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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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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 JillG on April 15, 2011 at 9:49am: How many of you are members of the Bataan's Facebook?? I find the comments by one of the ombudsmen to be infuriating! Is it just me??

Comment by siscarrie on April 15, 2011 at 8:04am: Just got on Bataan FB and the ABS said there was no mail dropped into the water, it was just a rumor. I'm so relieved right now!! Ok ladies i'm headed camping for a few days, i will catch up when i get back. Now i can camp and not worry about that situation.

Comment by ckmom on April 14, 2011 at 9:22pm: Oh No, There were 4 boxes that I knew of that was sent to my son from family members. I'll pray that not all of them went into the ocean. BUMMER !!!

Comment by siscarrie on April 14, 2011 at 9:10pm: My son e-mailed me earlier and said a pallet of mail went into the ocean, I'm so upset right now, i bet the package i sent on the 25th or his calling cards were on there cause they have been sent out 3 weeks ago. I have confirmation numbers for his packages i don't know if that will help me know if they are missing? He even had me order him some uniforms, nwu's and dress whites, and its been 2 weeks since i ordered those, i just don't know!!!

We are headed on vacation for 4 days and I sure am gonna miss my Navy For Moms, but i need this break.

Comment by chandlersmom on April 14, 2011 at 11:39am: I'm from Texas as well Little Elm

Comment by JillG on April 14, 2011 at 11:22am: How's everyone today?

Got an email and call from my sailor. Said it was a VERY long day yesterday. He has changed his job for 90 days and now he stocks the food away when they get it. (i am sure there is a technical name for this, but i do not "speak navy" very well) He spend 9 hours in the ships freezer!!! he also said he had woke up at five and didnt get off work till around midnight!!! I felt so bad for him! hopefully things will calm down soon!

Comment by siscarrie on April 13, 2011 at 6:51pm: JillG, it is a small world, thats just neat! i will half to tell my son.

Comment by JillG on April 13, 2011 at 3:31pm: Sandra AM Mom- i can send emails as text its just the you just type in the phone number @vtext.com as the 'email address' if it is a verizon number and it will come to your phone.

siscarrie- what a small world. i saw on the bataan's face book there was a lady asking if anyone lived in east texas and there is some one from Lumberton on the ship as well. i thought that was a weird coincidence.

Comment by siscarrie on April 13, 2011 at 3:07pm: JillG, i was looking at your page and i noticed you live in Beaumont, I live in Spurger about a hour north of Beaumont.