This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
FIRST TIME HERE?
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:
Events
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
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- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Comment by LisaAnn on August 10, 2011 at 6:41pm
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I have tears in my eyes just reading what everyone has written. That is a great picture Susan and oh the feelings I can only imagine what it will be like. Can't wait to see pictures when Leslie gets back. I am sure she got some good ones
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Comment by SANDY ship07div056 on August 10, 2011 at 9:33am
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I lost every emotion I had when I hugged my Sailor. Couldnt contain myself. He had tears in his eyes too and asked "Mom are you ok?". He never realized how much I loved him and missed him until that very moment. I think thats why he stays in touch as often as he does. Whewww! Yall got me crying again ~
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Comment by Tonya K(Ship 03 Div 319) on August 10, 2011 at 9:04am
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Susan that embrace speaks volumes doesn't it? I can't wait for that first hug.
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Thank you for the welcome I am glad I found all of you. I know this will be a life saver. Moms to talk to and we will have all been through it. My Mother in Law has 5 kids but none joined the military. My father in law joined the Navy when he was 17. When they met he was already out. So she really does not have a clue what we go through. But that's ok I will have all of you for support. Thank you.
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Comment by jacketfan24 (corpsman mom) on August 9, 2011 at 8:35pm
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Leslie, congratulations! Have fun at PIR. Lisa Ann, welcome. I've recently joined this group; my son will leave on Sept. 6. It doesn't matter how old our kids are, they are still our babies. I also have a 23 and a 21 year old and I feel the same way about them.
Had my husband's side of the family get together (he doesn't want a going away party, so we are having to do family dinners instead) this past weekend; since he is leaving and my daughter is headed to Oklahoma for graduate school in less than a year, it will be awhile before we are all together again. At least people have stopped trying to talk him out of it!
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oops forgot to say to LisaAnn:, Susan is right the Navy for Moms site is a life saver, if our kids knew how much we shared about them they would die of embarassment but it gets us thru.
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Leaving for Great Lakes tomorrow! I think I could fly without the plane, LisaAnn I said goodbye to mine twice. The first time he was 9ozs overweight when he got to MEPS. I'm sure your MIL meant well but they are always our babies. My mother's sailor is 46 and he knows darn well he better call home at least once a week!
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My son leaves for BC on the Aug. 16th. He was suppose to leave on Aug 2 we were on our way to the recruiters office when he called and said they gave him the wrong date. What an emotional day that was with a weekend of goodbyes and being mentally prepared for that day now we are going through it all again. I know this is just the begining of the waiting process, like all you then you wait for the call. I will need to be strong. My mother in law tells me he is old enough and yes I know that he is old enough but it does not make it any easier.
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Leslie, Oh how I remember that call. All of us Moms were posting as we got the calls. Overwhelming! We were crying and laughing and relieved all at once! Congrats!!
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HOOYAH! My son passed battlestations last night and I got the "I'm a sailor" call today, The relief is unreal. From his last couple of letters he was struggling and sounded like he was ready to give up. He made it and now I'm really a Navy Mom. Thanks everyone!!!
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