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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Comment by MommaDukes on January 20, 2014 at 4:00pm
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teeny- my son was born in Winter Haven and my inlaws live in Lake Wales..
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Comment by teeny on January 6, 2014 at 10:04pm
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Commissioned as soon as he leaves start writing to him. They wait for those letters. I sent stamps and envelopes. You will absolutely love PIT. It is very awesome. It is extremely overnight now so I feel for the inhabitant are up there now during winter. When you get your sailor in a bombings the mostbdreadful thing. I cried for a week and I dismantling anything in that box except for his watch which I carried around with me. I am in winter haven and would love to meet eveeyone
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Ugh countdown.. 21 days am getting nervous..
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Thanks for the info!
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Comment by Danishea on December 15, 2013 at 12:26pm
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Since his A school will be in GL, plan on staying until late Sunday or Monday. You will have to wait for him for a few hours after PIR but he will have liberty until around 8 that day and then he will also have liberty on Saturday and Sunday. Just keep in mind that whatever time liberty ends, you will need to be back at the base about a half hour earlier because he will need to walk to his ship.
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navymom2013 that sounds great, would love to meet . Samsmom- My son ships out Jan 27.. Still doesn't seem real. I would love any tips you can give to help the time pass when we don't get to talk much. I work full time but finding my mind keeps wandering and I am trying to get as much info so I don't worry. Did either of you go up for PIR? I am hoping to, just trying to plan what I can. My son's A school will be in GL so he will be there 18 weeks all together. I don't worry about him, I worry about me.. lol
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Comment by navymom2013 on December 9, 2013 at 10:59pm
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Hi MommaDukes - I am in Dunedin and my only son is in Groton now. It is good to meet you and maybe we can get together some time since we are so close. My son is in ETNav and graduates in May - then he will go out on a Sub - not sure which one yet.
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Samguysmom- my son started calling me that when he was little also- picked up from Johnny Bravo cartoon.. Good luck with finding people- I have only been on site a few days, but the info is amazing and helps me stay calm. My son is an only child and 19, so I will get the empty nest thing besides the intro to military life.
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Hi to everyone- I am in the Clearwater /Dunedin area my son leaves for GL in Jan.
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Hi all! I am a new Navy mom in Palm Bay. My son went to GL on Oct. 10th and has PIR on December 6th.
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