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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

Events

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

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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MINNESOTA NAVY FAMILY

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GROUP FOR FAMILIES OF MINNESOTA NAVY MEMBERS

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Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on October 7, 2011 at 4:49pm: I'll try to make it, but I work at the humane society in the morning and have friends coming for dinner. so I'll need sometime to fix dinner -- hummm, have to see if I can work it in.

Would love to see u ladies again -- it's been awhile.

Comment by JJ on October 7, 2011 at 1:10pm: If we are that close to you...take a long lunch hour and join us! What do you mean....Saturday again? We always met on Saturday (usually the 3rd Saturday of the month) !! LOL Send you mom in your place. We will keep her company.

Comment by tls on October 7, 2011 at 12:14pm: Saturday again ... working that day, so won't make it. However, this is just down the street from where I work ... so if you guys want to come by and say hi ... ;-)

Comment by JJ on October 6, 2011 at 11:19pm: Holly, you should be able to pop right on 35 to the restaurant. Might even save you 5 or 10 minutes. Which way do you come? Just send me a message so it's more private. No use telling the world where you are at!!

Comment by Schafam Master at Arms Mom on October 6, 2011 at 3:17pm: Thanks

Our son goes right to Gulfport Mississippi on Saturday for more training so he doesn't get to come home. So we will take advantage of the time here.

Comment by pinkcubby on October 6, 2011 at 2:55pm: Congrats Schafam,

I will not be able to go and watch my son when he gets pinned next week but can't wait till he gets home!!

Have a great time with your son and Congrats again.

Comment by Schafam Master at Arms Mom on October 6, 2011 at 2:26pm: I would be interested also, but the 15th will not work we are having a big birthday bash for all the zero birthdays (50 for me) right now I'm in San Antonio waiting for my sailor, pinning is tomorrow YIPPIE

Comment by pinkcubby on October 6, 2011 at 12:54pm: Hi JJ,

I would like to go and will go to future ones but I will not be able to go to the one on October 15 because my sailor will finally be home from A-school and will be busy hugging my Navy Sailor son. I can't wait to get my hands on him again!!! I plan on going to more though. I had a great time meeting all of the Navy moms and felt like I made instant friends like we have known each other for years.

Have a great time. If things change I will let you know. Have a great time though!!

Comment by JJ on October 6, 2011 at 12:32pm: I will be setting up a get together for October 15th. Hopefully the location will be conducive to those on the East side of the Twin Cities and well as the West, North and South. Please check the Discussion Forum above for location and directions. If this doesn't get more Navy Moms to attend, I will move it back to the NorthTown location in later months.

Comment by carol on September 25, 2011 at 5:07pm: JJ, thanks for the good laugh! You better not only think of us while you are in Hawaii, but send a postcard so we be jealous :)