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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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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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For Moms with Aviators or anyone interested

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Comment by Julie on February 14, 2011 at 7:15am: Thanks Shelia,

Andrew is on deployment for 6 months- hard but thoughts and words like these really help. Husband ordered "gold" dog days for all of the family members with the Navy insignia on it - Andrew's initials and Psalm 91 on the back (The Protection Psalm) I will wear it everyday until he returns.

Comment by TennMom on February 13, 2011 at 12:41pm: Woke up this morning with 4 aviators from Meridian asleep upstairs. (Nashville is about 5 hours from Meridian) They were from Colorado, Minnesota, and Florida (Sara's DS). Came to town for hockey and and music. Made them a huge breakfast yesterday and today. Sent them home with homemade cookies and pies. All wonderful guys, again so proud of our kids!! I love it when they visit and I can spoil them!!

Comment by AH on February 11, 2011 at 6:07pm: Chris, Is that the RAG or a fleet squadron. She's flying Hornets F18c right?

Comment by AH on February 11, 2011 at 5:25pm: Diana - what squadron was he with in Lemoore? My son is with VFA137 - currently on deployment.

Comment by AH on February 11, 2011 at 3:55pm: IsP3Orion - still impressive.

Comment by lsP3Orion on February 11, 2011 at 3:48pm: I have saved all the text messages my son has sent me regarding his Navy stuff since he was in college (he graduated in 2008) - they were taking up memory in my cell phone and had to start deleting them, so I decided to make a "journal" of his adventure. I've only typed everything out in a Word document for now, but hope to put it in a book along with the pics and give it to him someday. He still cannot believe that I have the one of him giving it all up :) If he sent a pic, I've saved that along with the date as well. Hope that makes a little more sense!

Comment by lsP3Orion on February 11, 2011 at 1:22pm: Congrats to Brian!! I have saved all the texts my boy has sent along the way and have had to start putting them in a Word document, with dates, so that I can free up some memory in my cell phone :) I hope to put together a book with all the texts/pics that he's sent at some point - he took a self pic of the "after" when he got back from SERE a couple of weeks ago.

I have some that go back to when he was in his second year of NROTC in college that says "I'm ready to give all this s*$t up" - he didn't and he's where he is today! Got to be so proud of our LOs!

Comment by snowmc on February 9, 2011 at 5:22pm: Leslie...I have to agree with you. My SIL is an Air Force wife (30+ years, now retired)...she always amazed me. My new DIL will do a wonderful job with this move...she is a very strong and capable woman....my son made a good choice!

Comment by AH on February 8, 2011 at 6:52pm: My in-laws were in the AF for over 30 years. She swore that EVERY move was on her own.!!! My FIL never disputed however. Just goes to prove that the military is harder on the spouses, doesn't it?

I just heard frm my DS. Apparenty they are done with the mission part of their deployment. Now for the slow boat ride home. I am scrambling to get work done around the house and trying to get things done at work. My job never takes a break and I really hate leaving for 3 weeks. 1 Hawaii, 1 on the boat and 1 with DS in San Diego and Lemoore. Since he was born, I haven't been that long away from work. Fortunately, my DH's job is one where someone else does the work if he isn't there. Not so me.. It will ALL be there when I get back. I wouldn't miss this for the world.

Comment by snowmc on February 8, 2011 at 6:45pm: Son and DIL just talked with their realtor and can't move up the closing date on the house in Oklahoma City. So....they will be living in a hotel for up to 3 weeks and then she gets to move in by herself since DS will be at SERE school. This is her first military move....welcome to military life!