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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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
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Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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A place to come to for Navy Moms & Family Members who find themselves with an emptynest. A place to share our thoughts..comfort each other and give advice.
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A place to come to for Navy Moms & Family Members who find themselves with an emptynest. A place to share our thoughts..comfort each other and give advice.
RED CROSS CONTACT INFO:
In the event of an emergency within the sailor’s family, where you feel the sailor must be notified and considered for Emergency Leave, you must notify the American Red Cross through the national headquarters in Washington, DC (1-877-272-7337) or via their website www.redcross.org.
Discussion Forum
Our home officially became an empty nest on March 29th
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Depression of husband
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Bursting with pride BUT.........
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EMERGENCY MESSAGES VIA RED CROSS
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Sending 2 off to Basic in less than 3 weeks between them
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Comment by Jacob94mom on August 16, 2023 at 12:00pm
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That’s awesome B! Oli is twice the size as our Camden! He is still a skinny tall boy. But happy and healthy. Talking and giggling and almost sitting up! Happy to report they did find a sitter at the last minute. They had a week with no sitter as she recovered from surgery. But mom was able to take Cam to work part time and work from home. He’s adjusting to the new sitter this week.
More baby news! Our second grandson (of 11, 9 girls) was born on Monday! Short easy delivery for mom this time. Labor started about 1 am, went to the hospital at 4am and he was born at 9:25 am. Second babies are so much easier! Usually.
Benjamin (Benny) David 7lbs 9oz. 20 inches long.
B I will message you pictures of both babies to post here. I forgot I forgot I can do that!
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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on August 16, 2023 at 11:22am
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Oli had his 3 month check-up yesterday. He's 16lb 9oz and 26.25" long - he gained 2 pounds in a month! Growing by leaps and bounds. Sleep schedule is much better now too so C is finally getting more sleep at night. I fly out on 9/1-9/9 - can't wait to squeeze him!
We close escrow today on a condo in MI. Going to rent it out for a few years and then hopefully we'll be able to head that way closer to retirement. Something to look forward to!
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So they had their appointment this morning and he's not 15 lbs yet...14lbs 9oz and he's 24.5inches long! And his noggin measures 16inches!
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Jacob94mom - woohoo - look at Cameron grow! Oli has his appointment tomorrow for shots - I'm anxious to see what his weight is up to.....I'm guessing he'll be just over 15lbs now lol! He just started going about 5 hours (once) at night, then about 3-4 hours the rest of the night. Will sure be nice for them when it's a good 8+ hour stretch! We had our weekly FaceTime yesterday and it's just amazing how much he has changed just in the last couple of weeks. They are getting more of a routine now so that sure helps.
I've already got my next ticket booked for September! Your Hawaii cruise sounds like fun!
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Good morning ladies! 2 month update on baby C. He grew an inch and is up to 9 lbs. since he’s 21 inches and only 9 lbs he’s only at the 1 percentile. Tall and skinny boy. Mom and dad are going to try to increase his feeding amount since he’s still at 3 Oz every 2-1/2 to 3 hours. Overnight he goes 4 or 5.
My kids were never on the chart until over a year and he’s healthy otherwise so they are not concerned.
Trying to plan out next visit. But we have a Hawaii cruise scheduled for Nov so that’s making things difficult.
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