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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:
Events
**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.
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- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Iowa Navy Moms
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Anyone from Iowa who has a loved one in the Navy
Members: 50
Latest Activity: Feb 25, 2021
Discussion Forum
October happenings in the Quad-Cities
Started by Ruth, Gun's Mom. Last reply by Dawn Sep 16, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Nuke A School FAQ
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Comment by sandy Ship3 Div 17 on October 24, 2010 at 9:38pm
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I just found this group. Glad to know other Iowa moms are out here! My son is in BC now with PIR 12/3. Anyone else same time?
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Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on October 13, 2010 at 11:58am
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE U.S. NAVY TODAY!!!
Any idea when we want to meet? I'm probably leaving to become a part-time Texas Navy mom around Thanksgiving. I'll be back around Christmas, then gone again till spring. Come visit me!
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Comment by Molly*corpman* mom on October 13, 2010 at 12:23am
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anyone new in this group?
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Comment by nolaj on October 11, 2010 at 5:06pm
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ziggy - what div. is your son in ? do you have a PIR date of 11/12 ?
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Comment by ziggyj on October 10, 2010 at 4:54pm
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Hey Fellow Iowa Moms,
Just a note to say that we got our first phone call from our recruit and he's doing great! He was put in an honor division- not sure what that means but we are proud of him! He's doing Iowa proud.
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I thought it might be fun to combine a couple important missions--meeting each other and shopping!
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Do you think we could have a gathering this fall? I wondered if you moms would like to meet at the Amanas or at the Outlet Mall at the Williamsburg exit?
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I can't get to the steak fry, but I am honored to be a guardian on the Honor Flight out of Davenport/Moline on November 8. It will be my third flight and have been given the job of bus captain this time--a field trip, just with bigger kids! What's really cool is that my sailor also is going as a guardian on this flight.
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My son left this morning for BC. I am a weepy mess! HA.
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This isn't a Navy event, but the 18th there's a great event in Davenport's Centennial Park. Maybe a great way to spend a Saturday after sending a son to boot camp! The Celtic Festival and HIghland Games is FREE this year. The All Vets Memorial Association will have a booth with very affordable family food, so come support them. You can feed the kids with $1 hot dogs!
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