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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

Events

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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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Any faimlies with sailors on carriers? My son is just going to report to the Nimitz... just thought it would be nice to get to know other parents whose sailors are on them and how much contact do you get?

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Latest Activity: Aug 22, 2024

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Comment by Rod on July 24, 2012 at 8:43am: My son usually calls us and his wife around 10pm cst, which is around 6am his time time when he is going to chow.

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on July 19, 2012 at 7:03pm: Rainy, I agree with the moms on here and wait to send her something. They should be back to their home port very soon.

Thanks ladies for the info on the ship to shore calling cards. My son is looking at deployment very soon and I will need that information too.

Comment by Nancy on July 9, 2012 at 9:12pm: wisconsinmom, thanks for the info on RIMPAC. It was a great relief for some reason to know what he's doing and it sounds like another awesome opportunity for him. He texted as soon as they made it to port. :-) His shop has a computer and he was able to email every couple of days while they were on their way. Not having that frequent communication is hard-he's my oldest and the first to leave the nest. :-) Thanks for all the support ya'll!!

Comment by Rod on July 9, 2012 at 9:00pm: Rainy365, my son has a shipboard at&t card. we have his account number for the card and a toll free number. we call and put money on his card all the time.

Comment by Rainy365 on July 9, 2012 at 4:17pm: Ok, a friend found this website for the calling cards for anybody else that may be looking for the Ship to Shore Prepaid Calling Cards: https://shop.aafes.com/scs/Product.aspx?deptid=42000

Comment by Rainy365 on July 9, 2012 at 8:51am: GM good people. My daughter has been emailing me from the ship that she wants AT&T calling cards because there are payphones on the ship which can be used to call home. She stressed they must be AT&T. Where or how do I get these AT&T specific calling cards. I checked AT&T's website where you can purchase calling minutes online and it says: "Virtual AT&T Worldwide PrePaid minutes will NOT work on Navy ships and Coast Guard vessels." Therefore, Im thinking I must find the actual calling card for her to use. Anybody with advice, thank you.

Comment by Renee717 on June 27, 2012 at 4:48pm: Anyone have an idea when the Nimitz will be arriving at Pearl Harbor/Hickam?

Comment by Oneofalot on June 27, 2012 at 11:52am: She probably doesn't know what her department is yet. So it would be hard for you to send stuff until she has that.

Comment by Rainy365 on June 27, 2012 at 11:49am: Hi, can someone plz tell me how to addres a letter to the Stennis...my daughter just got there friday, and of course they are on their way. She didnt remember to give me the address, darn-it. She just got out of A school in Pensacola and BC. This new navy mom, thanks you in advance for your help.

Comment by wisconsinmom on June 26, 2012 at 9:24am: RIMPAC is short for Rim of the Pacific, a training exercise held every two years in Hawaii. It includes many countries from the Pacific including Australia and New Zealand. This year is the largest ever, including Russia for the first time. They not only do military exercises together but there are sports competitions and cultural exchanges. We were in Hawaii in 2010 and saw many different foreign uniforms. Our daughter married a Marine and they were stationed at MCB Kaneohoe then.