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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 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
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For all the Moms(and Dads) with a Sailor in Japan
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Discussion Forum
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Cell Phone in Sasebo
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Getting a cat to Yokusaka
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Comment by T-Lynn on January 29, 2016 at 11:12pm
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HI
Well someone had to be on duty during teh snow. I think the Snow Sailor did a great job.Isn't it fun to sour sailors still finding a way to fun?
Welcome aboard New Moms!! My sailor was there in Sasebo for 3 years and loved it. When there he purchased phone in Japan and service too. Because our phones don't work there. It was also asked what they might need - LONG JOHNS !!! Pack them - several pairs. It really helps. The nice silk ones fit nicely under teh uniforms too. And one more thing - I hope they have a civilian passports. YES they will need them. Military ones cannot be used all the time. If they don't have one - help them get it. And please "jump in the water" more. That means share more about yourselves and sailors.
Hey - josh mom - need pics of you meeting the ship!
Maggs- 34 inches !!! Wow. My girlfriend in MD I think she had 20 inches. took two days to dig out the cars. Love the picture. Naturally he won't leave - you have great room service or should I say Feed Service. Fingers crossed for all good news Maggs. Glad your sailor was there to help out. Keep us posted please.
blondie - what is new?
Kim - need to hear a chirp please.
Drama - ok?
Miss - check in
Me - doing ok. Riker turned 1 on the 27th of January. And he had to go to the doctor that morning - Pink Eye. He doing better and now has a cold. Plus cutting morals. Oh is he happy - not! but he still had a good smile when he got cake .
Need to get along Hugs all
Reiki still be sent.
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Comment by 2tymeNavyMom on January 28, 2016 at 10:24pm
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Most if not all of our sailors have signed up for a plan in Japan. I use the "line app" to talk and text with my son in Yokosuka.
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Comment by HuffyMom23 on January 28, 2016 at 10:07pm
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Hello everyone! I am new to this group. My son is on a ship heading to Japan. I believe they are stopping off at different places before they finally get there. His ship is swapping with another ship. He will be stationed out of Yokosuka. I have been trying to see what most people are using for phone service. We put the WhatsApp on our phones before he left. I have seen where people have good luck with that. I really hate to do the international plan with AT & T if we don't have to.
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Comment by Anti M on January 28, 2016 at 4:04pm
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Oh yeah, I've been "essential personnel", but it was usually during typhoons. I slept on the floor behind the warm equipment racks because we were a commsta and had only one bunk.
Love the snowman!
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Comment by ellen0502 on January 28, 2016 at 1:35pm
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Anti M, The Sailors in Sasebo were on essential personnel, and most of the base was closed for a day, except for the galley. and underways delayed (public knowledge). My son (we are from a snowy state) said it was just a dusting of snow about four inches, but they are not used to it there.
The snow is gone and it is now raining.
Here are a couple pics (yes they are public)
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Comment by scully_the_skeptic on January 27, 2016 at 10:09pm
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I lurk mostly - nice to have a group that gets it & has been there or is there. ;)
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He's been there since August 1
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My sailor is in Yokosuka. He's on the Chancellorsville when not on base. He's in IT. They spent first 90 days on board even when not under sail. We use whatsapp to call - good reception.
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Comment by Suzan on January 27, 2016 at 8:54pm
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My child is an AT in Atsugi and really likes it.
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Summer is festival season, this one is from Atsugi. Every base has them, and Friendship Days, etc. This video is longer, so you might want to skip forward to see the dancing.
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