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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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San Diego Moms or Sailors in San Diego

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San Diego Moms looking to support each other and San Diego Sailors we can support while away from home.

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Latest Activity: May 25, 2021

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Comment by Phoenixmom on January 24, 2018 at 4:43pm: Good Afternoon Ladies, I am new to this site and just do not know where to begin. My son is finishing up A school in Great Lakes, he received his orders to go to San Diego, I believe by Feb. 7th. Now with that being said Question or questions. So will he flown to San Diego and when he gets there will he go to the USO there? will someone be waiting to take him to base or will he have to find his own way? Do they need to be in Uniform? I just don't know the steps as to how it begins. and speaking to him he has not been given instruction, I am guessing they are waiting for that Day? if someone could walk me thru the steps I would greatly appreciate it.

Comment by Noni on October 11, 2017 at 7:23pm: Mattsmomma,
My daughter is also station in SD and 3000 miles away. You will miss some holidays. I live in Illinois so we do see our daughter much. She dosent come home for her bday, rearly do we see her on Thanksgiving, she sets her Christmas schedule to match my work schedule. I work at for a school so I won’t see her for Christmas this year. I didn’t see her last year either. That was hard! For her and us. But she flys out the on the 27 and I have her for New Years. It’s about every 3 to 4 months we see if, if she’s not deployed.
If I can help send me a friend request.

Comment by Mattsmomma on October 11, 2017 at 2:14pm: My son just received his first set of orders and he couldn't be more thrilled to be headed to San Diego - it was one of the ones on his dream sheet (I am pretty sure it was first on his list). That said, its 3000 miles away from home, and this will be the first year he will not be around for some major family holidays. Not sure how to deal with this :(

Comment by fayegirrl4* on July 9, 2017 at 2:40pm: @ Noni, thanks for your reply. Sorry I just saw it today. Im not on this site that much. All is fine with our sailor , as far as we know. He calls about once a week to check in. His ship just returned from an underway and will go out again in a week or so. Its just hard not knowing ANYONE out in SD or his friends.... :( Im sure I'll have questions for everyone in the future. As for now, holding pattern, all seems to be good. No news is good news, right?

Comment by Noni on May 28, 2017 at 5:24pm: Yes, we're here. My daughter is also in SD. She is an officer on a DDG. Welcome! If I can help in any way or you have questions just ask.

Comment by fayegirrl4* on May 28, 2017 at 3:35pm: Hello all. Just came across this group and curious if it is still active. We have 2 sailors active duty, one in Kings Bay, Ga and the other in San Diego. Sailor #2 has only been in SD for 3 months and is Undes and on the USS Anchorage. He seems to be adapting just fine. We had planned on visiting him in July but will have to wait til December to hopefully see him.

thanks for letting me join!

Comment by plattecountymom on February 2, 2017 at 2:59pm: Thank you for the info.

Comment by U2navymom on February 2, 2017 at 2:23pm: It's a term meaning no communications. Are you familiar with the Comstock's Ombudsman? She keeps us up to date. I may have an advantage because my daughter-in-law went to the pre-deployment sessions for spouses and families and made sure we where on the email list. She is someone who is a go between for the ship and families.