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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Maryland Moms

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Group for moms who are in Maryland.

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Latest Activity: Sep 8, 2021

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Comment by lori on August 31, 2011 at 9:01am: My heart goes out to all still without power. And schools that are still closed...not a good start to the new school year. Hope you all get your power back on soon.

Comment by Linda on August 30, 2011 at 11:30pm: Sorry to hear of those without power-I know I am very firtunate to have not lost power here in Eldersburg. We just lost the internet for 2 days. In Towson where I work, new traffic lights were not working today! I'm not sure how this works... At least Carroll Community College and Carroll County public schools started on time!

Looking forward to Friday when Joey comes home form Goose Creek for the weekend. We have always gone to the Renaissance Festival on the Sunday before Labor Day and he wanted to come home for the weekend to go with us. I can't wait to see him again!

Comment by HisMom on August 30, 2011 at 9:36am: live near westminster and won't have power till friday afternoon sometime. ugh

Comment by lori on August 30, 2011 at 9:32am: jrzizhmet, I'm still not familiar with all the terms and who does what in the Navy. Doubt I ever will be! It would be hard to visit your daughter in Japan I agree. Hopefully she'll get stateside. That's neat you went back for Criminal Justice. Hard to believe there is no need for someone in that field. There will always be criminals!

Comment by jrzizhme1 on August 29, 2011 at 11:34pm: Hi Betsy..My daughter is loving Pensacola as well, but she cant start her schooling yet becuz there arent enough there to start the class!! She is going for Aviation Ordnanceman. She said that they don't have to fill out sheets especially if they are in high demand in Japan where she is looking forward to going!!

Comment by jrzizhme1 on August 29, 2011 at 11:31pm: Hi Lori, my daughter said that AO's dont have to fill out a sheet for where they want to go. But her schooling is for Aviation Ordanceman and they are highly needed in Japan. But I'm hoping she dont go bcuz I wont be able to visit her!! I went back to school for Criminal Justice, which I haven't been able to find a job in because of the hiring freeze!! Which sucks!!

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on August 29, 2011 at 2:55pm: Yes, ladies, I have been trying to tell me dad that since yesterday. Ugh! I just hope that we have been able to convince him of that. I'll keep you posted. Thank you for your concern, it's appreciated.

Comment by lori on August 29, 2011 at 2:19pm: Betsy, I hope your dad calls them because it would be worth $500 to have a professional clean it. If your mom has health issues the last thing she needs is to be breathing mold. And once that mold starts growing it's harder to control. My parents basement would always flood and the smell was terrible from the mold. My dad also had COPD [ he died 7 years ago] and asthma and I wonder sometimes if the mold didn't contribute to it in some way. He had his "work shop" in the basement so was always done there.

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on August 29, 2011 at 10:12am: Cindy, wow! I hope you get your power back soon. I did hear that a lot of school districts did close today.

Lori, thanks. My dad is so stubborn that he won't call their insurance company because they have a $500 deductible. Ugh! I think I may have convinced him this morning though. I can't even imagine how much mold that is growing down there even as I type this. My mother has COPD and asthma, so she doesn't need to worry about that on top of her other health problems.

Comment by lori on August 29, 2011 at 9:00am: Sounds like you guys were hit pretty hard. In areas closer to DC than we are there are many without power. I think those with above ground lines made out the worse. Ours all buried in the ground.

Besty that is terrible about your parents house.

Cindy- first day of school closed! Can't remember that ever happening. Not a very good start to the school year. Glad you have electricity.

Birknma- good to "see" you back!