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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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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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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 Wildcat_girl on January 20, 2016 at 12:03am
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Does anyone know of a group for either Port Hueneme or Gulfport?
Thanks!
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Comment by belovedbyHim on January 14, 2016 at 1:36pm
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yep-- cleaning barraks, pulling weeds with screwdrivers, visiting with the retired folks at the VA across the road. They keep them mostly busy but it's not an automatic thing, This is the Navy after all.... Hurry up and wait!! 88 days from when he classes up. My Bee took longer because they had the Christmas Stand down 3 weeks before graduation. Going through the book is a good idea as is choosing to work-out when he gets the chance. Some Bees took it easy and I heard stories of folks who were beyond sore when they started classes--lots of swinging hammers and such.
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Comment by Harleys best friend on January 14, 2016 at 1:01pm
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belovedbyHim - good know how to count the time. He was told 88 days and I wasn't sure when that began. He is a BU as well so now wondering how long he will have to wait for class to begin. What do they do while waiting? All I know so far is he is going thru a book/manual and cleaning barracks.
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Harleys best friend-- You start counting from when they actually start classes. My Bee was waiting 2 months to class-up for a class that was only 2 1/2 months long. My Bee said classes started every 2 weeks but there were a bunch of people that were eligible to start ahead of him. He's a BU BTW.
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My son just had PIR last week and is now in Gulfport for A school. When do you start counting to determine the end of A school - from arrival or when classes begin? He is processing this week and said class will start by the end of the month, maybe next week, unsure at the moment.
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That is not want I wanted to hear..Haha. Maybe things will be different since he didn't come straight from boot camp.
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Comment by StaceyJG1 (Mom of a SeaBee) on January 8, 2016 at 11:11pm
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My son did that, as well. He came home for 9 days and "earned" 5 days back. And he didn't have to put an entire day! It was a great thing!
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Comment by tangled skeins on January 8, 2016 at 10:20pm
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After our son graduated from "A" School, he came home for approximately 1 week. While he was home, he worked for 3 days at the recruiter's office. If I understood correctly, these 3 days are "refunded" to him. Then he returned to Gulfport to complete 4 weeks of combat training. Our son couldn't drive to his assignment. He was assigned to Rota, Spain! I have a feeling there are many different scenarios possible, however, this was our experience. Hope it helps a little.
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Does anyone know what its like for their final days at a school? How much time do they get to get to their new base if driving? Any information would be helpful, thanks!
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Comment by Bradsmom on December 31, 2015 at 9:20am
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Congrats to all that Graduates this week!
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