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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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AECF - FCs and ETs

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For families that have a loved one serving the Navy as an FC or an ET. This is the place to share and learn more about their jobs and schools. For subs - look for the SECF group.

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Comment by ProudGMBarb on March 15, 2012 at 4:28pm: Vickyrun...congrats to Chrissy....what a great smile!

Comment by Vickyrun on March 13, 2012 at 4:07pm: Thank you. She is happy. She has wanted that pin for along time, since she was in GL.

Comment by lori on March 9, 2012 at 11:50am: Vicyrun- what a great pic of your daughter! She looks very happy.

Deb- the R2D2! Congrats to your son!

My son emailed me to say he got through the 200 question advancement test yesterday. Won't hear how he did for several months. Also the ship had "secured" the washers as they had run low on water. Can you imagine being surrounded by water but being "low" on it! Once they open the washers back up there is going to be a mad rush of over 5,000 sailors trying to get in. My son said he was down to 2 days of clothes!

Comment by Vickyrun on March 9, 2012 at 10:50am: Here is my pic; Chrissy's ESWS pinning ceremony;

Comment by ProudGMBarb on March 9, 2012 at 4:33am: Deb...just checking in before bed...and saw your sailor's totally awesome photo!!!

How cool is that! You must be smiling from ear to ear!

Comment by Deb (FC Mom) on March 9, 2012 at 1:24am: This is my sailor on the CIWS...No wonder they refer to it as R2D2. He posted, "oh yeah for got to say got 100% on the practical and finish in 5 min, the next fastest group in class took 35 min and the first group took over an hour. so we got to play with the gun for a bit."

Comment by Vickyrun on March 7, 2012 at 11:02am: Thanks everyone. No Lori, Chrissy's Uncle is not miltary. He lives in Virginia, and I am not able to go to Virgina, so I asked him to go in my place. But I don't know if he will. I have not haerd back from him yet.

Comment by lori on March 6, 2012 at 9:21pm: BR549- that is funny! So you made quite a name for yourself! I haven't commented on the Vinson FB as we were kind of warned on the ships site that we could be traced back through comments and our real names and all our info found out and it might put our sailor in jeopardy. So that scared me from saying anything. Is your ship's site moms friendly?

Comment by lori on March 6, 2012 at 6:19pm: BR549- that is a cool pic. I look on the Vinson FB page every time they put up new photos just hoping to see one of my son. I did when they had their first Morale Day and that made it more real to me that he was actually ON a ship.

Vickyrun- I just got a call from my son and other than the sound delay I could hear him fine. I forgot to ask him about whether we will get to see him at all on the day of Homecoming. I would be so bummed if I have to wait a whole day later. Was Chrissy's Uncle allowed on board because he's military? Love the pic of your grandson- so cute!

Comment by R'sproudmom on March 6, 2012 at 12:07pm: BR549, awesome picture. Thanks for sharing. I found one of R doing push-ups on the TSC page. Made my day. Actually made my week.