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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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Comment by Brenda Sue on May 10, 2012 at 6:00pm
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Ricky's mom, the only moms that shouldn't say anything about their sons - are the pre-BUD's. If your son is going for SEAL - you shouldn't even have your picture on here! Other than that, it is ok to say what you son will be doing!
Glad you got your letter!! Is he still in boot camp?
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Comment by Proud mom of 2 sailors on May 10, 2012 at 4:31pm
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I finally got a letter from my son........He's having a great time. He loves his job it fits him perfectly. Not sure if I am allowed to say what it is here.....
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Comment by TexasSailorMom on May 9, 2012 at 2:28pm
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Brenda72- they can travel on their military orders to get to and from where they are stationed, but if they want to travel on leave and visit other countries they will need their passport.
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Comment by quiltblue on May 9, 2012 at 10:45am
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JenG I sent you a friend invite. My son is in GC! He will be graduating on May 25th from Power School (well, we still have a couple of weeks, ugh). If you think that BC is stressful, Nuke School is nail biter, loose weight kinda-stress! Good luck!
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Comment by Donna on May 8, 2012 at 7:27pm
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I have a sailor! PIR on Friday then he will head to Pensacola!
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Comment by angelasal (ship 09 div 166) on May 8, 2012 at 1:39pm
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Hello everyone!! My daughter left for BC on 4/3. PIR is 6/1.. just a few more weeks!! I'm so excited!! JenG, hope your son gets through w/out hurting his previous injury. Lockhartgma, enjoy every minute you have w him. I took my kids (I have 3) on a 10 day road-trip through 5 states before she left. We wanted 1 more family vacation before BC. Enjoy!!
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Comment by TXNavyMom on May 8, 2012 at 1:28pm
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Good Rainy Wednesday Afternoon Ladies, Well our sailor finally got orders for "C" School he'll be leaving GL on the 23rd and traveling to Dalhgren, VA. He'll be on hold until 16 August when he classes up. Starting to plan our trip there to see him, I'm glad I didn't buy tickets to GL as we had been planning. He's pretty excited to be finally leaving GL after 13 months.
Hope everyone is enjoying these TX thunderstorms. We've had 2+ inches of rain since about 1830 yesterday, and it's still a light rain now.
Take Care and have a great rest of the week.
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Comment by JenG on May 8, 2012 at 1:01pm
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Our son is still in BC...and will HOPEFULLY graduate 5/18. He will then fly out to South Carolina where he will be going to NUKE school for about 18 months or so. He signed on for 6 years. He's considered an old recruit...at 22. Ha!
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Comment by Lockhartgma on May 8, 2012 at 12:47pm
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Hello JenG, angelasal, and Sancy! I am from Lockhart. My grandson is a DEP and ships out for BC on July 25th. We are trying to make the most of the time we have left together. Between my meltdowns and his girlfriend who is an emotional basket case it has been a roller coaster so far! Are your sailors active duty or reserve? Mine will be reservist in Austin after he finishes C school. I keep telling myself that by this time next year everything will have settled down - at least that is my hope!
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Hi! We live in South Austin. My son left for BC on 2/7 but got injured and spent several weeks in RCU. He is back in a new division w/a PIR date of 5/18. I'm a bit anxious, worrying that the rug may be yanked out from under him again...that or another stress fracture! Ha! Saying lots of prayers and trying to stay positive!
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