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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:
Events
**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:
**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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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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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.
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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:
It provides access to services and resources at the national, state and local levels to support recovery, rehabilitation and community reintegration.
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 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.
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.
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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Discussion Forum
Son in Spin Boldak
Started by rysony. Last reply by rysony Mar 14, 2012. 40 Replies 0 Likes
Care Packages - lists of items, how to order priority boxes and how to fill out customs forms
Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom. Last reply by millon4 Oct 2, 2012. 29 Replies 1 Like
Sailors in Afghanistan with boots on the ground
Started by Ruth, Gun's Mom. Last reply by TexasDocMom Sep 18, 2010. 18 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by TexasDocMom on November 30, 2008 at 9:39am
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Ladies, I thought I had posted a comment about sox. Yeah, sox. Over on my blog is the link to Fox Sox. The military sox they carry was my son's only Christmas request last year. So he got 12 pairs for Christmas and he was delighted. They're for boots. Matt said his Marines were putting duct tape up their shins to protect their skin from the boots , heat, sand....and these sox helped them alot. So, if you're looking for "what to send"...right now Fox is shipping overseas for free.
By the way, it was Matt yesterday on the phone who asked me if I had told "your Navy moms about the sox."...and now I have!
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Ladies. Matt has been in the US just over a week, I haven't seen his face, but I hear his voice any time I pick up the phone and call or when he calls home now. What a blessing. Especially after reading these last few posts and knowing exactly how you are all feeling. God bless your kids and their moms, I'm so thankful for Matt's safety but it doesn't stop me from praying every single day and every single time I come to this thread for your kids and you.
Your kids are focused on their jobs, their minds are occupied, it's us here at home that do the worrying and crying, they are too darn busy...thank goodness! But holidays are hard. We have been very, very blessed, Matt has been home every Christmas since his enlistment (altho most years it was his only trip home at all) and will be this year too...altho I have to admit, I want to see him so badly I could have handled it if he had chosen the Thanksgiving leave this time!!
and you know what? there ain't nothin wrong with crying...it gets out the pain and the worry and then you wipe your eyes and you move on to the next thing until the next time. I wish I could say the tears stop when your own child is back in the US and safe, but evidently they do not, because now we all have all these other sailors to worry over...so, today, I'll help you cry. So many of you did the same for me.
Karen
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Nancy, Hawaii counts as home!! my son is in North Carolina, but this time last week, I had no idea where the heck he was...so North Carolina counts as home to me!! safe is the word!
sleep well tonight...
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yeah, those packages can vary. I can remember seeing a picture of the mail that arrived on the USS Bataan, everyone went down to sort it! like 40,000 lbs at one time, and all of my son's first round of packages arrived on that mail day.
In Iraq, they varied from a week to forever. When I sent his contacts, he asked me to just put them in a padded envelope and mail them that way so they would get there quicker than a big package. I'll have to ask him if that was actually what happened.
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Lauritz! 30 minutes! thank you for sharing that...it's a happy thought for all of those with sailors in the sand.
And he will have Christmas a couple of times this year...good for you and for Nathan,
Karen
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maria, what a wonderful attitude! and it's wonderful having my son just a phone call away and looking forward to being here in Texas in person for Christmas! Many times when I'd get on him for not staying in better contact I'd get a very, very short email: "busy, mom, very busy, love, matt". So we know they are doing their jobs and keeping each other safe...
A blessing to have his fiancee be someone who will share the news and keep mom reassured, that's great!
Karen
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First of all, my son is now safely on the ground and in his barracks in N Carolina...my Doc is back from Iraq and safe and sound! No combat casualities in his Marine unit!
Cell phones...no. Matt took his laptop, put an extra warranty on it, and I sent him big plastic baggies to put it in before he put it in its case and then a bigger plastic baggie to put the case in. He emailed pretty frequently, he hates snail mail. When he was off base, there seemed to be internet cafes at some places and we'd IM there. Some moms talk about their kids having video cams on their computers, Matt wouldn't do that (my son..geez.) but really I think it depends wht actual locality of your sailor and the internet access there. Phone cards...yes...altho the lines can be long for the phones, again depending on the locality. Matt's base had internet, slow, but there. My neighbor's son when he was there had better internet access on his base. The military works hard to make sure the enlisted personnel stay in touch with their families back home. The one thing the parent coordinator always asks in each email is if we are getting communications from our marine or sailor. Oh, I guess I can speak in the PAST tense! he's home!! well, he's in NC...he's home here to Texas for Christmas!
do I sound giddy? probably...
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Do you have an address? start there...Jo, do you have any hints on this one? you know more about the Army than I do.
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One thing to remember as well ladies, is that they are BUSY!! my son reminded me of that during the summer. They have jobs to do and they are doing them every day....but again, I would encourage you to find the websites of your son's units, find those parent coordinators, tell you child to give your email to the person who will send it to the coordingtors, get those updates in the email. It helps alot.
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ABC is reporting 4 US soldiers killed in that attack. Are we hearing from our Army moms and wives on this board. we have many...McNavy hasn't posted today...and altho Jo has split from her soldier, I know she has to be concerned.
any word from anybody?
These in this attack were identified as soldiers, not sailors or Marines. Karen, I hope that helps you stay calm. I know, I absolutely know that rock of fear in your stomach right now, but no news is good news. You'll hear from his soon, whenever there's an incident, the PTB tell their enlisted folks to "get in touch with your families. " Those COs know how we worry.
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