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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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Latest Activity: Feb 18

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Comment by Vickyrun on February 17, 2012 at 6:12pm: Yes, that is her ship; the USS Donald Cook.

It is a small Aegis destroyer,

Comment by Chris, Forever Ray's Proud Mom on February 17, 2012 at 4:17pm: My daughter is in love with a Spanish man and hopes to live in Spain (she spent a year there on study abroad) Hoping my son gets orders for one of these!

Comment by Anti M on February 17, 2012 at 3:54pm: Oooh, Spain. I do like it there. But then, I chose to visit, not be sent there far from family. How much longer will she be on her ship?

Comment by ProudGMBarb on February 17, 2012 at 3:03pm: Vickyrun..is she attached to one of the four selected ships? Looks like this will take place in 2014 and 2015 ? Interesting.

Comment by ProudGMBarb on February 17, 2012 at 2:54pm: Odi....Congrats to your new ET3 ! Yes, we sure do look forward to pictures, don't we? I keep reminding our guy the same thing. I forgot....where is your son? In C school? In San Diego? Norfolk? or out in the fleet? sorry...it's hard to keep up!

Comment by Odi_Ship09_Div140 on February 17, 2012 at 1:35pm: Son made ET3 yesterday. I was so happy for him and asked nicely for a picture. When I reminded him he sent a picture of the insignia and when I asked where he was, he said behind it. Sense of humor is good, but he knows I would love pictures. He sounds so upbeat.

Comment by Vickyrun on February 17, 2012 at 1:08pm: yeah at what she is all upset about was made public yesterday;

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/16/2645215/us-navy-selects-destr...

Spain!

Comment by Vickyrun on February 17, 2012 at 12:32pm: R'sproudmom, I agree it is never about us Moms. I realised that when I got The Box. My kid has disappeared! She belongs to the Navy now. I have no control, I can't change anything when she is upset with the Navy. I have to use tough love; "That is part of the job" I say. She has got 3 years + 3 months more to go , then if she still doesn't like it she doesn't have to reenlist.

I'm an Army brat, when she was talking about enlisting, I said #1 thing: You Obey Orders w/o question and you will be Ok.

Comment by R'sproudmom on February 16, 2012 at 12:50pm: Hey mommajill, we actually live in central Virginia, used to live in Va. Beach area and have family there. Orders in Va. would be nice for this mom but, it's not about me. Never been to the west coast and would love a reason to go there.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on February 15, 2012 at 10:50pm: Love DC, so much to see and do there and so much of it is FREE. First time I went there for a business convention, I was there for three days and said I must bring the family back. We went and stayed seven days and still didn't get to see everything. It really is an awesome place to visit - use the metro as much as possible, easy/clean/cheap because otherwise traffic is the PITs!