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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 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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Care Package Ideas

Let's put together mailing tips and tricks and ideas for care packages. It's good to have them here in one place, so come get ideas and share yours!

Here's the link to the "Care Package Ideas" group on N4M too.

https://navyformoms.ning.com/group/carepackageideas

Here's the link for the USPS "If it fits, it ships".

https://www.usps.com/ship/priority-mail.htm

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Permalink Reply by PedALqueen4ever on February 9, 2018 at 9:52pm

Sent orders (for protein bars and athletic on the go replenisher goodies..) -- hopes it get there soon...

Permalink Reply by proudwinavymom on February 11, 2018 at 8:21pm

Hi Everyone,

My son is in Goose Creek. His aunt made him some cookies and would like to send to him. Does anyone have the address for the housing. I have his room number ..not sure exactly where to send and how to address.

Thanks!!

Permalink Reply by Chipmunk on February 11, 2018 at 9:49pm

proudwinavymom- I don't recall if your son has "classed up" yet, or if he is still INDOC?

They do not use their room numbers for their addresses. Instead it goes by INDOC or their class number. So, address your sailor either as FN (if MM or EM), or SN (if ET)

My son is an ET so I address it:

SN First Last name

INDOC (if you have a class number it goes here instead) - if not sure then just leave it as INDOC

101 NNPTC Circle

Goose Creek, SC 29445

I hope this makes sense. The sailors live in several different buildings (BEQ's) and they are all named for ships, I think, and then their room numbers. Just having a room number doesn't help with identifying where they are.

You can send items by USPS with a flat rate priority box, that insures and gives a tracking number and generally from the Midwest, will get to GC in 2 days. But then it takes another day for the mailroom to process the mail and notify the sailors they have a pkg. And they can generally only go get their mail in the afternoon. I find if I can get the pkg mailed on Mon or Tues from OK, that works best for my son, because it is usually ready for him to pick up on Friday.

Hope this helps.

Permalink Reply by Chipmunk on February 11, 2018 at 9:52pm

Text your son if you can and ask him for his class number. It should be a four digit number with a dash and a letter.