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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 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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Moms of Hull Technicians

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If your sailor is a Hull Tech report here

Members: 128
Latest Activity: Oct 25, 2019

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Comment by HisMom on April 8, 2011 at 7:40am: Battle Stations for my son ends today.......waiting for the I am a Sailor call!! One new HT coming up!!!!! wooo hoooo

Comment by HisMom on March 28, 2011 at 8:37am: Thanks for keeping us newbies in line!

Comment by Elane on March 26, 2011 at 11:49am: better yet: My sailor's ship is out to sea and is expected back late summer.

Less in definitely BETTER.

Please let's protect our sailor's on ALL their missions.. We do NOT know who is watching this public site.

Ship names, personnel sailor names, should be limited or in private messages.

Comment by abbyblue on March 26, 2011 at 12:48am: INCORRECT:
My Sailor is in XYZ unit and is stationed at ABC camp in XXX city in Iraq.
My daughter is aboard the XYZ ship heading to ABC city/country in X days.
They will be coming back on X date from XXX city.

CORRECT:
My Sailor is deployed in Iraq.
My son is aboard the Stennis.
They will be coming back sometime in May.

When in doubt, less is better.

Learn more about OPSEC PLEASE

Comment by vpruneda on March 25, 2011 at 9:11pm: My son left Wednesday, March 23, on USS Bataan. It is his first deployment. His dad and I went to Norfolk to see him and got a tour of the ship! We did not expect it, and it was also a welcome relief to meet other Hull Techs that he will be working with. It sounds like they will be gone for a lot longer than 9 months - more like 12 to 15 months. Hope to hear from him soon!

Comment by HisMom on March 25, 2011 at 11:09am: "Snipes" I like that. I will tell my son. I will also mention that they run the navy. He likes to feel important. lol what man doesn't?!

Comment by Elane on March 25, 2011 at 9:12am: @debbiel yes BECC (Basic Engineer Core Course) is the first classes they take before they get started into more specialized classes for their rate. Mine didn't tell me much until afterwards when I pumped him for details. Guys...don't they know their Mom's want to know??? & I love your profile pix I had wanted something similar but never found it at the right moment.

Comment by debbiel on March 24, 2011 at 7:13pm: I want to thank everyone for the great information and I am learning alot about what my son will be doing. He just finished BECC (I think that is what it is called) today and will be starting the next level of HT training on Monday. He is not one to tell me a lot so I am learning it all here.

Comment by Elane on March 24, 2011 at 5:50pm: interesting side note. Hull techs in boot camp are also known as "snipes". when I found this out I mentioned to him ...now if someone talks of snipe hunting, I know what to look for now. Must have dated myself as he was clueless of what I was talking about. But the NEX at boot camp had some neat shirts in their rate. Wish I had shopped there for them ..hard to find other places. they also have the saying "Snipes (or Engineers) run the Navy". They are engineers trained to fix alot of stuff, so knowledge-wise they can do great in the outside world.