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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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Latest Activity: Oct 25, 2014

CONGRATS TO OUR NEWEST NAVY SAILORS AND THE FAMILIES WHO SUPPORT AND LOVE THEM! HOOOOOYAAAAAAAA

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Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on November 12, 2010 at 11:40am: newhorizons - yup stick with us girl! lots of great advice from us Old Planks (as JessicaB refers) although Im a new old plank! hahaha

So here was my clever idea...... I used to cut the funny out of the paper (always the color funnies) and tapped to the back of my letter. That was it smelled like the newspaper but no trouble from the RDC! heheheh -- out fox the fox huh Lynne!

Comment by D~W~G on November 12, 2010 at 11:34am: Lynn I never thought about inspection jeesh I hope he does not throw some of these away, I should have copied! I sent one with my fathers letters to my mom in Army and his old army pictures. It is an antique with50 year old paper...(62 almost 50)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on November 12, 2010 at 11:34am: Lynne is right space is very limited. Some moms send a big envelope with 3 or 4 stamps on it and the recruits send the letters tghey want to save back home. My sailor would put 2 or 3 in each letter she wrote home. Imagine my disappointment when she did this the first time and I thought I was getting a really long letter lol. Nope, same one page letter from her and 4 that I had sent to her lol.

Comment by D~W~G on November 12, 2010 at 11:33am: Oh I figured out the picture thing. If anyone thinks my pictures of son are too revealing let me know! PLEASE!

Comment by becki(uss stockdale) on November 12, 2010 at 11:31am: I am sorry to hear that Lydia.. this is my first time to have anyone in our family go through cemo treatment. (that I remeber) my moms, mom had it but I was 6 so I dont really remember it. and things are so different now... I hope all is going good with his treatments and I will keep him in my prayers along with each of these families and all of our SAILORS.... God bless each and everyone of them!

Comment by Lynne on November 12, 2010 at 11:17am: Well I wouldn't send funnies or newspaper clippings until you find out if the RDC will allow it, err on the side of caution...now here is what you do...I like to call this out manipulating the manipulators...lol...just copy those clippings, pictures, and funnies onto regular paper and send away....lol...problem solved until you get the go ahead...lol Remember they have a very limited amount of space in their rack (underbed storage) so they can't keep a lot of stuff and if it slides out of place....yikers....points deducted in an inspection....after that happened to my son once...he informed me he was throwing out my letters after reading them...no problem I had copies of each and everyone....lol!!

Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on November 12, 2010 at 11:16am: becki - are you kidding honey! You are welcome and been here done this - its a chance for me to share what I learned literally and also share the BC emotions I went through and the worries that I had (and still have) Also, I knew where to go and get the info. Like JessicaB and diannep say - you will pay it forward too one of these days!

Im so thrilled about your mom coming home! yippie - oh how I know the road you are on... I was on it with my first hubby and now with my second

Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on November 12, 2010 at 11:12am: Lala - very kewl Im sure some moms here will love that.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on November 12, 2010 at 11:10am: Lydia- I sell them but I only charge enough to cover the cost of supplies and shipping. I love making them and I love knowing that people are wearing something I made to such an important event. Each one is hand made by me and so are the scrapbook embellishments I make. And you can take the pin off the back of the ribbon and put it in a scrapbook. I love this site and it is a good way for me to pay if forward. I am thinking about starting an online business for the scrapbook stuff but the ribbons I have only made for N4M members.