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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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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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USS Bataan LHD-5

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Group for family members of Sailors who are on the USS Bataan (LHD-5)

Members: 144
Latest Activity: Aug 25, 2019

I decided to start this group to see who else may have a Sailor on this ship; or heading to this ship.

Granted, we may be a bit limited to what we can discuss openly online, but if nothing else, may be a good way to connect and network off-line as well.

Make sure to not disclose advance ship movements or other OPSEC issues.

My son is an FC2 on this ship.

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Comment by dms on April 22, 2011 at 11:12am: clarkhoward.com has the best info on everything to do with credit and money

Comment by ckmom on April 22, 2011 at 10:02am: siscarrie, Thats ok your not alone!! My son is missing everyone here and wish the ship time could be a little faster. He's bored when not working. Not much to do on down time.

I feel so bad for him!

Comment by siscarrie on April 22, 2011 at 9:37am: Good morning ladies, hope everyone has a great Easter weekend!! Stay busy and take plenty of pictures to send to those sailors.

I know the holidays are always the worst for me, i looked back at my Easter pics from last years, and my eyes were all puffy from crying.

Comment by siscarrie on April 21, 2011 at 9:44am: My son wants me to check his credit score. He said there were sites the Navy recommended but he couldn't remember. Do you gals know? He said he wanted it checked yearly and its been a year since he checked it.

Comment by Miranda Nicole on April 21, 2011 at 2:21am: Hubby just called yesterday. They have satellite phones on the ship. Is his cell international? If so that may be what he was talking about as cell phones can't be used while underway.

Comment by chandlersmom on April 21, 2011 at 1:05am: My Son wrote in his email that he can't call unless they r in port but it seems some r calling?

Comment by ckmom on April 21, 2011 at 12:14am: Kellie I wish there was a beach close to me. But your right summer would be better than winter but I think we are going to hit both of them. Maybe not if we get lucky!!

Comment by siscarrie on April 20, 2011 at 11:18pm: I know! Time is going by way to slowly.

Comment by JillG on April 20, 2011 at 7:43pm: i agree! its going so slow!

Comment by JillG on April 20, 2011 at 12:50pm: my sailors received 1 card i sent him. thats it. i have sent 2 boxes and like 8 letters and lots of cards. my moms kindergarten class has sent him pictures and letters too and he hasnt received any. :( hopefully he gets them before he leaves the ship.