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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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CS (Culinary Specialist) Moms

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The heart and soul of the Navy-the cook! Let's swap stories and exchange info about our loved ones being a CS in the Navy!

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Latest Activity: Apr 22, 2021

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Comment by Sissy'sMom on May 3, 2010 at 10:52am: Bananamom, my daughter is a CS on the RR also and is loving it. Good luck to your son.

Comment by Bananamom on May 2, 2010 at 2:14pm: Happy to find a CS Mom discussion board. Thank you all. My son just arrived on the USS Ronald Reagan and so far so good.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on May 1, 2010 at 2:42pm: Mary, I agree with Johanna. Don't wait. WIth each new day brings a new adventure and a new reason to feel pride! What your son is doing now is just as great.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on April 30, 2010 at 11:53am: I have a hard time thanking a soldier or sailor. I can feel myself start to cry every time. I too, want to give them a hug and say thank you.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on April 30, 2010 at 10:49am: Mary, thank you so much for sharing! That is how I feel! SO many times, I find myself here on this site. So many of my friends don't understand. I worry so much about my boys. They are safe today, but what about tomorrow? What about will in the middle of the ocean, or being deployed with the Marines? I feel safe here. I feel that when I cry, everyone here understands.
Again, thank you for sharing.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on April 25, 2010 at 3:42pm: Thank you for posting CCR! I enjoyed the article. I love to see our CS's being recognized for their outstanding work.

Comment by CCR on April 25, 2010 at 10:19am: http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=52784

Any moms here with CS's on the USS Blue Ridge? Congratulations to all winners! You know I post from time to time because my husbands TCA mentors to CS's aboard ships and they have a close place in my heart :-)

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on April 24, 2010 at 5:03pm: Johanna, I am so proud of your CS.
I was talking to Richard and come to find out, trash duty is voluntary. I thought it was since he was the new kid in the kitchen.I am proud that he feels the importance of volunteering for even the most mundane job as carrying out the trash is an important job.