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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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:
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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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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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 Kim on August 17, 2013 at 1:01pm
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Hi everyone! My son was just assigned to a Seabee battalion in Gulfport. He is not a Seabee but I hope you'll let me join in here! He was on the USS Enterprise for two deployments and is now on his way to CES. He's very excited to be attached to a "land" part of the Navy. :)
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Comment by Lighthouse3 Div203 PIR5/24/13 on August 16, 2013 at 10:57pm
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Thank you for the encouragement,CBGB!
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Comment by CBGB on August 16, 2013 at 10:16pm
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Too bad about the knee. At least he has a lot of time to rest it. He must be so tired of waiting around though. Enjoy your visit.
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DS is happy that we will be driving down to visit him next weekend. He spent an hour and forty minutes in physical therapy yesterday, being evaluated and so forth. He said it was very painful. The diagnoses were patellar tendonitis ("jumper's knee") and chondromalacia of the patella. It seems the cartilage has been torn away and he is rubbing bone on bone. It makes me cringe even to type it. I won't even write the other details. He now has a supportive band to wear under his knee cap, and has been placed on medical hold for another month. It is questionable whether he will be able to continue training as a CE. We will be celebrating his 27th. birthday; it makes a mother sad to see him injured so young.
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Comment by Debi on August 10, 2013 at 8:22pm
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My son has been assigned his first duty station..Washington DC. Does anyone know anything about this base? Just a curious mom wanting to know more :) He's been assigned to CBMU 202 DC detachment.
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CBGB, I'm still waiting to hear from him this week. :-) I know he doesn't have duty this weekend, so we'll call him at some point, if he doesn't call us. I keep watching the plane fares climb as I wait to hear about his leave. Because if he can't come here, I shall want to fly there over a weekend when he doesn't have duty. I'm kicking myself for not having gone this weekend.
BTW, I've heard that the Navy Lodge at Great Lakes is 1 mile from base, and it is on a fairly well-traveled road without sidewalks (at least in part, if I remember the pictures that were posted).
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Comment by julieb1019 on August 10, 2013 at 12:12am
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Btw there is a Facebook page for NCTC Gulfport also on twitter and once he is assigned to a battalion they will also have FB and twitter too
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It is quite possible Beloved byHim if the timing works out for leave around Christmas. The base pretty much shuts down for the holidays. My son had leave in-between schools and it was in March last year. He has missed 2 Christmases and I hope to have him home this year. You have a lot to look forward to in the next couple of weeks. I am sure that the Boot Camp Moms have shared tips for PIR and meeting at the airport with his electronics to send with him etc. Always happy to share what I know and can find out for you what I don't know for sure!!
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Comment by belovedbyHim on August 9, 2013 at 11:15pm
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Julieb1019- Thank you!!! That is exactly the info I was looking for. I have well intentioned family telling me that he'd be in school 6mos to 1yr. That seemed unusually long to me since it seemed that nearly everything else is under 6 months . So are they eligible for leave between A school grad and ECS? If he doesn't have to wait too long to class up he'd be done around Thanksgiving and If he has to wait for ECS that would be putting him closer to Christmas before he'd be able to come home. Does that sound right?? I am Soooooooooooooo ready for 'regular" communication again. At PIR the guest speaker ordered all the new sailors to "call, write or e-mail your mother every week". I wish he'd give that order to ALL Sailors!
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A school for BU is about 3 months. They learn many aspects of constructing a building cement pouring masonry sheet rock finishing roofing etc I think that my son said that they take apart what they build at the end of the school phase. There is a graduation ceremony that most families don't attend but photos are listed on FB then it is off to ECS which lasts about a month and teaches combat skills once they report to Gulfport you will have normal communication again text cell etc. Everyone will be assigned to a battalion mine is in 133. We are going for a visit at the end of the month and will stay at the Navy Lodge on base. Best of luck to those who will PIR soon!
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