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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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Comment by PumpkinHead on November 17, 2010 at 11:05pm: Jen- It is easy to worry about that but do your best to stay positive! :) Due to family communication issue I didn't get HIS address until three weeks and got letters from him thinking that I forgot about him :( It broke my heart to no he wasn't getting anything and everyone else was. Luckily I did get his address and sent 18 or 19 that first time :) lol

Comment by JenS20 on November 17, 2010 at 5:51pm: thanks Kate G... im just freaking out. weve never been a part in 3 years and its a whole new ball game. i know hes going through hard stuff but when i get sad i feel like maybe he forgot me. i hope i get something soon :)

Comment by PumpkinHead on November 17, 2010 at 5:51pm: Kate- Im glad you worked it out :) and im glad he apologized! lol

Comment by NS on November 17, 2010 at 5:39pm: See we told you it would be alright. They love us it just gets tough on both ends sometimes. Glad he apologized!

Comment by PumpkinHead on November 17, 2010 at 9:51am: Kate- Im sorry that things are rough. After reading a lot of posts I think the transition to A school is by far one of the toughest. They finally get a little freedom yet have so much to do they dont really get to enjoy it. And for us, we are so excited to finally be able to talk again that we (or at least I) forgot to realize the stress they are under. sometimes those feelings clash due to stress. I like to look at each new school, command or whatever as a new phase that needs to be adjusted to and sometimes that helps. I hope everything works out :) We are always here to listen!!!

Comment by CharitySailor'sWife2B on November 17, 2010 at 1:23am: Joe and I were going to get married December 22nd..He asked me to marry him on November 1st so it was..... Like a last minute decision.
I told him Saturday I thought we should wait until after I graduated and had a chance to work a bit and we were both used to him being in the navy. If we had gotten married during Christmas vaca... ALSO, (an even bigger concern) we would have seen each other for a week after and then not for 4-5months because of my school and stuff. He had a really hard time with missing me and everything during bootcamp... figured it would be even worse if we spent a week together and then were separated for such a long period. Soo.. after I told him this he really didnt say anything.... and pretty much ignored me/very short for the next two days. Today, it was back to normal and he was just really upbeat and excited the 4 times he called me today.
Going to Pensacola for thanksgiving and i am really excited. No ring yet. He said not to expect one on my visit because he has like no money because they have been taking so much out of his pay check for food and uniforms.

congrats on the new wedding set Erika.... so excited for you!!!!
Hope things get better Kate.
Welcome to all the new gals! :)

Comment by NS on November 17, 2010 at 12:54am: I'm sure it's fine. I mean he probably is just having a rough day or tired. It could be anything I would say to just get some rest & hope for the best tomorrow. I'm sure he was just having a bad day and whatever. I mean his life has changed a lot within the last year so he has a lot on his plate; as do you. It'll be alright. <3

Comment by NS on November 17, 2010 at 12:16am: Oh no!! That's awful. Has he been going through a lot with his training (I'm guessing he is A-School)? I'm sure it will blow over I mean has this ever happened before? =[

Comment by NS on November 16, 2010 at 11:35pm: Oh no Kate! ='( I'm sorry! I'm sure he is just going through a rough patch. . . if he has been there before RTC and has been after he will keep doing it. Sometimes guys just don't get when a lady needs to be cheered up or anything. Try giving him a friendly reminder or let him know that it's getting hard for you to give 100% and you wish he would give you more. Hope everything gets better.. I'm sure it will. After all.. . "boys will be boys". I'm sure he will come around girl

Comment by NS on November 16, 2010 at 10:49pm: MRs L* - Yes I mailed out ELEVEN letters today =x lol but I know he will LOVE each and every word in them all =]. Luck you.. you get your man home for Christmas & a SWEET Christmas surprise!