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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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Seabee Moms

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For "We Build, We Fight", moms!!

Members: 505
Latest Activity: Aug 15, 2023

The Ten OPSEC and COMSEC Points:

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 Tobianne on September 4, 2013 at 11:45pm: Builder construction recruit.

Comment by Lighthouse3 Div203 PIR5/24/13 on September 4, 2013 at 11:35pm: BUCR=???

Comment by deniseMatt'smom on September 3, 2013 at 3:49pm: My son graduated Gulfport A school a few months ago, he is also BUCR...They enjoy much more freedom than they did in bootcamp but still must PT most mornings and Muster most nites...they march to and from class each day and are assigned "watch" weekly and once a month on the weekends....He was glad to get through it and was more than ready to move on....he got his new assignment and never had to go to combat training school in Gulfport.....once They graduate their lives become very normal except during deployment....it's a great way to enter adulthood...he's still only 19 but has bought a car through the Navy Credit Union, so he's building his credit and getting great life experience!

Comment by belovedbyHim on September 3, 2013 at 12:18am: Any Gulfport Moms on here?? My BUCR just arrived on Saturday. So far he says He's loving it compared to BC. Of course it is a holiday weekend and everyone is being quite laid back. The guys took him to IHOP for breakfast yesterday and they played ball today. I hope reality doesn't come crashing down too hard tomorrow. It was Great to see him at PIR on Friday and I miss him greatly but it is soooooooooooo nice to be able to pick up the phone and call or get on FB and see what he's up to.

Comment by CBGB on September 2, 2013 at 10:04pm: Thanks beachmom- Thanks for the advice. I will check with him about the breakfast. I know he ate cold pizza this morning.

Comment by Beachmom (Ship 13, Div 281) on September 2, 2013 at 9:52pm: CBGB, Congrats on your son's PIR! My son is a few weeks ahead of yours. He is in FLW and he starting his third week of A School this week. He is an EO also! He was on hold for several weeks when he first arrived on 8/3. My son asked me to send breakfast items, seems they don't have time to go to chow in the mornings. Once a week I send him a box of breakfast bars, protein bars, granola etc. so he at least has something to eat in the mornings!

Comment by CBGB on September 2, 2013 at 9:23pm: Hope everyone at climbing school or healing up to complete climbing school is doing well. My son had PIR this past Friday and arrived at Ft. Lenard Wood on Sunday to begin EO A school. Anyone else out there with sailors new to FLW? Spoke to him today. So nice that he has his phone again. He said he thinks they will be on hold for a few weeks till the whole group arrives.

Comment by BritTexas on August 31, 2013 at 5:40pm: Pleased to meet everyone. My son got to Gulfport last Saturday from Bootcamp.

Comment by Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on August 31, 2013 at 5:30pm: When my son arrived at GP, he was assigned a sponsor ahead of time. That person met him at the airport and took him directly to base and got him situated in the barracks and got him settled in and let him know what to expect next. He arrived on a holiday weekend.

Comment by belovedbyHim on August 31, 2013 at 5:14pm: Any Gulfport Moms on here?? Aprox 10 newlyy minted Seabee sailors just arrived in Biloxi/ Gulfport. If their orders say not to report till tomorrow or later this next week what do they do with them in the mean time?? Also does anyone know how they get from the airport to base?? It was so good to see my Sailor at PIR but just WAY TOO SHORT!!!!!!