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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.

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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Comment by I'm Laurie the Sailor's Mom! on December 12, 2012 at 10:07pm: Plus once in a while they get to call as a reward for accomplishing a group goal.

Comment by Lisa (A-Mac's mom) on December 12, 2012 at 9:50pm: Relax, Ducky. (I know....easy for me to say, right?) It's more probable she was calling for information for her security clearance. I think the two-and-half, three-week point is when my son called home for that information.

Comment by Ducky on December 12, 2012 at 9:43pm: Thank you TXNavyDad, My SR's timing is similar. She arrived 11/27, I am sick with worry. I haven't heard back from her. Just hoping that no news is good news.

Comment by TxNavyDad on December 12, 2012 at 9:31pm: @Ducky... My son had been in bc for 2 weeks when they sent him to ship 5. He arrived at bc on Nov.20th, then to ship5 on Dec. 3rd.
Hopefully your missed call was not for that reason. Please keep us updated.

We all care very much in here and are here for you if you need support.

Comment by Ducky on December 12, 2012 at 9:20pm: TXNavyDad,

How long was you son in BC before the paperwork problem came up? My SR is scheduled for CTI as well, but she called last night and I wasn't available to pick up. I'm hoping that she is not running into a similar problem, she has been there 2 1/2 weeks.

Comment by TxNavyDad on December 12, 2012 at 8:46pm: @Kanesmom... Thanks so much for the prayers. They worked very well. Glad your son made if to Chicago safely. He will really enjoy Monterry. He will be a great asset the Navy. We will keep you and him our prayers as well!

Comment by NavyDaughter/Mom on December 12, 2012 at 8:05pm: TxNavyDad - I am so glad to hear this news, I have been thinking of and praying for your family! My son just landed in Chicago to start boot camp and will hopefully be in Ca sometime in mid/late Feb.

Comment by TxNavyDad on December 12, 2012 at 8:02pm: I told my wife that what each of us (wife, daughter and me) needs to do is, go to the store and find a very special stick on bow, special to each of us. Then on Christmas morning, when my son wakes up to open presents, we all go to him and put our bows on him and tell him that he is our best Christmas present EVER!!

(Pass out the Kleenex ;D)

Comment by TxNavyDad on December 12, 2012 at 8:00pm: ::::UPDATE:::: WOOOHOOO!!!

Just chatted briefly with our son on FB. He got to see legal yesterday and found out what the problem is. His college transcripts were unofficial and so he had to put on his paperwork high school grad even though he had college credits. They told him he can reenlist in 6 months, but MUST have his OFFICIAL college transcripts. Seems to me that his recruiter should have known this, but what do I know.

He said that legal told him he should be home in time for Christmas. He said that he should know more about his departure time next week sometime.

WOOOHOOO!!!!!

When Johnny comes marching home... HURRAH HURRAH....

Thanks to everyone for all your prayers and support. You all are truly the family we never had, but now are so blessed to have. Thank again everyone!!

Comment by bamanavymom on December 12, 2012 at 1:24am: NYRican924-thanks for the info. Is it a regular twin or the longer twins like they have in college dorms?