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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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MINNESOTA NAVY FAMILY

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GROUP FOR FAMILIES OF MINNESOTA NAVY MEMBERS

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Comment by JJ on July 25, 2014 at 9:46am: Ensignbenson you have just learned that big lesson that your son now belongs to the US Navy! It is so different from sending them to college, I agree. Our Navy sons and daughters will come back a different person. They will grow up a lot faster than we would like and need less from their parents. We are parents have to let go (but be supportive), stand back, and watch with great pride as our children become the adults that we have always wanted. Congratulations, Mom. Give yourself a pat on your back for a job well done. Now the Navy gets her turn.

For the puppy dog who also misses your son....good for you for putting his t-shirt in his kennel. I would have done the same thing. Great idea!!

Comment by Ensignbenson on July 24, 2014 at 11:10pm: Owatonna is no problem for me. I work a typical M-F schedule so the weekends are better for me. Debbie, let me know the next time you will be in Rochester. Maybe we could meet. I am usually done with work by 4:00pm.
I received my sons box from Great Lakes. His dog is missing him so I put his dirty t-shirt in the dogs kennel. Is that too weird? Some days I think I'm losing it. Other days I think there should be a book on how to handle this transition. Sending his brother off to college was much easier.

Comment by MN Mom of MM on July 24, 2014 at 1:16pm: Hi Ensignbenson and Debbie, there are about 6 of us here in the Mankato area. Owatonna could be a meeting/lunch place??? We have had gatherings at a restaurant here for brunch, or lunch. Let me know if something like lunch could work for you. I have the summer off because I work with the school district and will be back at my job in mid September. My sailor just left yesterday heading back to his carrier(in dry dock)in VA. He went through Nuke school, and his first deployment was 2/13-7/13 November will be 4 years in for him/us.

Comment by Debbie on July 24, 2014 at 10:21am: Hi Ensignbenson, I'm in Austin! Go to Roch. frequently! Would be nice to meet someday. Thanks for your son's service, I know how proud you are!!

Comment by Ensignbenson on July 24, 2014 at 7:04am: Hi. My son just began basic last week. I am missing him but I know he will succeed at this. I am counting down the days until graduation (50). Is there anyone in this group from the Rochester area?

Comment by JJ on July 18, 2014 at 9:58am: Welcome KimberLD. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Someone will come up with the answer or be able to direct you as to where you can find it.

Comment by carol on July 10, 2014 at 11:57am: Hi to all of you. Hope your 4th of July weekend was wonderful. We had a great one. Between funerals we have had a busy summer so far. My mother-in-law passed away at the end of May...there have been 3 funerals at church since May and this weekend we have one for a mother of 2 students at our high school. Our Navy son brought his girlfriend home to meet us when he came home on leave. (Thankfully in between the funerals). We enjoyed meeting her. I don't think I will be able to make a summer get-together...hopefully in the fall.

Comment by JJ on July 4, 2014 at 10:50am: Welcome Saltymama!

Happy Birthday America!! Off to an Orphan's Pool Party! Have a wonderful day everyone.

Comment by J Peder on July 2, 2014 at 12:01pm: Happy 4th of July everyone!!! Hopefully no more rain!! We've been helping a friend on Prior Lake with sandbagging. It's helped some but still water can seep in. At least the weather is helping the water go down a bit. But boy does my body feel the effects of up, down, lift, twist ...
I know what you mean about mushrooms J.J. I have a few huge ones in my yard also. It is surprising how fast they grow.
Have a Good 4th I think the neighborhood is getting a jump on the festivities early. The poor dog is at his wits end with the ones being shot off this week. Inside outside inside outside he doesn't know where to go : )

Comment by JJ on June 30, 2014 at 11:37am: Hope all is well with my Navy Moms! With the 4th of July coming up quick, I can guess that everyone is making plans to celebrate our wonderful Country. We will be off to the Orphans Pool Party. (That's a pool party for those people NOT going out of town) The weather assures us to have an awesome day and just right temperatures. I am praying for NO rain! I think that we have had enough rain since I have mushrooms growing really big in our back yard....