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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 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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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Blue Star Mothers
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The Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. is a non-partisan, non-political organization. We do not support any political candidate, nor do we endorse any religious organization. The military represents all aspects of America as does our organization.
Website: http://www.bluestarmothers.org/
Location: USA
Members: 48
Latest Activity: Aug 15, 2023
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Started by tambink. Last reply by bryters ATI Whidbey Island Aug 18, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hi MOM's I am starting a chapter in the charlotte nc and gaston nc area our first Meeting will be March 25th at 7pm. At the American Legion Post 144. Send me a message and I will give you…Continue
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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on October 25, 2013 at 1:11pm
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Here is an event that our BSM Corona chapter is doing this Sunday at Shambrocks. If you are in the area, please stop by!
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The BS Mom's group I belong to is a really good group. Last night were elections so the meeting was very formal and organized. They had just recently (a couple of weeks ago) been to the national convention (which was held in San Francisco this year) so they incorporated a lot of the "ceremony" into our meeting. It was very nice - we all wore the "official" BS Mom's uniform - white shirt/blouse with blue dress slacks or skirt. We have one mom on our board who has also served on the National board and she is both a Gold Star Mom and a Blue Star Mom. She lost her oldest son in 2007 in Afghanistan. Her youngest son was also there on the same deployment. He came home after that and then was at Ft Hood when the shooting took place there on the base. She said prior to that he was going to re-enlist but changed his mind and was done. She said his comment was "Mom, it's one thing when they shoot at us when we are in their space but when they start shooting at us on our own base then it's time for me to leave." She is just an amazing woman....such strength and so involved in helping others.
This weekend we have a fundraiser we are doing - we have been making neck bands - the things where you sew 4 separate pouches in a long strip of cloth and fill them with those "gel beads" things that when you get them wet they keep you cool....I'm sure you've all seen them. Well there is an event in Corona and we will have a table set up there to sell them. Then what we don't sell will eventually go in care packages that are being sent overseas. And we have another Sam's Club donation set up in a couple of weeks. 2 weeks ago we collected 12 shopping carts full of stuff!
I wish you could all be so lucky to find a good BSM's group! I am really enjoying spending time with other military mom's - and for such a good cause!
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Comment by kelly67 on August 26, 2013 at 12:38pm
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B'snukemom: That is an AWESOME picture!! Thanks for sharing it here! :)
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Here's a picture from our Welcome Home on Saturday - my hubby is the tall guy in the back!
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Happy Thursday All - our chapter is welcoming home another soldier from Afghanistan on Saturday!
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Comment by bryters ATI Whidbey Island on August 17, 2013 at 3:17pm
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Thats awesome, We dont have a group near me :(
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Hi - I'm new to the group - just recently joined Blue Star Mothers in Corona, California (#30).
I was priviledged to be able to go to the airport on Friday night and welcome home a soldier from Afghanistan along with many other BSM's. It was wonderful and a surprise for him!
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Happy August! This year if going by fast!
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Comment by Silverado on January 1, 2013 at 2:28am
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Happy New Year fellow BSMs!
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