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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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all moms,wives,grandmas,fiances to get together and talk about the issues that you or your salior may be going through. We are here for one another.
Members: 64
Latest Activity: Jul 24, 2015
Discussion Forum
LISTS OF GROUPS: PIR GROUPS, SHIP GROUPS, RATINGS GROUP, SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Started by BunkerQB. Last reply by Dawnn Jun 19, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Nuke A School FAQ
Started by NF Mom. Last reply by NF Mom Feb 25, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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Comment by mtnmom on January 8, 2011 at 1:53am
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Hi Dawnn'
We definitely are here for each other. My son just returned from a seven month deployment, his first. This may be hard to believe, but I was at peach with myself during his deployment, (he is on a destroyer). So if you have questions, ask away, you know someone will have your answer.
Gen
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Comment by ochaos on January 8, 2011 at 1:04am
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For those going to PIR you need to check into cost of flying into Milwaukee if you are flying as it can be a lot cheaper and it is the same distance and very easy to get to and from. I saved over $200 on the tickets by doing this.
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Comment by Mama Bear on January 7, 2011 at 6:46pm
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Hello,
I am new to this group. We live in Stockton, and our son is at Great Lakes for basic training PIR date is 2/4/11. I would like to become involved with this group so any info. would be helpful. Thank you.
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Comment by Joan F on January 6, 2011 at 10:54pm
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Hey Dawnn you live close to me as I live in Modesto. My son is also home on leave for the first time before he starts his FMTB training later this month. I agree with you that PIR was a sight to behold and don't regret all we had to go through to get there.
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Hi all;
My sailor is home on leave, mostly visiting his friends, but I just finished making one of his favorites, Chicken Burritos, and he's off to see friends.
Sharon,
A M&G sometime in January would work for me, or a Sunday afternoon in Februrary or March. I think April is going to be just too stressful this year. I don't have any special requests as to location.
Blue stars is the 20th this Month, hope to see you there.
Welcome, to all our new members. To those with sons/daughters in Boot Camp, PIR is a wonderful experience, its your sailor's day to shine, and they really do shine.
Happy New Year to all!!
Gen
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Comment by Laura (SHIP07 DIV056) on January 5, 2011 at 6:39pm
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hello everyone and welcome dawn!!
bhappy that is awesome having your Sailor home what a joy !! :)
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Comment by Paymaster on January 5, 2011 at 2:21pm
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I know we are not the closest, but several of us here in the Nor Cal group are getting together on Sunday Jan 9th for late coffee if anyone would like to join us.
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hello bhappy cute boy was he home for the holidays
i live close to bakersfield in arvin my sons pir is 1/28/11 hes going to maryland for mass communication :)
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thanks for the welcome mtnmom and bhappy ! and yes going to his pir cant wait to hug & kiss my baby :)
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Sharon-
He's still in Fresno, but like you, that hug was unbelievable. He seems so grownup now. Where did my baby boy go? He should be here in a while, he had to stop and get some California clothes.
Gen
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