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.
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:
**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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I have not heard from my son. I am having a difficult time, emotionally, with him gone. I just want to hear his voice. I want to tell him, again, how very proud I am o him. I miss him terribly. I am anxious for 10/21/2011.
Schachrmic, have you received a letter yet? I received my first today, and I am feeling so much better. I completely understand how you feel. Until today, it was as if he just dropped off the face of the earth. I'm sure our kids will disagree, but in many ways I think this is much harder on the parents. When I woke up this morning, I didn't know how I could possibly make it another day without hearing from him.
Wendi9, I thought about your son having night watch last night. Do they really miss an entire night of sleep when they have night watch? I just hope your son gets well soon, which can't be easy without sleep.
My son said there are about 70 in the division. He said the oldest SR in their division is 39 years old. He said they're usually getting around seven hours of sleep a night. He thought PT wasn't bad, but said that IT "sucks". He said he's eating a ton. He passed the PFA the day the letter was written, which, oddly, was dated last Friday. I'm not sure if he misstated the date or if he was actually able to write on a Friday. And, he said they were pulling out his wisdom teeth two days ago. I was very worried that would happen, as his recruiter warned me, two days before he left, that it was a possiblity. It was SO good to hear from him, and I can't wait to hear what news your sons have to share.
I was so excited when I received two letters from my son yesterday. He can't wait for it to end. Foods ok...not as good as mine. "I miss home/you so much". IT(intensive training) sounds grueling. I laughed out loud when he wrote that he was ironing his clothes. He wrote that he will be calling me soon...excited. I hope I am at home and not work.
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