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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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.
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:
Events
**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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Guantanamo Bay Moms - GTMO
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Moms, Family & Friends Of Sailors Serving In Guantanano Bay
Members: 47
Latest Activity: Feb 20, 2019
Discussion Forum
What to buy my GTMO sailor for Christmas???
Started by momma bear. Last reply by Anne Marie Feb 20, 2019. 14 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by aiRplane * on January 12, 2010 at 7:10pm
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Thank you both linda and rana for all your help :)..Im looking fwd too saving and taking a trip out to GITMO end of this summer.
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Thank you so much linda for the info!! very helpful thats what ive heard as well about the internet conections.... i already live in FL..or well i will be when he leaves here in VA...and i just have to update my passport. We just are hoping to take the edge off the fact he will be gone for a while...and have something to look fwd too :) How long will your son be down there for? What is his job?
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Hi all im new to this group...have so many questions so I hope i can get some answers ..my husband was picked for an IA to GTMO being newly married this is gunna be a hard one so we really just are looking to find out how much contact u can have? he leaves for training to arizona valentines day (couldnt have picked a better day right?) doesnt leave the states til june....so since they consider it temporary hes not approved to have family move down there...So ive heard family can get clearance to visit? is this usually a lengthy process? details would be wonderful....just really not looking fwd to this!
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Comment by Barbara C on August 19, 2009 at 1:35am
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My son has finished his deployment to GTMO and has returned to his home base. I wonder if the reason he didn't recieve his packages is because it was a deployment with the rest of his battalion spread around the world. The package I sent to my son in April just came back to us, dribbling its smashed contents. We wonder where it went, if only it could talk.
I wish all of you the best life has to give. Goodbye.
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Are your sailors recieving their letters and packages? I learned in July that the package I sent to my son in April never arrived. Of the four letters I sent in June one arrived. Unfortunately when I learned this I had just sent him a birthday package, which has not arrived. He may leave there shortly so maybe he will never get his packages. Is there any chance they be forwarded to his next address?
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Comment by Karen (KC's mom) on February 2, 2009 at 5:55pm
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Well, my son's ship never made it over to GTMO. But they are out there doing their job! Can't say where they are at the present time. Hope all is well with everybody here.
We are having our first meet and greet here in So Cal area on March 1st and can't wait.
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Wishing all safe travels here hope everybody will be able to talk with their loved ones over the holiday. My son's ship may not make it all the way to GTMO Bay after all. But that could change later.
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My Seabee son is deploying to Guantanamo Bay. He is a little disappointed since he was hoping to explore a foreign country. What is it like there? Is it hard not being able to leave the base?
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