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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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Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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PIR Feb. 11, 2011
Members: 172
Latest Activity: Nov 11, 2015
Discussion Forum
Ribbons - PIR 2-11-11
Started by aprul(ship11,div63). Last reply by J-04/128 Feb 26, 2014. 19 Replies 0 Likes
Hey PIR 2-11-11,I am making ribbons for anyone who wants them. Some of you have requested information from me and I have tried to email or message each of you personally. You can send supplies or some of the ladies are sending money orders. The…Continue
Nuke A School FAQ
Started by NF Mom. Last reply by SailingHi Ship 9 Div 071 Feb 25, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Nuke A School FAQ click the Above LinkContinue
who has a Sailor staying in great lakes for A-school???
Started by Mrs Eubank. Last reply by Mrs Eubank Feb 19, 2011. 9 Replies 0 Likes
my sailor is staying in great lakes for AECF and his rate is ET. anyone out there with that or just in great lakes????????
*******BattleStations********
Started by diannep. Last reply by vydeoynkhorne Feb 16, 2011. 150 Replies 0 Likes
This is the final test for your recruits. When they pass this, they are sailors and trade in their recruit cap for their sailor cap in a capping ceremony afterwards. The ship they do this on was designed by Disney, so it is very realistic. During…Continue
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Comment by battlebuddy on April 11, 2011 at 1:35pm
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My son will be leaving for Japan soon. He finished A school March 16th and has been on hold there since then, well, after a very short 5 days home. I am happy and excited for him, but at the same time, I am not ready for him to be halfway around the world. Feeling a little sad and helpless....Sure do hope he gets the rest of his leave before they send him over the big pond. I can't believe it's only been 2 months since he graduated from BC.
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Comment by Life is Peachy on April 10, 2011 at 9:09am
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Vinsmom = Sorry to hear about your tendon. My fiance completely ruptured his about 2 years ago and having surgery within the first week is important. You are in for a lot of pain and several weeks of hobbling around. I feel for you!! I hope you have a speedy recovery and someone to help take care of you. He did very well, of course he is a quick healer. He was told he wouldn't be able to play tennis again for at least a year, but he was back playing 6 months later. Just think of all the fun you will have, getting to drive those shopping scooters around all the stores!
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Comment by Vinsmom1991 ship09div067 on April 8, 2011 at 11:18pm
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Hi everyone! I know its been awhile. My Son finally classed up and is in his 3rd week of A school. Last weekend was a duty free one for him so I drove to Great Lakes on Friday and pick him and his girlfriend(she is Navy as well) for the weekend. We had a great visit while he was here but hated taking him back on Sunday.
Monday morning as I was getting ready for work, I tripped over a laundry basket full of clean clothes and ruptured the achilles tendon in my right foot. my Doctor is trying to schedule surgery for me ASAP.
My Son says he needs to be home to help take care of me. Aww I told him NO you are right where you need to be.
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Comment by William in Nashua on April 8, 2011 at 1:18pm
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SailorsWife'10 hope everything works out for you soon. Are you going through a realtor?
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Comment by mdubtxmom(Ship 09 Div 069) on April 8, 2011 at 12:15pm
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All of those with orders on hold to Japan. Check this out.
http://www.npc.navy.mil/NR/rdonlyres/3AE83C6B-13BA-4A5C-A845-5DA04E...
Looks like our guys are headed to Japan after all.
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Comment by SailorsWife'10 on April 7, 2011 at 2:44am
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Well my husband is officially in Norfolk, and I'm still in PA :( It's been such a stressful time for us, because unfortunately I can't move with him until after either our house is sold or rented out. :( Before we were forced to be away from each other because of the Navy and it's so hard now because it's not the Navy making us be apart. Just wanted to vent a little. :) I hope everyone is doing fan-tabulous!
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My son has been studying every day at nuclear A school. Last week we did not hear from him at all. I suppose the course load must be increasing now that class is in its fifth week. We will be visiting Goose Creek next month. It will be more than six months without seeing him.
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Comment by himmiemom on April 6, 2011 at 12:37am
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Back again!!! Not much new with my sailor. In his third week of school and it is going good. He spends his free time studying and makes sure on Saturdays that he is away from the books.
He hasn't been enjoying the weather right now. Lots of bad storms in Pensacola. Illinois gets storms but he said nothing like what Pensacola gets. He isn't too keen on the humidity either. He misses the spring in Illinois.
Told me that they march to class every morning and one morning they were singing cadence as they were marching past the quarter deck and they got in trouble. He said they lost the privilege to sing cadence and need to earn that privilege back. He said it was kinda ridiculous and wasn't sure if it was that they didn't like what they were singing or if they were too loud.
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I hear you on the hard to talk to part. It is distressing but I think that it must be part of the growing independent stage. I have to keep reminding myself that we wanted our children to grow into well adjusted adults who can take care of themselves. I just never considered how much I would miss their depending on me for almost everthing. At least we can still talk to our Navy Mom friends!
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Comment by sailormommind on April 5, 2011 at 2:51pm
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its still nice to come back here and see how everyone is doing...kinda like "home". Things are ok with my son...not hearing his orders or a definite grad date from A school so life is a little up in the air. He is very difficult to talk to lately and it's a little heartbreaking.
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