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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 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:

RTC Graduation

**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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NAVY HISTORY

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List any links to historic Navy websites and any announcements to shows on TV prior to airing.

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Latest Activity: Aug 16, 2023

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Comment by CCR on March 19, 2009 at 1:47pm: I have had people e-mail me a picture from a cookbook and details of the rules for wives. Then I realized I had a similiar cookbook on my shelves that someone gave my husband when he first started being a sous chef in the early 80's. I just came upon it. Its called, not by bread alone.

And when would you think it was published? in the 30's, forties?
NO - 1974!!!!! Signal Mtn. TN. We went there oodles of times to see all the civil war stuff.
anyhow, its called the 10 commandments for wives and how to preserve a husband. When I get time, I'll copy it.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on March 18, 2009 at 2:54am: OMG CCR - did my husband write that book?!!! LOL

Comment by CCR on March 18, 2009 at 2:35am: Hi Becky! Connie, I just went and bought 72 $1.00 videos of old WWII movies and such. They are not guaranteed to be of great quality but it was worth the risk. I'm going to take them to my dads and let him watch them and talk to me about stuff and I'm gonna write it down this time. They don't always have everything in our history books you know!!!
Have you all seen the new pictures posted under family!!!
AND if you go to facebook, you can find LOTS of old Navy posters....
PS. I have an old cookbook from Signal Mtn. TN, you know, the kind that tells women how to treat their men, have dinner ready for them, keep the noisy kids away from him, have a drink ready for him to relax, etc. :-0

Comment by CCR on March 6, 2009 at 2:32pm: http://www.navylog.org/

I came upon this site when (I have told some of you this story already) a friend from our Texas Chef's association (Sherry) told me her father was an FC, and she personally goes on mentoring cruises to the culinary specialists. CS!
Her dad is Bertram E. Carlson and she has gone on about 4 carriers. She is a Pastry Chef and has her own business in Dallas.

You can go here and look people up!!!

Comment by CCR on March 4, 2009 at 2:13am: I enjoyed going to that page Linda. I just spoke with my dad this week-end and he shared MORE TRUE stories about history. This time it was about Lindberg and his participation (un-beknownst to FDR) in the South Pacific with Allison aircraft, etc. Its great to hear what really happened - very exciting. I shared your info below about the periscope with my brothers and dad. They loved the story.

Comment by CCR on February 27, 2009 at 8:35pm: Wow, Linda, I had to re-read your post, there is so much there to absorb! Do you have any pictures bestowed upon you that you can download here?
Paige, I think you've broke the record for serving in the Navy generational wise. 4 generations. How does Billy feel about that? He's making history in your family!

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on February 25, 2009 at 9:34am: Linda, so glad that you are joining us!

Comment by CCR on February 21, 2009 at 3:19pm: Yes, I do. My dad always says he designed more Navy planes than the Army. He wears the Army Air Corps hat when he goes anywhere and is quick to point that out to my Navy Mom friends, LOL. He was in Wichita, Boeing, St. Louis, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell, and finally Bell Helicopter. Now my brother works at LM too. It could even include derigibles, couldn't it? (spelling)
You just went to SD??? I am SO Jealous. thats where Patrick is. Arn't you in AZ?

Comment by CCR on February 13, 2009 at 6:44am: Thats true, if we don't do it now - we have to get it down because even as close as my parents are, we are losing stories and information. Its great to compile it. Please post the Navy days pictures etc when you get them, and have a chance.

Comment by CCR on February 9, 2009 at 9:04am: Hi, Teresa! Sure was great meeting you! We try to stay on top of the military channel and Ntl Geo., and some things have popped up on the History and Discovery channel. Thats awesome about the flag, didn't hear that one! Well, I've been making videos of my parents and family and setting it to music. I put "Boogie woogie bugle boy" at the part with both sides of the family in uniforms..." Then for my parents wedding (both in uniforms, mom was a Rosie the Riveter) I put that song Apple Blossom Time - "What a wonderful wedding it will be, what a wonderful day for you and me, church bells will chime, you will be mine, in apple blossom time..... I'm such a nostalgic!!