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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 Dorina on October 25, 2011 at 1:09pm: Thanks. My son started A school yesterday. He was excited when he seen a video on C Wiz. (I know I'm probably not spelling it right). He said mom that's a big gun. I hope I get to work on those.

Comment by Dorina on October 21, 2011 at 2:29pm: Good my son will be happy to try another place that has steak. Were sending him a care package today. He wanted oatmeal, beef jerky, popcorn, and nuts. My son is getting bored waiting for A school. He doesn't like to have nothing to do

Comment by Dorina on October 19, 2011 at 5:23pm: Thanks so much for the info. We will definitely visit Savanna House. I'm going to ask my husband if the room has a kitchen. I'm sure it does he always gets us nice rooms. If it has a oven I will make him a nice cooked meal. Then Savanna house will be breakfast or another nights dinner. I'm just gonna be happy to be with him where ever we decide to eat. Ha Ha. We visited my son for boot camp graduation and went up also on labor day and all he wanted to eat was steak. Boy can he eat. I thought he had a hole somewhere with the amount he ate. My husband was in the Army and I thought he ate fast but boy my son eats faster then him. Ha Ha. I asked him r u eating good in the Navy because your eating like your starving. He replied it taste so good mom and he even got dessert. Ha Ha

Comment by Dorina on October 18, 2011 at 11:33am: Thanks for the info on flights. Dads working on that with him today. I was asking my son wheres a good place to eat turkey and he said mom just make it in the hotel. Yeah right! Crazy kid... LOL

Comment by Dorina on October 17, 2011 at 7:38pm: We live in Imperial, Ca. next to El Centro. Were about 11/2 hours away from San Diego. He's made some friends already but their a lot older and go out and do things he can't because he's only 19. My husband made the hotel arrangements so I have no clue. I know its close by though. He gets to stay with us while were there. When he first left I had a very hard time. When i got the first phone call when he was in bootcamp it was a relief. He has a cell phone so we text a lot and now he has a laptop and we skype too. Hopefully that will make him less homesick. Weve been looking at flight for Christmas already too. I'm glad to have other moms that feel like me. Where we live it never snows. It sometimes snows in the mountains but that about a hour away. So this is going to be a cold winter for him.

Comment by Dorina on October 17, 2011 at 2:21pm: Hi everyone,

I've been reading all the post you ladies have been doing about the wonderful news of your sailors. This is my first post kinda shy and I thought it was about time to post something. My son just graduated from his ATT school today. He's having a hard time being away from home but besides that doing great. Were going to Great Lakes to spend Thanksgiving with him to cheer him up. Were from California. Just waiting now for A school which is still in GL. Congrats to all of your sailors

Comment by ProudGMBarb on October 15, 2011 at 4:57pm: navyblumom...Congrats to your honor grad sailor! Bravo Zulu !

Comment by Kim on October 15, 2011 at 11:57am: Hi Ladies, My daughter just phased up. should want her clothes next week. she is in ATT school right now.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on October 14, 2011 at 10:50am: NavyBluMom --- generally ships stationed in Japan have "family and friends" day. Where the shipmates can invite guests to come on board, tour the ship, have lunch and they take them out in the Bay.

Had a friend here in GA recently fly to Yokosuka to do the event with the USS Geo. Washington. Her boss was very generous and paid for a round trip ticket for her.