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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 janieflorida on January 8, 2011 at 8:40am
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I agree KLP if you can try to get to the ceremony, it is inspriing.
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Comment by d o on January 8, 2011 at 12:48am
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KLP congratulations on having a man with a job in this economy. Was it tough to get through the holidays with him being up north, or was he allowed to call you on Christmas and New Years?
I have to be honest with you, I am so glad we are done with the BC phase of our lives. You'll be in my prayers during the next 20 days. I hope you get to go to PIR, it's an experience none of us will ever forget.
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Comment by KLP0824 on January 8, 2011 at 12:42am
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janieflorida- yeah my hubby stoll at GL thank god BC is over in 20 days
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Comment by lindalav on January 6, 2011 at 4:24pm
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I know you are so right and she is such an independent soul. Actually I have noticed we talk more when she is not here then when she is. Its just so hard not to see her again...
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Comment by Carol in fla on January 5, 2011 at 2:07pm
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d o--You put into words all these crazy emotions I have been having lately. I am sitting here crying thinking about it....this is what we raise them for, but then it is so hard to let them go...not that we ever really do! I relate to everything you said. I don't know when I'll see my son again. If everything goes well for him, it won't be for a long time...I don't know what I'll do when my other 2 leave the nest, too.
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Stay busy, work and scrapbook....this is therapy corner for Navy Moms;) I'm also saying a prayer that all of you will find peace in this wavy sea of emotions that we moms feel as we watch our sailors grow up. Fair winds this year dear moms....
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d o- well plans changed again and she spent new years at home but the last day out saying goodbye to all her friends- I got time but not as much as I wanted. I spent all night and today in tears sporadically. I dont think it gets any easier - We just have to acclimate. Keeping busy will help so I go back to work tomorrow and then try to stay busy and focused.
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Lindalav, are you as sad as I am? I've lived nearly half a century and never had these feelings to deal with before. I'm glad they're growing up, I hate they need me less and less. I'm jealous they have another place to call home, and yet glad they do all at the same time. I guess it's never easy to say good bye, especially if you don't get your visit out.
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Happy New Year to you also KLP. Is your sailor still at Great Lakes?
Today is the last day of crazy time, the tourists head back home today.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE hope the new year brings nothing but blessing and joy i will keep everyone and there SR in my prayers
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