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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 Curleytop on February 18, 2014 at 7:20pm: KPC,

The ball is in Las Vegas. I guess I should not have believed the person giving me the requirements for check in. Thanks for the information.

Comment by Curleytop on February 17, 2014 at 11:09pm: Pam,

I am glad the mystery of the POA is solved for you. Sometimes less is more. Our son also discussed his wishes before he left. He wanted us to be prepared, just in case. Yet, no parent really wants to think that way.

TennMom,

I have decided I am just better off without the FRO. Our son can tell me what I need to know. If he can't tell, then I won't miss it.

Now, I am going to change 'gears' as my hubby tells me I do often. Have any or you gone to the Marine Ball? I understand that they have one for sailor/soldiers when they get back from deployment.

Anyway, I have been making hotel reservations for my son to attend. I just found out he is too young to check in the hotel where they are holding this event, but he is not to young to go half way across the world to a war zone and defend our country. This just does not make any sense to me. Frazzled Curleytop

Comment by Pam on February 17, 2014 at 10:06pm: Well, my son never ended up doing that POA. Haha, he just forgot to tell Mom. It's ok I understand that he has a lot on his mind right now. Mystery solved. Hope everyone's Sailors are doing well.

Comment by Pam on February 15, 2014 at 9:13pm: Thank you TN Navy Mom. I'll just email my son and see what he says. I actually didn't even know about FRO's until I looked back at the emarines site. My son is so independent and in control of his own life that I guess he forgot to tell me about that tidbit of information. LOL. Ugh.. so much to learn on the green side.

Comment by Pam on February 14, 2014 at 11:02pm: Thanks TDM. Having worked for attorneys for nearly 20 years and going through some crazy legal loops when my parents passed away, a POA does come in handy at times. But you're right, in this situation his dad and I are his beneficiaries if anything happens to him. But in this case he actually did do one and never sent me a copy. I'll just shoot him an email about it. His communications are intermittent and sporadic but we do hear from him thank goodness.

I think one of the toughest talks we had before he even went into the Navy was how he wanted us to handle things if something happened to him. Most parents I know look at us like we're nuts when we say we know his wishes. I guess it's a taboo subject, but when you have a son/daughter in the military, at least in my case, I had to know. It's amazing how your thought process can go all over the place when their in the military.

Comment by TexasDocMom on February 14, 2014 at 10:09pm: Pam, my son just flat refused to do a POA. He said that we were his next of kin and why would he need to do so? I had access to all his bank accounts, etc. already so he just said no. One thing I discovered was that POA can vary from state to state, I had no idea.

Comment by Pam on February 14, 2014 at 9:53pm: I have a question. Before my son deployed he made me his appointed power of attorney and I asked him to send me a copy (I work for attorneys). I never got the copy so I'm sure he probably forgot to do it. Can the FRO send that to me? Tomorrow marks our half way point with this deployment. Yippee!

Comment by Curleytop on February 14, 2014 at 6:51pm: Thanks ladies for your comments.

Past history has taught me to be more reserved. I used to get excited about things and then came the military. I know that they are doing their best. Changes are inevitable but I am much more cautious now. If I do not allow myself to plan or count on something happen and then it does, I am a much happier person.

Tennmom, you have the gift of putting into words what I cannot. Thank you.

TDM, Yes, the FRO has my contact information. I inquired how to help my son about some business. She never seems to directly answer my questions. Her answer back to me was, if I liked, she would contact my son's 1stSgt. to have him help in the matter. I thought the FRO were to help us state side. The long and short of it, my last email to her was that I will not bother her again with anything. Some help. I know the FRO's have helped many of you and my situation is different. My son told me before I signed up for eMarine, she was trouble. How right he was.

I am surviving this because yesterday when I thought I would exploded of anger toward her, I know someone that used to be a yeoman in the Navy. She is helping me. All of you are helping me. Just typing the words out is a release and helps me to let go. I was so upset yesterday thinking I had gotten my son into trouble I could barely breathe, but today is a new day.

I want to keep going so at some future date, I can see him. New motto-Boots Down USA. Even though it is weeks away.

Comment by Pam on February 13, 2014 at 10:58pm: Great words of wisdom TN Navy Mom. I'm taking all of this to heart. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Comment by julieb1019 on February 13, 2014 at 9:24pm: Tenn Navy Mom, you have put into words so much of what I and I am sure so many of us have been feeling. I thank you so much for that. I am also preparing for the second deployment and i know that it will be here much sooner than I want it to be....after all it is already the middle of February!