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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 Cindymommababy on April 22, 2011 at 10:53am: The calls were welcomed no matter what time they came. Sometimes I just had to wake up. The scarey ones for typhoons and tsunamis were like a bad dream.

Comment by Cindymommababy on April 22, 2011 at 8:42am: For us it was 16 hour difference in Okinawa. I am a substitute teacher so I would always start the class , " What time is it in Okinawa?"LOL. I am so happy to finally have them back on our time zone. It makes you appreciate little things like time zones.:)

Comment by Joan F on April 21, 2011 at 12:10pm: Wow a lot going on here. Linda prayers to the Corpsman and Marines that were hurt for a speedy recovery.

JLC glad to hear the guys are going to get on with their assignment, waiting can be so hard.

MrsS my son is working in a clinic also doing sick call. He has been pretty busy lately getting settled in Nevada and recovering from a car accident his first week there. He was a passenger and had neck pain so know he had whiplash. What a way to start a new assignment. He may be coming home for a visit this weekend, sure hope so would be great to see him.

Carol you and your son are in my prayers, this is such a stressful thing for us Moms to have to go through. My son would really like to be attached to a Marine unit and go green, makes this moms heart skip a beat.

Okinawa would remind me of Minnesota in the summer, humidity and rain. I really miss the thunderstorms in the summer, never thought I would. In Cali the rain is usually in the winter when it is cold although we are still getting some here in April.

Comment by MrsS on April 21, 2011 at 8:47am: So glad to hear the Okinawa guys are getting to go! Sounds like they will miss our beautiful CP weather.

Any word on the guys in Afghanistan? Corpsman are an amazingly brave bunch of guys, so are their Marines

Comment by Cindymommababy on April 21, 2011 at 8:39am: Dear JLC,

Just to let you know Okinawa in the summer is hot and humid!!! I visited my daughter and SIL last summer. Your clothes are damp all the time either from the sudden rain or humidity. I am not exaggerating. They had a machine in their closet that helped to keep their clothes dry. Do you know what Camp he will be at?

Comment by jesspoo05 on April 19, 2011 at 12:42pm: Thoughts and prayers go out to all! Especially ones hurt in any way. Physically, emotionally, mentally!!

Comment by Pam on April 19, 2011 at 11:02am: Linda - I will keep them all in my prayers and hope for a speedy recovery for all of them.

Carol - Ditto for you and your son. There are no words that will take that worry away, just know that we are all here if you need support. I'm sure you've joined the Afghan Group and will find much support there also. Navy Mom Hugs to You...

V - welcome to the Group!! I've been following a friend whose son just left yesterday for boot. Oh I would never want to go through that again...

Comment by MrsS on April 18, 2011 at 12:38am: I know two Corpsman classing up next week. My corpsman graduated Corps school last July, almost everyone went FMTB. I don't know what to think either. Mine is now attached to the AAV Unit at Pendleton. He also does sick-call for FMTB.

Comment by eurekamom on April 17, 2011 at 9:20pm: Anybody's corpsman classing up for FMTB this next week?

Comment by Pam on April 15, 2011 at 9:22am: Mariann - I'm pretty sure they take everything that has been issued to them. My son had two seabags and a bag of civilian clothing. He will have inspections during the eight weeks of FMTB.

Ruth - what a great visit you had!! Makes your heart swell with pride!