffic on certain days some are good and some not so much.he went to wash cloths last night and was telling me the washers are just a few doors down.he said its the ones that wash and dry in the same machine he liked that.he is on the 3rd floor and said it seems to be a lot of Sailors from the Abe on that floor.I will have to ask him what his building is called and exactly where it is. he seems to like it there...thanks again:)

Comment by meagan5220 on October 11, 2012 at 3:40pm: Clamom those arent too far from me. :) Idk if she is 21 or not but there is a bar up there called Checkered Flag its really decently priced and veteran owned! The owners are there a lot and super nice and introduce themselves. They have free UFC nights and football games too :)

Comment by John and Yvonne on October 11, 2012 at 1:58pm: To carebear and any others,

If your sailor son or any other sailor sons or daughters are not in an apt. and are bored, we would like to invite them into our home for food and games, etc. We have a home away from home in our home and we even let the sailors cook for us if they want to! :) one of our female sailors who comes over on the weekends made chili for us and another sailor who came over. it was yummy. ;) i love to cook but I don't mind sharing my kitchen. ;D We live in Virginia Beach, but it's not that far from where they are. Just let us know if any are interested. yvonne

Comment by carebear77630@yahoo.com on October 10, 2012 at 1:30pm: Just got back from the post office. i had problems last time i was there they had told me the zip code didnt exist well it does now finally i went up and down with my post office about this issue. problem resolved:) i sent my son some jackets gloves ect... so looking forward to some cool weather in these here parts of the great state of Texas!

Comment by CLAMOM on October 10, 2012 at 12:39pm: Meagan they live in Heather Lakes. She likes it. And the fact that its all inclusive, so they pay 1 bill for everything.

Comment by carebear77630@yahoo.com on October 10, 2012 at 11:28am: Luckily my ET son got the nice one:) he told me about the bad ones.but he still wants to get an apartment but is gonna wait till the ship is moved and get closer to the ship. good day all...