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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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Comment by NYRican924 on November 26, 2013 at 8:54pm: Hi KC'smom, wow your son deployed already? My son is still in training, so no deployment yet in the near horizon. @navywife+3 yes, the original contract is for 6 years since the school and add on training is so long. My son joined in May 2011 and graduated DLI in February of this year. He arrived at his duty station and began more training and that was interrupted so that he could currently attend a 30-day refresher language training so that he can DLPT test again in January, and then more training. At this rate he will actually have spent 3 whole years in training before actually doing his job and will just have 3 years left.

Comment by KC'smom on November 26, 2013 at 6:22pm: My son deployed last week. This is a first for me. We have an app on our phones called Dingtone- it allows free phone calls to eachother! Without using the phone company. It just requires wifi. He's in the middle of a desert & wifi barely worked & we kept getting cut off but it was nice to hear from him. He thinks he'll be there 6 months.

Comment by greenoak on November 26, 2013 at 1:39pm: Whoo hoo, my daughter just made 2nd Class, soo proud of her!

Comment by Reid's Ma on November 26, 2013 at 10:18am: If you google DLI-FLC the information about the school, photos and the # of languages (and length of study) is right there. The history of the school is interesting. Another family member went there 50+ years ago in the same language; for a mere 6 months!

Comment by ambi9821 on November 26, 2013 at 8:15am: I think the length of the school depends on the language. My Sailor's school is 12 months,

Comment by greenoak on November 26, 2013 at 12:13am: Im thinking six years because the school is soo long.

Comment by KC'smom on November 6, 2013 at 10:17pm: Thanks. I don't get to see him but twice a year now so it's not like I'm gonna miss him any more than usual! Haha! But, I send him texts everyday. I wonder if he will have cell reception.

Comment by ambi9821 on November 6, 2013 at 9:19pm: KC' Mom--I am dreading that day myself. My son has a few more months before deployment. I will be praying for you and Chris, forever Ray's Proud Mom.

Comment by Chris, Forever Ray's Proud Mom on November 6, 2013 at 6:43pm: KC'smom, My son's 1st deployment is also coming up sooner than I want it to, but this is what they look forward to and have worked toward! My thoughts are with you and the strength to get through it.

Comment by KC'smom on November 6, 2013 at 6:33pm: My son has his first deployment coming up. He won't be on a ship or a sub. He will be on land in a foreign country VERY far away. :-( I hope I will be brave. Still haven't found any moms of aircrew CTI. I guess it doesn't matter. A son leaving is the same no matter what job title they have. He said he's not nervous. I guess he's excited. It's what he wants to do. Kinda bummed myself.