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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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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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Don't discuss future destinations or ports of call!
Don't discuss future operations or missions!
Don't discuss dates and times of when we will be in port or conducting exercises!
Don't discuss readiness issues and numbers!
Don't discuss specific training equipment!
Don't discuss people's names and billets in conjunction with operations!
Don't speculate about future operations!
Don't spread rumors about operations!
Don't assume the enemy is not trying to collect information on you so he can kill you, he is!
Be smart, use your head, and always think OPSEC and COMSEC when using email or phone!
Rules of thumb for parents and loved ones:
*If your sailor indicates to you they can't tell you something, believe them. Don't try to coax them into telling.
*If it is published by the navy about where a ship or unit has been (not going), that is when it's okay to share.
*If your sailor is in a high security area, say a nuke or EOD, consider using a nick name for them and you, a seperate email without your name on it, and don't even tell where YOU live. Let them tell you what they want you to tell others or if they are worried about info, always let them know you are on here. That's why they are careful on here about only putting first names on your profile page.
*Be aware, the OPSEC 10 points are about what they can't talk about. Think about what YOU might share as a parent or loved one of a military member that could cause trouble. You also have a responsibilty.
*Be respectful and teach other parents if they don't know and say too much, no need to be disrespectful or mean to them about it. Just guide them and let them know they maybe need to rewrite or delete the post. There isn't a member on here that wants to cause trouble or harm. They just aren't thinking or don't know.
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Comment by Lois in OK on December 3, 2016 at 3:44pm
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I have not been here in awhile. a lot of stuff going on . We lost our grandson last year he was only with us 12 short days. He was born at 29 weeks on Halloween. Its been a rough year. MY son is stationed overseas he has been there a year now. My other son got out almost 2 years ago and in January is going to try to get back in. I will do my best to be more active.
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Comment by Momofahousefull on December 3, 2016 at 2:40pm
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Still blessed to be the mom of a SeaBee! He reenlisted last year and had one of his older brothers administer the oath - does a mama's heart good!
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Comment by JodyV1 on December 3, 2016 at 2:39pm
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Please don't delete my account.I probably am the only Seabee mom "literally" on this site. I was the first woman Engineering Aide in the Seabees (1974-1978) and had my son in 1978 while still in the Seabees. I'm still trying to find out if my son was the first child to be born to a woman Seabee (or Phoebes (female Seabees) as they called the 6-7 women in the Seabees back then!)
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Comment by Judy on December 3, 2016 at 1:15am
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Hi everybody'
Posting so I won't be deleted.
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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on December 2, 2016 at 7:39pm
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HEADS UP
“Deleting inactive members - The ad agency that handles N4M is in the process of updating the site. If you have not been active since 12/1/15 you will be deleted to make room for new members. You will be able to re-join. If you don't want to be deleted you will need to post something to activate your account. They have already started deleting members.”
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Comment by Dona on March 28, 2016 at 3:25pm
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belovedbyHim- he never was on a ship, though, and didn't deploy until after he joined a battalion. CM's didn't go out on ships there. Actually, the only time he was ever on a ship was during Fleet week in Seattle and he took the tour up there from Coronado! He earned a medal while in the Amphib unit for rescuing the Marines off the beach.
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Comment by belovedbyHim on March 28, 2016 at 2:03pm
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Dona- My Hubby was Gator Navy. That just means they are on the smaller Amphibious ships. They still deploy just like the rest of the fleet but they are the ships that are coming in close to shore to deploy the landing craft that are usually carrying Marines. A good portion of the ship will be allocated for berthing for Marines when they deploy. This sometimes means that they end up "hot racking" depending on the ship and your sailor's rank. They will be closer to their shipmates in the gator Navy too since there are so fewer of them compared to say a Carrier!
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Harleys best friend,
I don't know what determines where they are assigned. It was his first assignment out of A school, called Gator Navy. Amphibious unit. He is a Construction Mechanic. When he went into battalion, he was sent to Gulfport, for combat training, then he started deployments.He was at Coronado for 2 years. He was supposed to be in GP for 4 years, but after 2 years, they sent him to PH. His was a different situation. During his 2nd deployment he had an injury which resulted in a blood clot. So he had to come out of the battalion for awhile. When he was cleared to go back in they sent him to PH to a new one. Crazy deal.
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The Navy takes care of his plans from GP to PH.
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Comment by Harleys best friend on March 28, 2016 at 11:10am
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Travel question - my son will graduate from A school in GP in a few weeks and take leave to come home. Then he will go back to GP for ECS. Once ECS is over, he will travel to PH in CA. Does the Navy cover his travel expenses (flight) from GP to PH? My son doesn't think it is covered as ECS is not considered a duty station. He says Navy only pays when you go from duty station to duty station. Doesn't sound right to me since GP has been his duty station since basics.
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