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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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Latest Activity: Jun 22

Please, please remember before you post: our sons are part of a Special Operations community, even while in training, and it is vitally important to form the habit of not divulging any information that could possibly compromise the safety of any of their members. This would especially apply to names, dates, places, procedures, etc. You might like to read the "Discussion Forum" titled "OPSEC" for some guidance. If you are still in doubt, please ask one of our members for their opinion by private message before you post. We are here to help each other, but we must be careful at all times.

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Comment by wellen(ship04/DIV818 PIR 9/1) on November 7, 2013 at 11:36am: Wow...must be old home week! Hello SWCC moms..my W has not yet been deployed, I've already thought about the no news is good news theory. Hope he's home for Christmas! Kelly, Glad you'll have the boys together!

Comment by kelly67 on November 7, 2013 at 11:26am: Hey D'sMum so nice to see your post here today! Wow deployment #3...time sure does fly! I'm glad he will be home soon to spend time with you! We are looking forward to see our son at Christmas...it's been a year since he's been home! He has been preparing for deployment over the last few months.

Hello to everyone...Happy Fall & Happy Thanksgiving!

Comment by D'sMum35 on November 7, 2013 at 3:26am: Hey everyone! I hope you all are doing well! I can't believe we have 186 members! Welcome to all!!
When I joined, I think we had 68!!!!! I hope all of your Warriors are well. Mine will be home soon from deployment #3. Man, time flies! Anyway, just thought I would stop in and say hi!

Comment by mjm on August 13, 2013 at 1:36pm: Zephyr mom - I wanted to send you a friend request, but can't seem to find your comment anymore. I may need "NavyForMoms 101" but could you post again?

Comment by mamajimmy on August 11, 2013 at 2:10am: I have to say thank you to all of you on this site. I have gained so much knowledge from just reading your posts. Back in November, we were able to make it to PIR because someone posted a way to get in to graduation avoiding all the traffic. We left very early and still found the traffic to be at a complete stand still. I don't remember who it was but I was so thankful to have read that post. I have not posted much because my son was nervous for me to even be on here. So I will not post anything on the board about him or his training. But if any of you need support or prayer I would be so happy to be there for you. @ zephyr mom... you are so very welcome! So thrilled for your son!

Comment by kelly67 on August 10, 2013 at 10:00am: Zephyr mom, Congratulations on your son finishing the Tour & Thank you for the prayers! I remember that emotional exhausting feeling well & still feel it every now & then! They are strong men to endure & get through this type of training absolutely!

Comment by sheryl Navy 2 on August 10, 2013 at 9:38am: Good morning everyone
I haven't been on much our "w" was away training .
But new moms it is a very different world being SWCC . Our youngest is a corpsman in Italy and its almost , at times like he is away at Summer Camp. Then other times swamped .
Go with the flow . Your guys will talk to you when they need to . It's a lot for them to take in to ,and this is their job . This time we are the bystanders as parents .

Dee I'm going to tap you , I'm recovering and Kelly 59 too . Email you guys later .
Have a great weekend everyone and thank you for your sons service .

Comment by kelly67 on August 10, 2013 at 8:41am: Good Morning SWCC Family & Welcome mjm & Tikkie! I just have to say that when our son was going through SWCC training from start to finish the support on this site was wonderful! Travis66 & Denise (Dee) you two were a big help ~ as well as D'sMum, BJA57 & Tee-1 Sailor's Mom almost 3 years ago when I began this journey with my son! It is true that alot has changed since our sons went through but still the support that you share here today for the new Moms is great! I will always feel the gratitude for the support you all gave me! :)

Comment by Tikkie on August 9, 2013 at 5:24pm: MJM -- I'm happy to have found you. You will be a great resource for me because your son is a few months ahead of mine. I'm not worried about the Chicago cold, as we're from the Midwest. However, the idea of jellyfish stings and huge attrition rates freaks me out a bit. :) (Maybe I shouldn't have read the old posts!)

Comment by mjm on August 9, 2013 at 5:12pm: Tikkie - that was more in line with some things I had heard, but like I said, hopefully I can get more word from the boy himself soon! If it helps, my son also worked with a Petty Officer in our area before leaving for BC, but it was more on a once a week kind of schedule to work on his times on the various physical tests. He wasn't so good at working out every day in addition to that, but most days. He seemed to keep up fairly well in BC!