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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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Anyone with Sailors/Soldiers/Marines in War Zones and Combat Areas

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For parents and loved ones of deployed and deploying military personnel...Aghanistan/Iraq and any and all war zones. Please introduce yourself on the main comment page.

Members: 116
Latest Activity: Jul 14, 2020

Anderson Hall is in San Antonio, on the campus of Fort Sam Houston...the place where future corpsman will learn their trade.

"Doc" Christopher Anderson served with Marine 1/6.

(He also went to Basic and to FMTB with my son. TDM)

Corpsmen on the job in Afghanistan:

Helpful Links:

National Resource Directory

The National Resource Directory (NRD) is a website which connects wounded warriors, service members, Veterans, and their families with those who support them.

It provides access to services and resources at the national, state and local levels to support recovery, rehabilitation and community reintegration.

Real Warriors The Real Warriors Campaign is an initiative launched by the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) to promote the processes of building resilience, facilitating recovery and supporting reintegration of returning service members, veterans and their families.

Absentee Voting Link Get info here on registering to vote and absentee voting.

Navy Individual Augmentee Information "IA"

Ombudsman Registry Find your sailor's unit and contact information

Seabee Info Web site Answers to many questions about deployment, etc even if your sailor is not a Seabee.

Fleet and Family Deployment Navy Facebook

Online Program Helps Military Vote Absentee

Guardian Angels for Soldiers Pets Facebook Page

Dogs on Deployment One-Stop Resource page for military members to turn to for advice and direction to all pet-related needs. They also are looking for fosters for pets whose owners are being deployed.

****Red Cross and Help for the Military, Emergency Notificaton Link to the Red Cross Military Assistance page, on the left is a list of links to important sites, including the phone numbers if you need to notify your deployed loved one of a family emergency. This note: Beginning June 13, 2011, at 8:00 a.m. EDT, all military members and their
families can use one number- 877-272-7337 (U.S. Toll Free) to send an urgent
message to a service member. The change means that all military members and
their families can use this single number to initiate an emergency communication, regardless of where they live.

Coaching Into Care

Coaching Into Care works with family members or friends who become aware of their Veteran’s post-deployment difficulties—and supports their efforts to find help for the Veteran.

This is a national clinical service providing information and help to Veterans and the loved ones who are concerned about them.
Defense Center of Excellence information and help for TBI and PTS for active military, vets and their families.

After Deployment... This web site is VERY useful to service members, family and loved ones after the return of a loved one from deployment.

Military Pathways Facebook

To help those who may be struggling, the DoD teamed up with the nonprofit organization Screening for Mental Health to launch Military Pathways (TM), also known as the Mental Health Self-Assessment Program (MHSAP). The program is available online and at special events held at installations worldwide. Check us out at militarymentalhealth.com. It provides free, anonymous mental health and alcohol self-assessments for family members and service personnel in all branches including the National Guard and Reserve.

VAWatchdog.org Very useful links for our vets and their families.

Secondary PTSD Resource Link For families and loved ones of a soldier/sailor/Marine/airman with PTSD.

Military Slang Appendix

Facebook Support for OPSEC An online resource for OPSEC regs and questions concerning safety in social media web sites.

Graphic Novel Helps Corpsmen Cope with Combat-related Stress

Links to those sending packages to our deployed sailors/soldiers/marines/airmen:

Molly's Adopt A Sailor Group Join the group, or just read for ideas on what to send to your deployed kid.

Jacob's Program Another group of volunteers sending packages to our deployed folks.

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Comment by Much Trouble on May 27, 2011 at 5:49am: Greetings to ALL! I haven't said much lately...but I check in at least once or twice a day and keep up with everyone. (No matter how busy, I will reply to the Mom in distress if no one seems to be here at the moment.)

TDM...I am following your reports about Baby Joseph...and thrilled to hear he seems to be a little fighter. He has a long hard road ahead of him and will have good days and bad days.

Judy, take a deep breath and relax. I know we all hate hearing that old chestnut about "No news is good news"...but it is true. If something bad has happened, you will be the FIRST to know. I never actually heard from my son...he is married, with children, so my DIL got all the calls. However, there would be "Tell Mom..." messages passed on. He would also call home in the middle of his night...and there was still much static and many disconnects. Frustrating...but at least we would know that everything was "okay".

P-Bear's Mom...Yes, it is strange, but one person's "Please send me" list is another person's "Do NOT send" list. I guess a lot of goodies are donated to the troops, but the distribution in Afghanistan is poor. Remember the Mom that posted the pic of her son grinning from ear to ear with his stash of Girl Scout cookies? When I told my son, apologizing for not sending him any, he rolled his eyes and said they were getting them and the Boy Scout popcorn by the pallet loads. It seems to be either feast or famine with that stuff...so find out what YOUR kid could use.

Comment by TexasDocMom on May 26, 2011 at 10:34pm: Judy, it's hard when there is little communication, we all know that feeling. If he's busy, he won't have time to get on line, or he might have moved to an area with no internet connection. I can remember watching for that online movement, sure made me feel better to know he checked in. I'm sure he'll check in as soon as he gets the chance, and I'm hoping for you it will be very soon. Please let us know the second you hear from him or see him online...we will wait with you.

Comment by TexasDocMom on May 26, 2011 at 4:34pm: My friends and singer/songwriters Steve Brooks (from Austin TX), Donna Frost (from Hendersonville, TN) and Patric D'Emion (Elgin, TX) as they performed yesterday in brain injury rehab near my home. I'm sharing this photo because I can't share the one of a young man, about 14, in his chair with his parents close by. This young man, in rehab there with the results of a brain aneurysm, had on a brand new ball cap with an Army brigade logo on it. His big brother is in Afghanistan. I was overwhelmed, not to meltdown state but when I turned to his mother, I almost lost it. I just told her that I was a miltary mom, and my son had been deployed...and she took my hand...I told her that if it would help her to please find us on this board and we'd be here for her. I said "you can talk, scream, cry or laugh...and we'll listen...every single day." She just grabbed me and hugged me. Can you imagine? her younger son is in a world of hurt with that severe closed head injury....and her older son is deployed. My God. How can she get up each day?

Comment by Debby on May 25, 2011 at 8:24pm: So happy to hear that Baby Joseph is doing well please keep us updated TDM..

So my brother got official word from the Pentagon that he will be deployed normally they wont deploy when they are close to separation but he will I guess the good news that we need to have good surgeons in Afganistan and they will soon have one of the best Navy Surgeons in the service..

All I can say is.. here I go again...

Comment by TexasDocMom on May 25, 2011 at 11:41am: Baby Joseph's mom called...he's doing better, they had a tough week but today he's good. They are balancing one issue against another, his perforated intestine problem is healing so they've been able to start more lung therapy and reduce his Oxygen support. She says he's known as the "feisty" one...and even when brand new, let out come cries to let them know he did NOT want to be messed with...he likes peace and quiet, and "don't mess with me". She got to hold him finally on Sunday, they put him right down in her shirt, skin to skin, and he snuggled in and went to sleep. She also thanks each of you for your love and support and was so touched to hear that with all you have to worry with, you great moms are including her son and family in your thoughts and prayers. Me, too...

Comment by TexasDocMom on May 24, 2011 at 9:50pm: Congrats!! You have every right to be proud!!

Comment by Debby on May 24, 2011 at 9:44pm: So a week of bad news at our house.. Soldier with his health issues.. Sailor's health issues and then my brothers orders for AFG ... We really needed some good news... and the Army promotions list came out today... My soldier is now a Sergeant!!!! I really can't tell you how proud I am of this young man.. he was my problem child for many years.. I have even written a post about him on my page.. went into the Army after deciding he needed to do something positive with his life.. entered the Army in 2/08 and 3 years and 3 months later he's a Sergeant.. :) Just had to share with my Mom's...

Comment by Debby on May 23, 2011 at 9:00pm: Yeah Patrice!!!!

Comment by Much Trouble on May 23, 2011 at 8:48pm: Patrice, I am grinning from ear to ear for you! That is wonderful news and I can't wait to see a pic of "our" boy. After you get that wonderful hug, grab him again and give him another from all his other "moms".

Comment by TexasDocMom on May 23, 2011 at 8:05pm: WOOOHOOO!!!!!!!! congrats, Patrice...and yes pictures!!! warning your mouth will be sore from SMILING SO DAMN BIG all the time!! have fun!!