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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:
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.
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Love to hear from from anyone in the area! We need to support one another & share our experiences
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Would like the address so I can send my son a card before three weeks.
Started by Regina-ship11Div049. Last reply by Pam Nov 12, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Mom from St Pete on November 17, 2010 at 11:26pm
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My son Graduated!!!! What a great experience it was... It was so great to hug him after all these weeks.... He looked so grownup also. We had a great time visiting him. Spent a day in Chicago. That was exciting to say the least. Was a great trip except for getting lost a lot..... Was hard to say good bye :( But we sure loved seeing him for 3 days..... He is in Pensacola FL now. And he can go on FB and chat with us.... So it is not so bad now. What a difference!!!! Can't wait to see him again.... Life is so much better now....
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We are down to 9 days till PIR I am doing the Happy dance..... It has been a long journey and most of us are ready to see our Sailors... Hope everyone is good. The Holidays are just around the corner. I see some groups are sending care packages to ships. What a great idea... The Drill Team is great I see why they won!!
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Love the video!!! Great way to see your sons and daughters. And see your husbands too. Technology is great. All the moms must be proud!
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Hey Ladies I am from Pinellas Park and have a son in Boot camp going to graduate on Nov. 12Th. I can't wait to see him Graduate. I am happy to see a site for our area. I belong to the Seminole American Legion. I know only one lady from there who has a husband in the Navy. So I am looking forward to coming and chatting with everyone.
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Comment by karen p on October 7, 2010 at 1:32pm
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Alyse, Hope everything works out for your dad and father in law. I will say a pray for both of them.
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Comment by Sharon P.M. on July 15, 2010 at 2:43pm
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GrillSmith, Wiregrass Mall, 1400 on Sat - I'm in! Not certain about the hubs but I will be there! :0)
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Comment by Docsangel on June 29, 2010 at 5:32pm
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Count me in for 2 too.
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I'm in! But hey - the time says "All day" What time are we aiming for?
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Morning Ladies, The 10 or the 17th work for me. I work during the week so a Saturday is always better. JB hows everything?
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Hi Moms! I'm in for a get together, I vote for sometime after the 4th too. Anywhere works, I'm in NPR. Sailor is in Naples, Italy, living life like a rockstar, he's a corpsman - surgical tech and LOVES it there! He's coming home for Christmas this year and we are planning a trip to Italy for next summer to see him!
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