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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Looking for advice from DCs
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A school then onto Japan for DC
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DC after BC
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Comment by EQ on October 9, 2010 at 1:43pm
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JudyAnn--Hi !!!! I am very worried about my sailor !! She took one the many tests she has and I guess she messed up on it, so they held her back a week to re-take the test, but I have not heard from her in over 10 days, she used to get on-line after class and tell me how her day went. So I don't know how she is doing. Have a nice weekend and Happy Columbus Day on Monday.
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Judyann--She is not in the A-school part yet, she is still learning about BECC, but she says she loves it for the most part, other than when her roommates come in from a party (early in the morning) after she has gone to bed, and they make lots of noise. So how is your Sailor doing???
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Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on September 23, 2010 at 7:30pm
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goitia67 - My daughter is on the Essex and is a DC. They must know each other. Wonder if I met her when I was on the Tiger Cruise this summer?
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My daughter is in Damage Control at the USS ESSEX. I miss her dearly. She is in Sasebo, Japan. She is really homesick. Maybe we will get to see her in December. It has been almost a year since we have seen her. I am so sad and depressed.
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Judyann--I don't know, I am only at the PIR stage. I would think that it has to get better or there would be a lot of Moms in the looney bin. I am just wondering how many years it's gonna take to get to that point.
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Judyann--Thank you!!!! I catch myself tearing up at least once a day, not being able to see or hear from my new sailor. I thought after PIR they were able to call and talk to me whenever they wanted, what happened to their Liberty????
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Does anyone know why they can't have their laptop while waiting for A-school?? What are they suppose to do while waiting??
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Judyann--I know what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, so I must be dead, because BC has taken a toll on me and all the worrying, so I am dead and I just don't know it yet. LOL!!!!!
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Maggs---Thanks so much, this might satisfy my curiosity for a little bit.
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MarianneKT--I have heard about that Tiger Cruise, one of these days I am going to do that it sounds like fun. Don't you miss wrapping your arms around her and telling her face to face how much you love her?? I do everyday that she has been gone. Thank you for the BECC info., I couldn't find it on youtube.
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