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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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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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Japan Moms

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

Members: 688
Latest Activity: Apr 3

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it .  You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

Discussion Forum

Hello

Started by Wendy. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Sep 3, 2022. 4 Replies

Cell Phone in Sasebo

Started by Aggiemom2020. Last reply by CindyN Dec 29, 2021. 3 Replies

Getting a cat to Yokusaka

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Comment by Anti M on January 28, 2016 at 4:04pm

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!

Comment by ellen0502 on January 28, 2016 at 1:35pm

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)

Comment by scully_the_skeptic on January 27, 2016 at 10:09pm
I lurk mostly - nice to have a group that gets it & has been there or is there. ;)
Comment by scully_the_skeptic on January 27, 2016 at 10:07pm
He's been there since August 1
Comment by scully_the_skeptic on January 27, 2016 at 10:06pm
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.
Comment by Suzan on January 27, 2016 at 8:54pm

My child is an AT in Atsugi and really likes it.  

Comment by Anti M on January 27, 2016 at 7:24pm

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.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEzDJ_GKeQU

Comment by Anti M on January 27, 2016 at 7:20pm

Single sailor barracks in Atsugi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fp3e0UuyG8

Comment by Anti M on January 27, 2016 at 7:18pm

I had a sailor in Atsugi, and I spent a few weeks there myself.  My stay was so long ago that my first hand details are way outdated. It is an airbase, so inland, not on the water.  Plenty to do, and like the other bases, a short hop on the train to Yokohama and Tokyo.  Single sailors live in the barracks.

Comment by tnmom50 on January 27, 2016 at 6:19pm

does anyone have a son or daughter that is in atsugi japan my son is going to be going there soon .just like to know how it is there

 

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