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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 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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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USS Ashland LSD-48
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Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the US Navy. group for mom, wife, fiancee, girlfriend, family, friends, & shipmates of this ship.
Location: Norfolk
Members: 25
Latest Activity: Feb 28, 2020
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Comment by wismama (CS mom) on November 5, 2013 at 3:55pm
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Hey Mamma Marsha.... I don't really know what my boy is up to. This is his third year on Tortuga/Ashland. He must be alright and enjoying himself as it seems we hear less and less from him. Miss him and worry all the time of course. Just get used to not hearing from him for a while.
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Comment by blm on October 19, 2013 at 4:01pm
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chew92-I would think you need to check into Tortuga site now-good luck to your son
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Comment by chew92 on October 19, 2013 at 3:03pm
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I have not been online in a good while. Now the Ashland is in Japan and the Tortuga is coming back to Little Creek with former Ashland sailors. So which group do I belong now? My son will be in Little Creek (Norfolk) on the Tortuga.
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Comment by Dee on October 9, 2013 at 3:36pm
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USS Ashland Update: We have safely ported in Yokosuka and the crew is attending schools they would not normally be able to do and gaining the necessary qualifications from them. Pictures and updates will be forthcoming.
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Hello-my daughter has been with the Tortuga for almost a year and half. She is an OS
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Comment by Mamma Marsha on August 27, 2013 at 9:36pm
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Hi wismama!- my Sailor arrived in Japan just before the swap. Is your sailor almost through with their tour? Mine has 3 1/2 more.
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As a mom of a sailor that was on the Tortuga before the hull swap... just saying, thank your sailors. My sailor has been in Sasebo for 2 going on 3 years. They are out a lot; and what ever improvements are on the Ashland; I'm sure they will be appreciated. I missed seeing my sailor for a wedding of one of his siblings but knowing he will get better equipment.... makes me feel sooo much better. Thank you all again for your support!
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The only thing that changes is the ships. The Ashland stays in Japan and the Tortuga goes home to Virginia with the crew that sailed to Japan on the Ashland. There is an article about it on the "Stars and Stripes" news. There is a search area where you can put in USS Ashland hull swap. put "Stars and Stripes" in any search engine
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Do you know if your sailor stays with Ashland or swaps to Tortuga?
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Welcome Mama Marsha. This current trip to Japan is my son's first sail. It is so exciting to follow their accomplishments and travel. Welcome. There is a Facebook for the ship too with photos and info about their daily life. Join that Facebook page.
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