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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.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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Latest Activity: Jul 27, 2022

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Comment by MissMySailor on September 1, 2010 at 7:07pm: Hi Julie I must have missed you when you joined!

Comment by Coco on September 1, 2010 at 4:55pm: Hi Jenn! Welcome! We are here for you!

My son has a beautiful girlfriend who is adjusting to long distance Navy life, too but she is still in the traveling back forth stage. This weekend will be her first trip to visit him in San Diego. She arrives here later tonight so I can get her to the airport in the am for SD. I will share your post with her as I am not sure if she is part of this group. I know she is looking for connections with women who are in love but waiting the marriage part. She tends to only meet the married or the starry eyed about to get married ones online. lol. She did find one girl at college whose boyfriend was in the army and that helped her greatly earlier this year as she adjusted to bootcamp and then Navy life. I know she says its hard to find people who understand or can relate to the complexities of military life and long distance relationships. Glad you connected with us.

Comment by MissMySailor on September 1, 2010 at 12:13pm: Hi Jenn your in the right place a great group for support!

Comment by ChitownPat on September 1, 2010 at 6:44am: Welcome Jenn! I'm a sucker for a good love story!! Best of luck to You and your sailor!!! Everyone here is very supportive and fun!!!!

Comment by MissMySailor on August 31, 2010 at 8:21pm: Hi all, Kidney stones WOW how painful! My husband went through that 2 yrs ago they tried to blast them because they were so big then he ended up in the hospital out cold for a few days because the pain was so bad. It was kind of funny it was around Holloween and when he passed them and they eased up on the Dilodid (sp) he did not beleive us that Holloween came and went until he got home, he had no remembrance of the painful 3 days. I hope it goes well for your men out there and that they are small!

Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on August 31, 2010 at 6:30pm: Hi JulieR, welcome to our group, you will love it here. My son is in Italy so if you have any question I will be glad to help but he is on base not sea so I might not know everything.

Well Stephen has not passed his stone yet, still in pain but they told him he has to go back to work tomorrow. They gave him medicine to help dissolve it and lots of pain medicine. I told him to throw up on someone they would send him back to the doctors. LOL

How is everyone doing?

Comment by ChitownPat on August 31, 2010 at 4:55pm: Julie, My son is on a sub as well. Can you send me the info to get my sailor's name on the ombudsman's list? I'll e-mail you my address.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on August 31, 2010 at 3:11pm: Julie, How did you get signed up for the daily emails from the ombudsman? Wonder if they have the same thing for subs?

Comment by Pat L. in IL on August 30, 2010 at 11:27pm: Julie, Sally and I are getting together this weekend to plan a packing party.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on August 30, 2010 at 11:25pm: Hey Julie, I was planning on following your lead. My sailor just arrived at his sub today. Can deployment be far behind??