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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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Scrapbookin' Navy Moms

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Any Navy Mom that enjoys scrapbooking

Members: 180
Latest Activity: Dec 22, 2021

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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 25, 2011 at 12:14pm: Cheryl, I am so glad you did the scrapbook. I bet it is awesome. I would love to see pics :-) Especially of the page that you out the ribbon on that I made for you. My son-in-laws PIR was the same as you sons. I wonder if they knew each other. He is in VA Beach now with my daughter/sailor. I hope your sailors is doing well.

Comment by camenae on March 24, 2011 at 6:03pm: ARGH! The 50% sale didn't apply to the scrapbook I wanted. I have to wait for the 40% coupon. Hopefully there's one next week! I did get some paper and stickers though. I priced the Cricut and they are WAY more at Hobby Lobby than online.

Comment by camenae on March 24, 2011 at 2:17pm: My local Hobby Lobby has scrapbooks and scrapbook paper 50% off this week. Off to the store I go...

Comment by Cheryl Mom Nuke ET on March 23, 2011 at 2:22pm: Lala -- I go to scrapbook weekends all the time and was finally able to scrapbook my son's PIR and other photos this past weekend (PIR 10/29/10) without crying (happy/proud tears). I used the ribbon you made on one of the pages and loved it! Thank you again for making them.

Comment by camenae on March 22, 2011 at 8:34pm: Rose, oh yes I remembered about the coupon :D

Mikee, Susan, and Lala- Thank you so much! Looks like I have a lot of research to do :)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 22, 2011 at 3:10pm: cricutmachines.com is also great for the machines and cartridges. I have found some cartridges as low as $7.95 on that site and they often have the Expression for $149.00 to $189.00 and Walmart has the Expression for $189.00. EBay also has some very good prices on the machines. As far as using couple most if not all of the craft stores have exclusions for using the couple and most of the time they won't allow coupons on any Cricut machines or cartridges. A C Moore often has great sales on them as well.

Comment by Susan mom to Niko on March 22, 2011 at 12:28pm: Best prices I have found are here... http://www.ohmycrafts.com/cricut.aspx

Comment by camenae on March 21, 2011 at 9:40pm: I'm hoping to get a Cricut and the cartridge when we get our tax refund. Can anyone tell me where to go for a good deal on these? I've been looking at Hobby Lobby's sales ad each week but they aren't on sale often.

Comment by Susan mom to Niko on March 21, 2011 at 2:09pm: Yes I have a cricut.... the cartridge you are looking for is called 'Stand and Salute'

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 10, 2011 at 11:23pm: I love scrapbooking. We have a free weekend crop ever month. Next weekend we will have the one for March. I am starting my sailors scrapbook then. I already did a scrapbook in a box for her now it's time to start the book lol. I love scrapbooking so much I am starting my own online scrapbooking business lol.