This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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.
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:
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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.
Format Downloads:
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
Started by momma bear. Last reply by Anne Marie Feb 20, 2019. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Comment
My husband just told me to download a different app called KIK. I just got it so I am not exaclty sure how it works but he said everyone down there uses it so you could also try that.
I have not found a way to contact my husband he is the one that always calls me. If he has a phone you can probably get that number and call it just hope he is home when you call or it will be a waist. I also think that is pretty exspensive. The internet is my main comunication and it is also free which helps a lot. They have to be around the wifi to use it which is slow a lot of the times so my husband got his own. We get to talk a lot more and its better quality. We use facebook to type back and forth and use the Tango app to call or to skype with. the camera is often delayed or frozen due to slow internet so we mainly just talk. I found that to be the best so far but i remember someone saying they called their sailor but not sure how they did that. hope this helps some
I have found it if you send the mail (whether it is a box or letter) certified it arrives much later than if I just sent it regular mail. If I send a box priority, it takes anywhere from 2 to 3 weeks. My son did say the mailroom is not always open and that can case a delay also in him getting mail. As for phone service, we are at a loss. I could not find a phone service that offered international service to Guantanamo. My son did get a phone but I have to relay on him calling which can be a challenge. Any suggestions on a better way of communicating with him would be appreciated
have your tried downloading the Tango app? It is free and you can use it on the computer or phone. very simple all you need is a phone number and you can use it. If you download it onto your phone you can get a call whenever but if you are using your computer you will have to call them or it wont connect. it just rings like a normal call and you can also send messages on it. uses internet so no cost to you. You can video chat or just regular talk. It is a orange box with a white T in the middle. Best app ever!!
My son has been at gtmo for 2 months now. We are still getting adjusted to what works in the way of communication. Mostly we talk on facebook, but he call me using a phone card. I have found that neither my landline phone company nor my cell phone company have a good plan. They both cost about $2.00 per minute! I have only called 3 times. The best deal that I could find was to buy an online phone card from a company, I think was called NobelCom. They have a bunch of options, but I went with the $.49 per minute plan. As far as mailing to gtmo, I used the post office, 'if it fits, it ships' arrangement, and he got his package in 1 week. Granted, it was a rather small package. Don't know if any of this helps, but so far, this has been my experience. Am still looking for better communication options.
wow thats strange on package wise might be due to which state we live in or something. I am so glad to finnaly be able to connect with somone else with a loved one in Cuba. It has been a big change but the worse is over i think. Hopefully i will be down there by the end of the month if all goes as planned. :)
Yes, lovemysailor, she went to Lackland for A school. Went to duty station around the middle of May. He probably does. One of her female shipmates from A school was already there when she got there, so she was real happy she knew someone! Her roommate got internet in their room, so now I can "talk" to her on Facebook more often. Before, she had to go to the "common" room, I guess it is, to use the internet. Wow, in 2 weeks!! I sent this box to her June 5th, still has not received it. I sent it priority mail too! Waste of money, lol! I also sent a letter the same day, just to see which got there first. I just received the letter yesterday marked return to sender. The reason checked off was "moved, left no address' !! I rechecked with her that I used the correct address, she said I had. I better get in touch with the Post Office! I tried tracking it, but can't seem to get the USPS site up on my computer. I sent her another box a week or two after the first, she hasn't received that one either. Weird.
She gave me the number. I don't know if it's expensive, but I guess I'll find out when my husband gets the phone bill, lol! It's my cell, and I think we might have an international plan, since my husband used to do a lot of business travel to Europe.
i sent my husband a box and he got it in two weeks. he is also an MA got there about the same time your daughter did. Did she just get done with A school at lackland cause if so my husband knows her :). He just got internet in his room so we talk all the time on facebook and use the tango app which is a bit slow. He has to be the one to call me i dont have a number to call him. How did you get a number for your daughter and is it exspensive to call her?
My daughter has been there for almost 2 months. She's an MA. Loves the job, loves hot weather. Took pics of large iguanas! Talk to her on Facebook, and can call her, but she can't call out. Now has internet in the apt. so it's better now than when she first got there. Has not got her box from home yet with civilian clothes. She must have a limited wardrobe, lol! She says it takes a month for packages to get there, the post office told me it first goes to California, then overseas.
my husband is stationed there now.... he has been there a little over a month now. internet and phone is kind of a hit and miss thing down there so communication is kind of scattered. He will be able to buy $5 phone cards that are good for 50 minutes but they get to be exspensive. My husband does tango a lot witch is kind of like skype only free you can download it on a computer or its an app for smart phones as well. There is also the facebook video chat that works great too. there is a room down there where you can go to get access to the phones and internet when they are working.
© 2025 Created by Navy for Moms Admin. Powered by
You need to be a member of Guantanamo Bay Moms - GTMO to add comments!