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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 Bonnie-Codysmom on December 12, 2013 at 1:24pm: hello, im new here. My son leaves Feb. 3rd for boot camp and then to EOD training...im nervous like crazy about it..any help? thx>

Comment by narob01 on December 11, 2013 at 2:54pm: Any moms that have a sailor in dive prep? How's it going? I am so thankful that he can call me in the afternoon and I can hear how it went. When he describes what they did it makes me nervous. He tells me which ones he hated and which ones are 'fun'. FUN? Perhaps he was switched at birth.

Comment by Karenlee on November 27, 2013 at 9:21pm: Happy Thanksgiving to all. Glad that everyone's son is doing well. Boy, I do not miss all sweat and tears from when Ben was in school. Cheryl, I too vented rather loudly but the journey is well worth it and yes the EOD family does become their second family. They are a tight knit community especially when they get to their unit. Hoping that my sons new orders will bring them back to the States. Won't know until after the new year but my happy dance shoes are ready. Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday). God Bless our EOD.

Comment by NJNavyMom on November 27, 2013 at 8:13pm: Thanks, Cheryl. That's good news to hear. My son is still in MS training. He will be stationed in Virginia Beach.

Comment by JackFlash on November 27, 2013 at 12:43am: Great to see some of the newer people on the site. Lot's of us with sons together or only a few short weeks apart in the program. I'm quickly discovering that this is a nerve-wracking adventure. They are under constant pressure to perform with make or break tests coming one right after another. It's all new and none of it is easy for them... there isn't a day that I don't whisper a prayer for him to have calm nerves, steady hands and a clear head-- despite the cold, rainy weather they sometimes have to endure while training and testing. --Pretty real world.

Counting the days until we get to see him at Christmas. It's hard to believe that a year ago at this time he was having Thanksgiving Dinner at the VFW while still in Boot Camp! Time stands still for no one.

Comment by phxsusan on November 20, 2013 at 9:06am: My son is finishing up Dive Prep School this week

Comment by flowers on November 19, 2013 at 3:20pm: Anyone in this group with sailors about to start Dive Prep School? Send me a private message or friend request, please!

Comment by narob01 on November 14, 2013 at 8:38am: CarolinaMom, I am in no way a veteran. My son PIRs tomorrow. However he lived in a remote village in Nicaragua for two years while serving in the Peace Corps. He was alone, there was political unrest, disease and little communication. Karentee is right you never stop worrying but prayers help you come to some level of acceptance that allows you to get up and make it through the day. Stay connected to this site. It helps more than I can express.

Comment by Karenlee on November 14, 2013 at 7:25am: Prayers out to the EOD family. Carolina Mom, you never stop worrying. My son was a premie and I have always worried about him. I know this is not a comforting thought but when it's their time it's their time and they are doing a job that they enjoy very much. I am a mother that believes in the power of prayer and Saint Barbara is the Paton saint for EOD, fire fighters etc so I do rely on prayers to her to keep all the guys safe no matter where they are in their journey.

Comment by JackFlash on November 14, 2013 at 12:23am: Very sad to hear of an accident involving 4 EOD personnel at Camp Pendleton today. Prayers for the families of the four members who were killed. This hits far too close for so many of us.