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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.
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Camp Pendleton Corpsmen Moms
Information
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.
Discussion Forum
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FMTB-West Student Info and What to Bring
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Comment Wall
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Comment by IDCmom#1 on October 31, 2011 at 2:51pm
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Rena, the video I saw was one posted on Youtube for an earlier class but it is what our sailors are going through. I just searched for FMTB West and found a video that was 19 minutes long. Was quite interesting. Sorry for my confusing message!
Glad they survived their first "camping" trip with no major injuries. My son feels like someone beat him up with all the bruises and scrapes. But, I think he actually enjoyed it.
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Comment by Rena'(Dylan's mom) on October 29, 2011 at 8:55pm
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docsmom, did you get to see a video of the past few days for the boys? mine didn't mention a video but he doesn't share much...lol
Ruth, can't wait for the pier and I will try and get the waitress with the pink dress and red hair...lol
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Ruth, my husband was just out in San Diego, visiting our son, and they went out to the pier to eat. It is really, really, really long, isn't it? I could certainly use the exercise.
Hoping our FMTB sailors get the weekend to rest as they have had a pretty strenuous past few days and from the video I saw, it is just the beginning. Praying that our boys stay injury free.
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Comment by jesspoo05 on October 27, 2011 at 9:47pm
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rena-i hope all works out for you to spend some nice time with your son. is he going to be stationed on green side or blue when he grads from fmtb?
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jesspoo, that is exactly what I was hoping would happen if he doesn't have liberty directly following graduation... a few days on the weekend would be just fine with me. It is definately better than him a grad n go and we get no time with him....Thanks
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rena-my bf is stationed at cp and right after fmtb grad he had to leave to check in at the hospital. but then he got to come to my apt for like an hour and then right back to base again. he had to work on fri but they usually have weekends off, especially right after checking in. so you may consider spending the weekend or part of it with him.
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RuthVH, any suggestions on must sees or special things to do while in SD??
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Beagles, the weather is a consolation. I will be coming from OK and by Dec it will be miserably cold here...
RuthVH, thank your son for me for all the great info. It sunds a lot like A-school was and I am perfectly content with dinners if that's all I can get. We are hoping to go back at Christmas with the whole family so I guess really leave is more important then. And since he is staying at CP maybe it will be easier to plan....
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Comment by Cali-Mom (Beagles) on October 26, 2011 at 8:03pm
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Rena, Well at least there will be plenty for you in to do in San Diego for a couple of days before graduation. The weather should be good too...if that's any consolation.
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I haven't booked anything yet and I am starting to think maybe come on the 13th and just go everyday until graduation...JUST KIDDING!!!
I amSOOO excited though!!!!!!
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