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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.
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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 Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on January 31, 2010 at 9:59pm
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My son will be on his first deployment with the NMCB 133 when they leave next. He's only been in the Navy since June 09. Are there items I can send with him when he leaves that will be helpful to him in Afghan? Also will there be a special mailing address for them overseas while they are there, where they can receive care packages?
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Comment by Barbara C on January 29, 2010 at 2:55am
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Thank you for the video, it brought tears to my eyes.
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I have a question. My son, a Gunner's Mate, will be heading to Gulfport in Feb. to be attached to NMCB 133. He currently uses our hometown bank. We want to open him a military account. When he is on deployment to Afghanistan what banking facility would be available there? At which military bank should we get an account. He wants an account that doesn't charge fee for ATM withdrawals, free checking, debit card, etc. Thanks for any info.
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I am really appreciating Navy for Moms. As I was reading the comments about sons and daughters in Afghanistan and moms needing to vent, my Seabee called from Camp Shelby where he is being trained in urban combat. He is worn out but he thrives on the hard stuff. When I asked if his whole battalion was there training he said no, only those who are assigned to convoy security. My son and I feel that he is going to be deployed to Afghanistan when the main part of his battalion goes to the South Pacific. When I tried to talk about this to my husband, he disagreed with me. He feels this training is just so some people in the battalion have the training. Maybe I am being a nervous mom without reason but I can’t shake the feeling that my son is going to Afghanistan.
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Comment by Dona on January 21, 2010 at 9:00pm
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I will keep all you Moms in my prayers. I haven't had to experience deployment of my son yet, but I would be right there with you-venting, worrying.
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Seabee Mom-Michelle: My son will probably get to know your son soon...we're from southern mississippi, so the humidity, bugs, etc are not a problem for us...there are a lot of mosquitos in Mississippi....but we've had enough freezing weather and snow this year that the mosquitos shouldn't be too bad this year.
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Tyler is a Gunner's Mate. He's being attached to Seabee Unit NMCB 133.
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Actually we live about 2 hours from Gulfport. I was just wondering about his flight from Great Lakes into Gulfport. We'll be able to visit regularly and he'll be able to come home a lot.
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My son leaves Great Lakes in Feb. to be attached to a Seabee Unit in Gulfport. Do they fly into Gulfport airport or New Orleans? Also, do they have taxis available in Gulfport?
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Not my son's division, but BMU2 is going.
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