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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 CTmomof3 on March 8, 2009 at 7:54pm: I've always known where he is going (sort of) so that's no secret. Cathy I wonder why some can say and others can't. I haven't seen him since Christmas and he won't be back in the States until April 2010. I don't mean/want to whine about it I just need to give him one last Mom hug. This isn't about his needs at the moment it's about um..his Moms.
Christine I added you
Susan

Comment by CTmomof3 on March 8, 2009 at 6:40pm: Thanks Christine I can understand not telling when he's coming home. BUT I just thought he could say when he was leaving. God forbid something happend to him and I would have no idea he'd left the country yet. Just have a hard time grasping why some parents know and go to the airport and others are in the total dark. This is a new chapter in is Navy life and it's hard for me not to worry my self to death
Susan

Comment by CTmomof3 on March 8, 2009 at 5:17pm: INFO PLEASE
My son is finishing up his training (IA) and is due to leave anytime this week. Now he said due to OPSEC he can't tell us what day. Is this true? Seems from what I've read here etc that other Moms know when their children are leaving the Country. I'm beside myself right now, don't need to know where he's going exactly just when is he not going to be in the USA. I haven't talked to him for more than 5 minutes in the last 3 weeks :(. he sent this info via txt to his Dad. Can anyone shed some light on this. I keep telling myself...breath.breath

Comment by Paymaster on March 7, 2009 at 12:08pm: If you have a child or family member suffering with PSTD you can contact Concerns of Police Survivers and they can refer you to a Treater in you area. It is a process that they developed with vets returning home and they also use on officers that are involved in shootings.

I worked for a police department for 15 years and got to listen to a lecture on EFT and how is was developed and used.

Good luck to you and you family.

Jody

Comment by Debby on March 7, 2009 at 1:03am: I forgot to mention my son youngest son with the driving issue had been diagnosed with PTSD due to a car jacking we were stuck in the middle of and actually saw the poor driver of the car shot and killed.. right in front of us..this is where his fear came from...

Comment by Debby on March 6, 2009 at 11:15pm: Cher I was reading your post on PTSD... I too am worried about this with my son's ... I actually found a lady here in Reno that does something call EFT.. Emotional Freedom Techniques... now I thought she was a quack.. but my youngest son was having fear issues with driving.. he went into panic attacks to the point he had to get off the road and we ended up going to get him on several occasions.. so I found this lady Janice I was going to have him hypnotised but she told me about this method and how she works with the vets for PTSD and that many of them have found peace... Well my son went through her session at no cheap price and he was immediately able to drive on the highway during rush hour and has never had an issue since.. its been almost 2 years ... My husband works at the VA and they refer some of the vets to her now.. it works... Here's Janices website so you can read about it.. yeah its a little "out there" but I have seen it work with my own eyes.. and If my boys show signs I will take them to her without hesitation... Maybe there's someone in your area that practices this???

http://www.healingenergy-works.com/

Debby

Comment by Dyon Abbott - Kevin's Mom on March 5, 2009 at 6:38pm: Congratulations to all you Moms with sailors that have returned to the States!!! I'm still in the 'waiting' mode - hoping for May or June??? Haven't cried yet in WalMart - but the stomach churns each and every time we hear or read that an American sailor or soldier were injured or killed.

Please give your sons/daughters HUGS for me - my husband and I are so VERY proud of each of them!! And we thank them for their service!

Comment by TexasDocMom on March 4, 2009 at 12:55pm: Yes...my son was in the States 3 weeks before he got to come home to Texas. But at least you'll be able to pick up the phone and hear his voice! that's better than it was...

Comment by TexasDocMom on March 3, 2009 at 12:34pm: mmKaren...I want a picture of that young man at your house! I've heard so much about this sailor...I want to see him safe and sound at momma's house.

Comment by TexasDocMom on March 2, 2009 at 10:41pm: I love this! you can laugh at me if you want, but I just love knowing these young sailors and their marines are coming home safe and sound....it just makes me smile...and cry...all at the same time. We are so blessed to have our loved ones come home safe and sound, ladies, so very blessed. I'm so glad for all of you.