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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 NJNavyMom on December 19, 2013 at 11:37am: Oh, thank goodness! Now you can pamper him. It must be viral if they didn't give him antibiotics.

ENJOY HIM!!!!

This site has been my therapy sessions. Although we are so very proud of him, EOD scares the living daylights our of the rest of the family. I'm not dealing with it too well. I wish he had chosen another position within the Navy.......

Comment by narob01 on December 19, 2013 at 11:22am: He just texted. He doesn't have pneumonia. Yeah! But they didn't give him antibiotics. I'm not sure what's up with that but at least his plans don't have to change. I will just make sure he gets lots of rest when he is home. Thank you all for your prayers and concern. Don't know what I would do without the moms on this site!

Comment by NJNavyMom on December 19, 2013 at 10:37am: Hi Narob01 and Carolina Mom,

You have my prayers as well. Remember the Navy does it's best to keep these guys/gals safe. That is why they sent Brandon to Florida to recuperate. They really are well cared for when they are sick. I'll keep checking the site to see when you post the results.

Comment by narob01 on December 19, 2013 at 10:19am: Thank you Carolina Mom, he is supposed to come home (Dallas) tomorrow and be home for the stand down then go to Panama City. I hope he gets to come home but I want him to take the time to get well. If it takes being rolled back to get him strong and healthy then that is what needs to happen. He is supposed to get test results this morning. I am anxiously awaiting his call. Thank you for your kind words and prayers. I'll let you know.

Comment by narob01 on December 19, 2013 at 12:30am: Thanks Brandonsmom. I hope they do that for him. Great Lakes is way too cold for my Texas boy!

Comment by NJNavyMom on December 18, 2013 at 8:14pm: Hi Bonnie!

I'm such a worrier. I always imagine the worst, but then I realized that while they are in training, they are safe and cared for. Sadly, not by us Moms!!!

Stop worrying and just believe that whatever happens in his training will be the best for him. There are other interesting choices if he is dropped. Not a failure, just another opportunity, and one that will hopefully be safer!!!!

Comment by NJNavyMom on December 18, 2013 at 8:05pm: My son got pneumonia during dive prep. I don't have a clue how he passed the final water test. He got out of the water and was running a fever. With the cold winters in Chicago, they sent him to his next stop, I think it was Panama to recover. He was medically rolled, but got healthy!!!

Good luck & let us know how he is doing. ;-)

Comment by Bonnie-Codysmom on December 18, 2013 at 5:04pm: thx for all the info...time is getting closer for him to leave and im getting more nervous about it..he is still soe xcited about going but i see that hes getting a little nervous now too.....

Comment by narob01 on December 18, 2013 at 4:55pm: Just talked to my son. He is sick. They did tests today. If he has pneumonia they told him he will have to go back to Great Lakes and wait for the next class to form before he can go on to Flordia. He won't have to go through the testing again but... He will know something in the morning. Please say a prayer that he just has an upper respiratory infection that can be fixed with a round of antibiotics.

Comment by NJNavyMom on December 18, 2013 at 1:05pm: Thanks again JackFlash. Our son is home and I haven't had a chance to check out that site, but will definitely so ASAP!!!!

We are constantly amazed by our son and now that we met some of his buddies, our hearts just swell with pride. Our son is on his way to San Diego after the holiday's and then will be stationed to Virginia Beach.