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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Camp Pendleton Corpsmen Moms

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Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is home to Field Medical Training Battalion-West and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.

Group Admin: Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom

Location: San Diego County
Members: 187
Latest Activity: Nov 15, 2022

Camp Pendleton, FMTB-West, and NHCP

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is home to Field Medical Training Battalion-West and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.

Base access information with video

Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton is a beautiful new 42-bed teaching facility near the main gate that provides outpatient and inpatient care for active-duty service members, their family members, retirees and other eligible beneficiaries. Additional care is available at Naval Medical Center San Diego.

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Comment by vettespace on August 19, 2010 at 7:09pm: Hi Jacqueline,
Here's a link with more info.
http://www.marines.mil/unit/marsoc/Pages/default.aspx

Comment by vettespace on August 19, 2010 at 6:10pm: Hi Jacqueline, I'm only familiar with what it stands for and a little of what they do. My son's been in the navy a year now, so a lot of this is still new to me. As he moves on with each new phase I learn a little more. But, he hasn't pursued the SARC route yet!

Comment by vettespace on August 19, 2010 at 12:58pm: LoriLAB, the 8404 is the classification code a corpsman receives when they graduate from the FMST (Field Medical Service Technician) course at FMTB (Field Medical Training Battalion). After BC and A school the new corpsman are referred to as quad zeros "0000" until they complete FMTB or a C school

Comment by Becky (J's Mom) on August 18, 2010 at 7:28pm: thanks for sharing your pictures with me- they are awesome!

Comment by vettespace on August 18, 2010 at 5:10pm: Hi Joe's Mom,
Here's a link to the pictures from my son's FMTB graduation at CP this past June:
http://www.navyformoms.com/photo/albums/cp-fmtb-graduation-june-18

Comment by Becky (J's Mom) on August 18, 2010 at 4:54pm: Hello everyone! I am new to this group, so please bear with me. My son will be going to CP soon; starts training in Oct. I was wondering what graduation is like? Anything like the Navy's PIR? I am hoping to go to it, but I have no idea what to expect. Any information from those who have gone through this will be appreciated! Thanks in advance~

Comment by Mz.T on August 16, 2010 at 3:54am: Jacqueline... I've been sooooo busy with my little ones.. i heard from my son the other day. he passed his tests and apparently they have 2 more tests this week. right now he is trying to figure out if he is allergic to bee stings because he got stung 2 1/2 days ago and his hand is STILL swollan. I told him he needs to get checked out because he needs his hands in his studying and tests... He is doing ok. he wants to stay here and try and wait for an openning for what he wants. he put in for 3 different things so he could stay here but they were denied. so for now after graduation he is still on his way to Guam. we'll see. He is ok with it but he really wants to change his billet. when he left corps school they didn't have an openning for him to get in. so who knows. either way i support his choice. so he had a little scare the other day... i guess during one of their training/test situations. his partner didn't put his iv in right and he was spurting out blood. he had to sit out for over an hour till he was feeling better. apparently it happened twice. i was concerned but he said he was feeling fine. after he rested. I know that there are trained people there with them but hearing it made me nerveous. they gotta learn somehow. lol.. my son had a good attitude about it.... have you heard from you sailor?

Comment by ALOHANAVY on August 9, 2010 at 3:02am: Hello, my son will be graduating Corspmen school this Tueday and will be at Camp Pendelton in a few weeks. I am sure I will be visiting this group a lot for support and answers.

Comment by vettespace on August 6, 2010 at 3:00pm: It's a component of the training with a few days dedicated to Marine martial arts training. They'll get their tan belts just before graduation. They'll also learn to drive the ambulance (diesel w/standard transmission) thru a rugged course that my son said was fun. Thought the gas house was much stronger than the bc one.

Comment by vettespace on August 6, 2010 at 8:40am: In June my son got a picture of his platoon and a company picture, each in a cardboard tube. He also got his FMST certificate and Marine Corps Martial Arts Tan Belt certificate.