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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

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:

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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Japan Moms

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

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Latest Activity: Nov 6

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Comment by navymom3 on December 12, 2011 at 8:09pm

My son is a spook also. So after he gets there and I send a package if he opens it at work he can't take anything back home with him? Is that how I read that. When he was at school they couldn't bring anything into the compound.

Comment by Anti M on December 12, 2011 at 7:52pm

That's an easy one to get around... let her know a surprise for at home package is coming, and have a slightly different way to put her name on it so she knows not to peek at the slip.  Add or subtract her middle initial or something like that.  She's a spook, she should know ways of doing stuff like this.

Comment by Anti M on December 12, 2011 at 3:10pm

I learned not to read my customs slips when I got thins from my mom!

Japan is indeed a far kinder place to send packages than the sandbox, that's for sure.

Comment by Anti M on December 12, 2011 at 1:15pm

In 12 years, I never had customs open a thing, not even the package my friend sent with salad dressing in it.  She didn't wrap it securely, it was handed to me in a plastic trash bag!

Comment by Pamela on December 12, 2011 at 1:05pm

Blondie, you mean that they will unwrap all the gifts at customs?  He just got there a month ago.  So, I know and he knows no one there yet.  He is at the Misawa Air Force base.  Gosh I hope he will be able to get the surprise!!

Comment by Anti M on December 12, 2011 at 12:43pm

On Wednesday, T.  Have to go get my teeth cleaned this afternoon.

Everyone I know who has had the knee surgery is glad of it, although, yes, the rehab is tough.  

I hate terrorism and support all our heroes, but I have trouble with hate-filled messages.  I hate hate, one might say.  Because I feel it is my duty to love humans, even the lowest of the low, and those who are plain evil.  Yes, I think proven terrorists deserve a swift death penalty, but never torture.  But that's me.   

Comment by T-Lynn on December 12, 2011 at 12:37pm

Maggs- Praise this Lady in Canada! Wonder if my paper would print this? I am going to cope this - maybe I can get my son to repeat this message on the radio !

And I didn't realize - watching the Chip -n Dales could hurt my eyes.  Oh well - I'll just have to hurt :)

I wrapped all my presents when sending Pam - glad you are too.

Miss - waiting.

thanks for the update on Nick. sending positive thoughts too Also - thanks for the candle and prayer Blondie

Knee replacement. My cousin has now had both knees and  one of my hubby's friend's has had it done.  Both stated - DOING rehab is the tough part, but once it is all healed - Yippe how they can do stuff without pain is wonderful.  If you can have it done - go ahead.

Anti - M - isn't your surgery coming soon?  I know it is in and out - but still want to keep tabs on you.

Hey everyone !  Val is now counting hours !!!!!

 Anyone heard fro Kim?

Need to get - house cleaning today - yippee

hugs all

Comment by Pamela on December 12, 2011 at 8:16am

Thanks Mississippi Mom!!!  Appreciate it.  I'm gonna wrap them this morning and send them on their way!  

Comment by susan on December 11, 2011 at 10:42pm

Does anyone know anything about a knee replacement? I may need one. Doctor said that he will try to fix the  damage. If not I need  one.  Surgery will be in jan. or feb.  Wont know till 12-13 when nurse calla to set up.  Won't be sure until he gets in there. Doctor says down time is between 3-6 months.  Hopefully I will be better when sailor gets leave. We go out to breakfast at 6;30am. It's our alone time before everyone else gets up and wants to see him. Brandon hopes to get leave in may or june.

Comment by Mississippi Mom on December 11, 2011 at 10:26pm

Pamela, I did wrap my son's gifts last year and this year, too.  I also wrapped his birthday gifts, and as far as I know there was no problem with this.  

 

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