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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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To all who drop by! WELCOME! please post below so we can get to know you. If you send a message around to 'all members' , we CANNOT respond. So, please introduce yourself below, and remember to not share dates or specfic movements by any military unit on the board! Thank you!! and again WELCOME!!

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Comment by TexasDocMom on May 17, 2011 at 2:07pm: I think we can tell young men in a hurry did the packing. Geez.

Comment by TexasDocMom on May 17, 2011 at 10:17am: Thank you all! I've shared him on facebook, but another Navy mom suggested you ladies...because you're no stranger to prayer...and this little guy needs all he can get. My niece likes hearing the comments he brings, and whatever gives her strength is important. She and her husband have two other boys, one 11 and one 14. It's going to be a tough haul, teenagers and a possible special needs baby (at least for a while..). Yesterday I told her the story of my ggrandmother (her gggrandmother) in Idaho who was attacked by Indians, pulled down into a creek, turned the wagon on it's side and fought them off on her way home from town. Then loaded up the wagon again, went home and fixed supper. That's the kind of genes we all have in our make up, ladies. It's how we raised our young sailors to be so strong and and to do the jobs they do. And it's how we hold down the home fort while they're gone. Much love to all of you waiting for those calls today.

Comment by TexasDocMom on May 16, 2011 at 11:23pm: Folks, on May 2nd our family got a new member, Joseph Wesley...weighed in at 1lb 6 oz. He's up to 1 lb 8 oz now, after a couple of issues. He's in a great children's hospital in my hometown where he lives with his parents, his mom is my niece. Funny thing, his due date was Aug 19, same birthday as my sailor! Since I know how good you all are at praying, and sending those strong vibes, I ask you to add Joseph to your prayer list.

Comment by TexasDocMom on May 15, 2011 at 5:04pm: I'm sure everyone has seen this one...but pass it on to your sailor/soldier/marine .....

Comment by TexasDocMom on May 15, 2011 at 1:34pm: I'm not sure how it works, sometimes a converter to the plug is needed. Ask! My son was the chief chef on the Geo Foreman grill and the rice cooker. I would suggest an electric skillet, and don't forget to send some dishwashing soap (wrap in saran, then in a baggie!) and rags. You know, dish washing rags and a hot pad. Cheap rubber spatula, spoon.

Comment by vettespace on May 15, 2011 at 1:01pm: Hi P-Bear's Mom, many bases and some outposts have generators. As long as there's an available outlet and/or extension cord electric devices can be connected. I'd check with your corpsman first before you send anything though and ask if he'd need an extension cord as well. There are never any silly questions...:-)

Comment by TexasDocMom on May 15, 2011 at 8:53am: Susan, just waking up and will post more later, but please, hug that Marine for this Doc's mom please? You can hug that other one, too...boy, I'm beat, big wedding last night....

Comment by TexasDocMom on May 14, 2011 at 3:59pm: PBear, we had to put our mix Pit Boomer on a diet, from 117 lb to 89 lbs...he was still huge, but he had a lot of love to lug around. One cup in the am and one cup in the pm of diet dog food...and diet treats. He was my inspiration to drop 30 lbs, I need him now...I've gained 15 since November! I must really miss him!

Yep, the words we hate to hear and hate to say "no news is good news." Here's the prayer for a call to come soon...we'll wait with you.

Comment by mikes mom on May 13, 2011 at 3:04pm: Well I am back from Ft Sam Houston ! TDM I am so sorry that I didn't get a chance to meet you.. Maybe next trip..

I have to say I had an amazing mothers day.. Had a nice long chat with this man who later I found out was 2nd in command of all of Ft Sam Houston !!! Wow, he invited me up on stage ( they had Commanders Cup on Saturday which is when 6 different companies compete against each other ) just before they were going to start handing out trophies and such.. He went and got my daughter and he introduced us to everyone and had my daughter explain to all three thousand soldier ( future medics ) why I was there... OMGosh I could not believe all three thousand starting applauding... I just kept applauding them... Amazing memories were made that day ..

Comment by TexasDocMom on May 13, 2011 at 2:45pm: I'm sharing this little video for alot of reasons here. One is because it is very touching, this PTSD and disabled vet and his dog. Another is because my son once told me that "we might say we miss our girl friends, wives, and moms, but we miss our dogs." I believe in dog therapy. Please send your warrior photos of the dog, the cat, the monkey, whatever pet he/she loves. And for you as well...hold that dog close, pet that cat into the night. I don't know if you've ever read the little blurb I posted in the discussions when my son was deployed, but I have to tell you, many nights that little dog took it all on herself to hold me together. After I lost my big mix pit Boomer, I thought I could never depend on another dog like I did him, but his little Rosie stepped up, well trained by him. Those dogs KNOW your pain. Let them hold it for you sometime. They don't mind.