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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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Group for moms who are in Maryland.
Members: 101
Latest Activity: Sep 8, 2021
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Comment by carol8765 on August 22, 2013 at 8:34pm
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I was just wondering, LOL I have a very hard time following things on here LOL
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Comment by lori on August 22, 2013 at 8:29pm
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That's a good question Carol. I've never looked. Guess that would be easy enough to do.
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Is there a FB group for maryland navy moms?
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guanggao- welcome to our group! You are the first MD mom to live so close to me! I live in Olney which isn't far from you. Tell us a little about your son if you would like.
Lindsay-your daughter's PIR is coming up! That is good news. I know you must live for any communication with her. Does she know where she will be going after GL?
We will steer clear of meeting the 12th. So how is everyone with the end of Oct? Say the 26th? How does that sound? It would be great to meet some of our new mom's on here.
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i live in gaithesburg, md. i'd love to meet you when you have any activities next time. my son is at A school at Goose Creek.
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Comment by Lindsaysproudmom(ship11Div345) on August 21, 2013 at 11:33pm
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Hi MD Moms,
Thanks Lori and Betsy! My daughter left on 7/16 and her PIR is scheduled to be 9/13. I have talked to her a few times on the phone and then a letter once a week usually on Thursdays (hoping I get one tomorrow!). That's it, just waiting until I get the "I'm a sailor" call.
I am in the Northern Baltimore County area (near Towson, Hunt Valley).
Oh my Carol , I am so very sorry to hear about your daughter and I do hope that she is healing and will PIR soon! I feel so badly for her and for you as her mom. Wow, she must have really had some bad shin splints! Blessings to her.
I would love to meet up with you all the next time you meet! The weekend of Oct. 12 is bad for me as well. I am having a baby shower for my oldest daughter that weekend. A baby boy is due early December!
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Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on August 21, 2013 at 3:51pm
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Aww, thanks, Lori. That is sweet of you. I will be looking for a job when I come back and as long as I don't have to work on Saturdays, the rest of the month is great!
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Betsy how about the end of Oct? Can't imagine having a lunch without you.
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Nevermind, I just saw that Linda was out of town that weekend, but I still won't be back til the 7th, so if you want to plan without me this time, sadly, lol, I will understand.
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Any chance on the 12th? I won't be back until Oct. 7, :(
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