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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:
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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- Graduation Info
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Started by Anita. Last reply by Anita Jun 7, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by lala 4 on March 8, 2012 at 8:49pm
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Yay for visits! Praying for safe travels for all
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Comment by Rhonda on March 8, 2012 at 6:54am
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Cece so glad ya'll are having a great visit!! My son deploys this weekend from Norfolk Va. After this deployment he is hoping to be reassigned to San Diego since they are decommissioning(SP) his ship the USS Enterprise,
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Comment by Cece on March 8, 2012 at 12:39am
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We have had a great week with our son who is home from being deployed for 7 months. Am already dreading this weekend when he has to head back to San Diego! Pray for a safe trip!
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Lala I toldly understand!!! The minute those big white doors started roling up my tears started rolling down & didnt stop until I had my son in my arms again.
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Thanks Rhonda! I am sooo ready. I believe I will be taking a bunch of hankies because I just watched videos from previous PIRs and cried like a baby! My kid wasn't even in there! lol
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Comment by txsailorsam-Donna on March 7, 2012 at 12:11pm
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I am enjoying having Sam at home. I love hearing him tell stories about life on the destroyer. He has a dry yet humorous delivery.
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lala So excited for you!! Graduation is the BEST!! Make sure you take a hanky because you will need it!! LOL Be sure & enjoy your time with your sailor..
My sailor deploys at the end of the week. So not looking forward to the next 7-8 months. Upside is we have email now & my son is pretty good about emailing me daily while out to sea.
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It took me about 2 weeks to stop being totally consumed by the idea that I did not have control over this situation. If my eyes were open, I was thinking about my son...wondering if he is eating ok, if his allergies were kicking his butt, if these navy people really knew how to take care of my kid! After I started getting letters on a regular basis, he only consumed half of my waking hours instead of all. At the end of week 3 I got a very brief call and that really helped. Maybe that will be your "adjustment" lol. I had a short time of contintment, but now its back to consuming my every waking moment. In these last weeks, I have gotten few letters (and this is typical) because they are so busy preparing for battlestations that they really don't have any free time. I have clung to this site and the facebook pages looking for updates from the people that did get letters. My phone goes with me everywhere and I check fb every 5 or 10 minutes looking for those updates. I leave a week from today....whew!
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Comment by Jangs on March 6, 2012 at 10:11pm
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So happy your time is almost here! I'm still waiting for a letter at least, so how long is the adjustment period I'm on 3-2 today and there is no adjustment yet!
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Well Ladies, I am almost in the homerun stretch. 12 days (11 and a few hours) away from PIR. The time has really gone by so fast-after the first couple of weeks. I remember wanting any piece of information from my son and crying a lot at first. Once the adjustment period was over, things settled down, and now I am just a little over a week away from leaving the big ole city of Mason to head north! I am so excited!
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