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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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DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP!

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Latest Activity: Nov 3, 2022

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Comment by Julie (ship 3 division 188) on April 14, 2012 at 5:45pm: Hello everyone my name is Julie. My husband is leaving for bootcamp on Wednesday.. His job is damage control. I am scared because I don't know what to expect.

Comment by rmwjcpa on March 31, 2012 at 1:48pm: Judyann- Wow - your son did really well. I will tell mine to study hard but he prefers hands on to classroom time - so we shall see. I am so excited to see him next weekend. He does not have a laptop yet but we are going to take him to buy one in Chicago. Do you remember how easy it was for them to get a wifi connection in A school? Thanks again for all your information.

Comment by rmwjcpa on March 30, 2012 at 11:38am: Judyann-wow what an adventure you had! We have PIR in one week. I am so excited to see him. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on March 24, 2012 at 9:56am: When Katie was at A school her younger brother was in the area on choir tour. We were able to pick her up over night. We met them at the Gurnee Mall for a few hours and then head North for their concert. Katie met me at the get and we walked to her 'ship' to sign her out and then I accompanied her back to the ship in the AM.

Comment by slapout52 on March 24, 2012 at 8:19am: DODiva--I actually live in Slapout, Al, although I understand there is one in OK. LOL If you are in Alabama, please join Ala. Navy moms. Great group! You will have time with your Sailor on Friday after he reports to A school, Saturday, and Sunday. Their curfew to be back on base varies. I think mine had until 6 or 7 p.m. We were not allowed on base, only to the reception area at the gate. May Sailor got liberty most every weekend. If you like you can send a personal message to my N4M profile page! I had a lot of questions about this time myself.

Comment by slapout52 on March 23, 2012 at 9:47pm: We love our DC's! First, congrats on your SR's PIR. It will be an amazing time for him n you both! Their A School is in GL so he will probably be Grad n Go, meaning he has to report to the school on PIR day. But you will have plenty of time with him. A School I think was 8 weeks or so. They do the basic engineering strand plus their special area. My DC is a firefighter out of Mayport NS, FL. DC's keep the Navy floating,

Comment by rmwjcpa on March 18, 2012 at 2:18pm: Wow - what an experience! Maybe my husband and I will get to do a Tiger Cruise one day. I might be to much of a princess to handle it though!! LOL Thanks for sharing.

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on March 17, 2012 at 8:13am: The Tiger Cruise I took in 2010 on my daughter's USS Essex (LHD 2) went from homeport (Sasebo) to Yokosuka for a 4 day 3 night cruise.

Comment by rmwjcpa on March 16, 2012 at 1:54am: Thanks fir info. What is the Tiger Cruise? Sorry your son has to leave again so quickly.

Comment by rmwjcpa on March 14, 2012 at 5:27pm: Hi slapout52-Thanks for response. I guess I need to be careful-I was just abbreviating Damage Control Man (DCM). I really am not sure of the exact "rating". I am a new Navy Mom - he left on Feb 8th. We have our plane tickets and hotel reservations all ready to go and are very excited to see him. Plus, we have never been to Chicago so it should be fun. Thanks again!