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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 Sandy's_sailor son on March 5, 2012 at 2:23pm: HisladyB. How long has your ET been on hold? When was his PIR?

Comment by HisladyB on March 5, 2012 at 2:20pm: Okay Ladies is anybodies husband,son,daughter etc. still on holds? I feel like I've been waiting forever for my ET boyfriend to get his orders for C-School, he is still in GL. Poor guy is just waiting and waiting. I am getting anxious !

Comment by lori on March 5, 2012 at 1:05pm: Anti M- thank you so much for the link. I had no idea there was such a thing. I'll be looking throughly at all they have to offer. Wish I lived in SD to do the half way party. I will have to ask my son what kind of duty he has that day. He's in a shop [ I'm one of the lucky ones that get to email him daily]. He did say he will be at the rails so even if he can't come off [ sniff] I'll be there jumping up and down cheering. I think it will be more emotional than PIR in some respects watching that huge ship come in!

Comment by Anti M on March 5, 2012 at 12:19pm: http://www.vinsonfrg.org/homecoming.html

Comment by Anti M on March 5, 2012 at 12:03pm: @lori... it is a huge maybe, but there are definitely some jobs/watches where they cannot leave their posts. Just ask him, he'll know what sort of duty he'll be standing. He might not have watch, he may be able to come down to see you. (A sailor can have a duty day without standing a watch). But in general, there is a percentage of the crew who cannot set foot on the pier for several hours. Can't leave their posts unmanned, and the other sailors who could cover for them are down hugging their families!

You can google the FRG for your sailor's ship, and yes, I think they do need your sailor's permission to add you. I never had a FRG to interact with, they are fairly new, an official replacement for the spouse clubs I think.

Comment by lori on March 5, 2012 at 9:44am: Anti M- noooo! Not even a quick run down the gang plank [ or whatever they call it!] to say hi to me? His girl friend is coming [ a surprise] and I can imagine she will be disappointed. I will be MORE so though!

Thanks for the info about FRG. How do I contact them? Should my son let them know who I am first - why would they give me any info as they don't know who I am? I'm sure after the first deployment many of my questions will be answered and I won't feel so green!

Comment by Anti M on March 5, 2012 at 9:40am: If your sailor has duty, there is a good chance they can't leave their watchstation to come hug you. Some things can't be left unattended, and there's much to do to get a ship docked and buttoned down. It is organized chaos!

Comment by Anti M on March 5, 2012 at 9:38am: Family Readiness Group. Every ship has one, or at least every battlegroup.

Comment by lori on March 5, 2012 at 9:08am: duhhuh- I am on the Vinson's site [ ship son is on] but am not familiar with the FRG. What is that? Son has given me the Homecoming date but says he's not sure of time. Not surprised - it's not like landing a 747! I want to be at the pier as early as possible. The info he has for me is limited cause he just doesn't know. There are friends of his still on base and it's possible I could a better idea of where to park if they know.

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on March 5, 2012 at 12:30am: lori,

are you a member of the FRG? that's where you should be getting information on when, where, what time, etc. if i expected any info from my sailor all she could tell me was the date, lol.