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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
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- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Discussion Forum
Any Meet and Greet For Navy Moms In the Chicago area?
Started by Amorresperroz. Last reply by Amorresperroz Jul 25, 2016. 2 Replies 0 Likes
mailing our sailors a box...
Started by Theresa. Last reply by Pat L. in IL Aug 9, 2013. 3 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by becky m on October 7, 2010 at 9:23pm
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thanks Michelle your the best!! :)
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Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on October 7, 2010 at 11:04am
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Don't worry Sally they will come around, I hope and pray as they get older they will group up. Sometimes I don't think they understand a lot of things until they have their own families.
My daughter has acid reflux, she has to be very careful what she eats and drink, that helps her a lot. See also takes over the counter medicine.
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Kids are kids, there is no manual out there telling us what we are suppose to do. They are all serving our country how bad could they be!!!!! I don't believe anyone of our kids are perfect, and if someone says they are they are fooling themselves, but I think we all did good job with them. All we can do is keep talking with them and love them and support them, ladies I think we are GREAT mom, moms of a sailor, we could not be prouder.
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Comment by Coco on October 5, 2010 at 10:34pm
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Sally - every kid is different. If its any consolation - for as nice as I am now...I put my parents through some very very rough times and our relationship was very cordial until I was about 35. Now its good but I had to accept them for who they are and they had to accept me for who I am. So hang in there.
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Mine has four days off and i did price airfare...way to expensive for me. i feel bad coco tht you can't go but hopefully you will get out there soon. at least yours called you and invited you to come. Yay!!
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OMG ladies...what are the odds...my son just texted and said he just figured out he has three days off this weekend and did I want to fly out last minute. Of course I do! But what are the odds I would already have other travel plans with my dad. Sigh. I am kinda sad...kinda sad...kinda realizing life goes on when your kids leave. Any other weekend I would have hopped on that plane and I have really been missing him this week.
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i am liking the sound of the male review..lol we will miss you coco and annie and debbie.
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I love Bourbon Street, that is where I had a party for Stephen when he came home from P-Cola and before he left for Italy. Have a good time ladies!
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Comment by MissMySailor on October 5, 2010 at 3:06pm
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Annie where is Bourbon Street?
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Happy birthday Becky! Ladies have lots of fun Friday and make sure you have a designated for Paula! I will be in Omaha drinking with my cousins so...have a drink for me and I will have drink for all of you and it will almost be like I am there with all of you! LOL.
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