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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 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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
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- JPG – 3.4 MB
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Navy Speak
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Discussion Forum
ANYONE CLOSE TO I-5 or 99 in cali?
Started by GraceRae<3. Last reply by Alaina {Bob's Mom} Jan 21, 2013. 5 Replies 1 Like
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Comment by NevadaSierra on April 16, 2009 at 11:13pm
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Hey girls - I've been away for a bit - I'm sorry to hear that you got laid off Paula. The 26th is good for me - and anywhere is good too - I'll find you {:- } as long as you let me know. Got to read to catch up~s
P.S. Happy Easter - what a glorious season!
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Comment by Paymaster on April 6, 2009 at 3:27pm
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All....I am in need of some assistance. It may seem a little thing, but it means a great deal to my 4 year old granddaughter. My son will be transfering from the east coast to the west coast this summer. My granddaughter has two little fish that she has had for a couple of years. She is already anixous about the move and wants to make sure her fish go with her.
Has anyone out there had experience moving and taking along fish? Any recommendations or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Jody
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Thanks for asking - Sunday afternoons are better for me. I'll be at a church lady event on Saturday's (18th-Sac & 25th Kings Beach). Truly the 26th would be better fo rme.
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So - my April is getting very full - are we shooting for a meet and greet?
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Whew - a new grand! Yipee! Congrats Paula.
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First: Donna posted this on the Wa/Or group - and I have to share:
NationalAnthem-CactusJH.wmv
I recived this through a fowarded email - and can not validate the truth of the story -- however - the rendition is awesone - and I wanted to pass it on
This was at a Texas Tech Basketball game.
The National Anthem is sung by *five young ladies* (*ages 6-8*).
You have never heard it performed better than this! An entire
arena remains completely silent throughout the song.
You could hear a pin drop.
Take a moment to listen to this.
The two young ladies on the right are *six* years old.
The two in the middle are * seven* and the one on the left is *eight*.
Second: Stephanie - there is am ombudsman group here - check them out. THEY ARE THE BEST. I kid you not. Our sailor and his super glue communication skills won out, and I finally asked. They are there for mom's as well. They have lots of knowledge and can 'navigate' around and get you 'set to sail' in the right direction.
Okay, I'm done!
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Stephanie...Welcome to the group. It sounds if you have
everything going at one time right now.
I have been a Navy mom for 12 years. We have been on the roller coaster ride for some time. Right now my son is in Afghanistan until August (9 month deployment), this is his thrid deployment to the middle east.
I too will miss not being able to call him on his birthday (April 1). We asked him what he might want for his birthday and his reply was nothing I have to carry or pack home! Because I can't let his birthday go, my husband and I are taking a trip to Toys r Us and spending what we would have spent on him had he been stateside, and picking out toys that we think he would have liked when he was a young boy. We will be donating them in his name to our local homeless shelter (they have a school for the children that live in the shelter). It helps knowing that we are doing for others, when we can't do for him.
This is your first of many separtions, you will find you middle ground as time moves on.
Pick what is most important to you and work on that first, whether its making contact with your son, welcoming your new daughter-in-law to the family or getting ready for the first grandchild to arrive.
It helps to stay busy. I tend to be service orientated, so I like to do projects that will benefits others in my spare time, it helps to pass the time so I am not worrying all the time about him.
As others have mentioned you will loads of information here on this site, you just have to ask, and don't be afraid to. There are no silly questions here. We all had to learn sometime.
The one thing I would support if there is anyway of getting to GL for graduation, do it!! It is a once in a lifetime experience, there will never be another ceremony to revival this graduation.
If I can be of assistance as you ride this roller coaster, please just let me know.
Jody
Fair Oaks
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WELCOME Stephanie! This is an awesome place to be. Ask your questions - reasearch. There is an amazing amount of support and wisdom here for you.
I can SO relate to the surprise dil. Part of their defining who they want to be. Do you have the information for the ombudsman. Your new dil should receive that information-try to be added to the communicaiton list. That will help you out a lot. WELCOME - and check out the groups - there is a lot here~s
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Wow, I've missed a lot. I'll have to make time to catch up. I just wanted to drop a note of THANKS to all of you! The four hours stress test went well for my husband (Dan). We will know the results of the pictures of his heart in a few days. My angel blessings to each of you~s
Thank you for asking about Brianna. As far as we know she is recovering. Very scary for us especially when we can't be there to try to be of help. However, it is very reassuring that they have a 'strong group of friends' for support (the ombudsman told me this in an e-mail). We won't bother them with calling or e-mail to respect our dil's request; and also to give them all the chance to relax, rest and recourperate when they can. Our sailor is still deployed, so I am sure this is very hard on our dil.
Owen's trip on the USS Hornet with the Scouts was AWESOME! Great for Pa and him to do. ~s
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Good Morning:
Well, the doc said that the spot on Dan's lung had not changed in two years - so no worries; and he is good with that. Thank you for your prayers. Monday he has the four hour test in Sacramento. Then maybe things will settle back down. Thank you all! My angel blessings~s
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