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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 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:

RTC Graduation

**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.

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For all the Moms(and Dads) with a Sailor in Japan

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Comment by navymom3 on December 16, 2011 at 9:47pm: Navymomyoung- Make sure she keeps her reciept as she can turn it in and get her money back on the baggage fee's.

Comment by T-Lynn on December 16, 2011 at 9:20pm: HI

Maggs , the poem is so beautiful. Add to it - ? well, - we can all try :) Hey , how nice. You selected your gift. And you did it together. So when do we get to hear you play?

OH Robin - sorry I thought he was coming now. Ok we have a count down to Robin's hug :)13 days !!!! And you are not nagging - you are being a Getter Done Navy Mom. WE all do it.

Val - hunting - for what? Deer - Duck - GF - a guy for you to date - etc. Let us know :)

Thank you Flyernut and welcome to the group Start sharing :)

It was errand day for us - 13 different places, but all done. But you know me - I had to call sailor. He had been the road for 40 minutes. He graduated and now is driving to his new base. Let you know when I hear from him how he is and what's new.

need to get - laundry calling. Wish all sweet dreams

PS no snow yet!

PSS Blondie - you are a Rootin Tootin hoot.

Comment by T-Lynn on December 15, 2011 at 8:44pm: Cathyo :)

How sweet of you. thank you for the update and share a hug to your friend at Walter Reed.

Comment by cathyo Ship 11 Div 063 on December 15, 2011 at 2:23pm: thought I'd share this...

I heard from my girlfriend's daughter who is a Navy officer and physical therapist at the Walter Reed. I was telling her about this site and how we receive updates from Blondie on Nick and that we all pray for him daily. She said that she wanted to pick him to be on her case load but she was out the day they put the PT consult in. She checks on him daily anyways and says he is incredible and has made incredible recovery from where he's been.

Comment by T-Lynn on December 15, 2011 at 1:48pm: Hi all!

This place sounds happy. Good reports coming in - makes this day look great. Have to share - the sky outside looks like it wants to fall in. Not meaning rain or snow - I mean falling pieces of sky. So with the first rounds set up by Blondie and all this good news - its a nice day :)

I agree with:

1. If not ready for Christmas , but have sailor home to hug - no worries - just enjoy.

2. Anti M - gentle healing hugs sending to you and glad hubby is home to care for you.

3.Ouch on torn muscle. Glad he is resting and will have light duty

4. Isn't funny that when a sailor gets home - hugging Navy Mom first is the #1, but going to favorite place to eat is right next to hugging? Mine too - when he was home - go and eat and see friends.

5. Well Moms tree is up and she is happy. Good

6. Any one heard from Angs?

7. Anyone hear of Robins son is home?

8. Need to split - hoping mom will go for her blood test today and hubby is home . Now trying to figure out to what to with him

Wish all a good day hugs

Comment by Mississippi Mom on December 15, 2011 at 12:04pm: Katlanta, happy your son is home! Sound like yall are having a wonderful time. Enjoy every minute of it.

Barbara, happy that your son is home also, and I know he is enjoying getting to visit with his sister and new nephew.  Don't you just love that they are close? My daughter told me that she bombed a test while her brother was home, because she chose to spend time with him rather than study, and she said that she sacrificed a B for an A, but would do it again in a heartbeat!

Surprisingly, when my son was home, we didn't have the duffle bag explosion that we had the time before. I think it was because of his gf, she tries to make him pick up after himself, and is doing a good job with that. Better than what I have done.

Thanks everyone for your sweet comments about my bathroom, we are enjoying it, after all of our hard work.   Kathy, I am really enjoying my ceiling fan.

Enjoy your afternoon with your buddy! Hope your friend does well with her new knee.

AntiM, happy you are home and sounds like Larry is taking really good care of you! You have a very good man! Take care of yourself.

T-Lynn, we didn't make our ceiling fan, I found it at Lowe's and I just about ran across that store to find my hubby and show it to him.  I had been looking for one that would fit in there, and didn't think that anyone made on that would, so when I found this one I took off! He looked at it and measured everything on it and said that it would.  Turns out that we had to do lots of extra work to install it, but it was worth it. We both love that little baby fan!   I hope you are better, you probably need to have that test done!

Robin, I sure hope your son gets everything worked out. My son came home on his orders and no passport either. I too, have been after him to take care of this.   Hopefully one day he will get this done.

Val, sounds like your are enjoying every minute! Have lots of fun!

Blondie, thanks for the update on Heath...God is Good! Will continue to pray for him and Nick.

Comment by Anti M on December 15, 2011 at 10:22am: I got home yesterday and pretty much climbed in bed. It does hurt some, but not too bad. I have painkillers but am going very easy on them. Larry is here to cater to me, feeding me homemade soup, and mild food like applesauce. I am having a few odd problems, but they should clear up soon. My thinking is scattered, so I forget where Ive posted or not!

T, eye dandruff? MyLarry gets flakes in his eyelashes. His bacterial, and he uses baby shampoo on them. The doc can order a special wash, but mostly he just uses a very gentle shampoo to clear them up.

Comment by susan on December 15, 2011 at 8:18am: So happy for all you that have there sailors home. mine can't come home until may or june,hopefully. were he is all leave was canceled.it,s tuff, 1-1 will be a year since he has been home.Can't wait till 1-1-13 that's when he does his 2 years in the states.happy holidays to all

Comment by cathyo Ship 11 Div 063 on December 15, 2011 at 7:48am: Congrats to all of you who have their sailors home!!! Let the celebrations begin!!

Comment by barbara10/08 on December 15, 2011 at 2:29am: No duffle bag explosion here yet-he is still at my daughters house. But that is ok. They have always been close & he is getting to know his little nephew. It is nice just to know he is "here" and be able to pick up the phone and call. He is still adjusting to the time difference. Latest on the gf- they broke up. He is bummed about that. Hubby took him to a hockey game yesterday & they enjoyed that. Today he is celebrating friends birthday. Eventually, he will make his way here and that will be nice. Oh and he hurt his arm at work, had an mri just before leave and tore a tendon or something and will be on light duty for 2-6 weeks, I think he said. It is quite painful. As for me, I am sooo behind in getting ready for Christmas! Just got the tree up today- it is real so can't really put it up too much in advance. Haven't made cookies or finished shopping yet....time to panic? Thanks all for the warm wishes.
MissMom- wow, love the bathroom!
Praying for Nick. Hope all is well, Anti M. and eyes are better T-Lynn.
Happy for all with sailors home :)