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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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All Mom's who hail from the very proud state of TEXAS!!!

Members: 1413
Latest Activity: on Tuesday

A Little Bit About TEXAS

Welcome all Moms who hail from the very proud state of TEXAS!!! Please tell us about where you live in Texas (we all know it is pretty big). Also, give us an idea about what your Sailor is doing and where he/she is (watch for OPSEC issues, though).

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Comment by lala 4 on January 29, 2012 at 6:02pm: Yes, Eaglemom he put his dad, sister and girlfriend and left his mom and brother off. But, I have already written him to get it corrected lol

Comment by pam bailey on January 29, 2012 at 3:50pm: Where is your son stationed? Mine is in Jacksonville

Comment by Rhonda on January 29, 2012 at 2:50pm: Pam~ We did not go to the send of last time nor will we be there for his coming deployment. They dont allow us on the pier & you cant see your sailor the day they leave so we choose to just go to the homecoming.

My son was on deployment last year & they did the taxes on board ship for them.

Comment by Elaine-PIR 10/1/10 on January 29, 2012 at 1:01pm: If your sailor is deployed, out to sea, on tax day, they have six months from the day they arrive back from deployment to get their taxes done. If they are in port or shore-based the taxes are due on the regular day. My sailor was out last year and will be again this year. I can get on mypay and print his monthly LES and his W-2. We are retired from the Navy and AARP members. The AARP comes to the library in my town and you schedule a time to see them, usually Saturday, and it is free. I am sending his W-2 with his dad to see if he can get it done. When he comes back from deployment all he will have to do is sign, date and send. Since he does the EZ form, I tried to do it myself last year just before he went back to his ship after leave. I must be arithmetically challenged because he got back way more than I thought he would. LOL. He was okay with that and he got a pleasant surprise when it was deposited.

Comment by Maria ( 9/132 - HM- 04-2011) on January 29, 2012 at 10:21am: My son received a hard copy of his w-2.

Comment by pam bailey on January 29, 2012 at 12:10am: Rhonda...we plan on making homecoming this summer. I am sorry I was not there when he left. He called me 3 times that morning before they left. I told him to have someone take a picture while he was in uniform and he informed me he was not in uniform that he was on SCAT and had to wear his bullet proof vest. TMI for mom to know. I was more worried after that little bit of news. I told him to keep that info to himself, his reply...well you asked. I said now you choose not to lie after all these years. Lol.

Comment by Brenda Sue on January 28, 2012 at 11:30pm: Their W-2's are online. Most bases have a place that does them for free. This is my first year to work for a national tax company, so my son is going to let me do his.

Do you know that pay earned in a combat zone is non-taxable? My son is making some good non-tax money now!

Comment by Pearl Harbor MA on January 28, 2012 at 11:15pm: How does the Navy do taxes? Do they send w2's or what? This is our first year to mess with it.I told them I would ask on here because y'all know everything!!

Comment by Rhonda on January 28, 2012 at 10:51pm: My son was in Pensacola for A school as well & he left later as well.

Pam if you can make it to homecoming than GO!!! It is an awsome sight to see not as good as PIR but darn close!!!! I went to my sons in July & it was great. We(our USS Enterprise N4M's) are starting to plan our next homecoming. We find that the planning helps the time go by faster.

Comment by Matt's Mom/Cathy on January 28, 2012 at 8:15pm: My son went to Pensacola for A school but did not leave until five days after PIR.

Pam we stayed at the LaQuinta in Gurnee also. It was nice to have the restaurants within walking distance of the hotel and not a bad drive to the RTC either.