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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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Mom's of Navy Divers

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Latest Activity: Nov 15, 2021

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Comment by Felicia TEXASNAVYMOM on January 1, 2013 at 5:38pm: @ LadyHawk..I am new to this too. However, I am under the impression there will be no break between dive prep and dive school. I could be wrong. But I have seen no indication of a break.

It also could also be determined by which graduation group they were in. My son graduated on 12-21 and it was the first time ever that the Navy gave the sailors a break after bootcamp. They have always gone from bootcamp to A school. So, therefore, I do not expect my son to get a break after A school. However, for those groups graduation that do not get a break between Bootcamp and A school, the Navy could let them have a few days.

Comment by Felicia TEXASNAVYMOM on December 30, 2012 at 5:24pm: @ LadyHawk..When they are at Bootcamp they have one day that they get some free time. It is on Sunday. However, that can be taken away. That is when they can write letters. So if your Sailor writes a letter you will receive it anywhere from Wednesday to Saturday. So basically they get to write once a week if they actually write. You need to write them everyday if possible. Just remember that you can't send them any care packages or goodies. They should not receive cards that are musical, have glitter, or pop up. If their RDC do not like what they see, they will not only punish them but the division. Keep the letters white envelopes and if you send cards, I would chose white envelopes for those too.

Comment by Grasshopper on December 7, 2012 at 10:23am: Thank you for the prayers so far. Matt continues to need prayers. He now has pnuemonia. They have not been able to do the surgery on his back yet due to this and other complications. This delay is surgery is not good because that allow swelling to continue. He is still on a ventilator and still has no movement in his legs.

Comment by Zenda 04/823 on December 6, 2012 at 11:15pm: Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family. He is a very nice young man. May God guide the Dr's and put his healing hand on him.

Comment by lyndahl (04/803) on December 5, 2012 at 12:19pm: My son was in PC with him, I met him several times when my son was in the hospital w/ MERSA....Wonderful young man! My prayers are with him and his family....

Comment by Bensmom on December 5, 2012 at 10:52am: Prayers being said for this young diver by the mom of a ND. May he know the dive community supports him.

Comment by Grasshopper on December 5, 2012 at 9:26am: Good Morning...I'm not the Mom of a Diver (my son is an MA) but my co-worker is the Uncle of one. His nephew is stationed up in Groton and flipped his jeep the other night and is fighting for his life. He's unconscious and they almost lost him yesterday. He does not appear to have any feeling below his waist. I would like to ask my fellow Navy Mom's to PLEASE be in prayer for this young Sailor!! I told my co-worker that us Navy Mom's are a strong group and we will all be praying together for Matt. Thank You!!

Comment by kimberlydale (corpsmanmom) on November 28, 2012 at 2:21am: Just joined this group and read back thru a few pages to see how things work in the dive community. My son is going to dive prep in Feb '13 - anyone else have sailors headed that way around this time?

Comment by Bensmom on November 6, 2012 at 9:38pm: Thank you, MM. I will look into it!

Comment by Bensmom on November 6, 2012 at 6:47pm: My navy diver has been at his duty station in Jacksonville Fla for one year and has not been issued a dive watch. We would like to buy him one for Christmas. Any suggestions as to the kind of watch navy divers have already been issued so I can get him a similar one? Thanks so much!