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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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- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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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
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.
Discussion Forum
Looking for Moms and Family Members who have Sailors on the USS Bataan
Started by Navy for Moms Admin. Last reply by mamabear Jul 13, 2017. 55 Replies 7 Likes
Possible Deployment, USS Bataan 2014
Started by GoNavy. Last reply by Yasminie5 Dec 20, 2014. 17 Replies 4 Likes
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Comment by Sailor's Mom on April 1, 2011 at 5:52pm
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FYI : All info on deployment length is just "scuttle butt".... I am a Navy Mom, and also the daughter of an Air Force Colonel who served in WW ll thru Viet Nam.... So until you see your loved ones face or hear directly from his or her lips do not believe any thing.... I don't write on here often, but know from long past experiences, things can change from second to second, for your Sailor or Marine.... So all take a deep breath and "BREATHE"... This will be over before you know it.... I know I sound like a Mom, but I am.... Don't count days left count days past..... Stay safe all of you... I cannot post on here often for security reasons... You all understand?
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Comment by ckmom on April 1, 2011 at 11:04am
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Yes i know I'm with you {{{{{hugs}}}}}
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Sandra and JillG Thanks got my boxes ordered. Don't live close to a post office, this helps a lot.
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Comment by JillG on March 31, 2011 at 8:42pm
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ckmom- i ordered a package of about 25 large flat rate boxes. they are $2 cheaper when you send them to an APO or FPO. I forgot the customs forms though. i hope this link works it should bring you right to the place where you order it. https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?view...
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Hi, does anyone know the web sight for special rate boxes that are free?
a. mitchell, I did hear about the Marines being deployed longer than the Navy. So I hope it's just the Marines only.
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LongIslandNavyMom- good to know! i sent my sailor off with snacks and 2 cases of ramen noodles. I may need to send him some more if the lines are too long for him (he can be quite impatient haha). I'm like you too- I lost it the day he called and said it was time to suspend his cell phone. That, to me at least, made it real. :( I'm just praying that this goes by fast!
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Comment by vpruneda on March 30, 2011 at 5:29pm
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Sandra AM Mom - When we got a call, the caller ID said "NAVY" and a number. It was from the ship, so I hope that helps. Didn't post the number for obvious reasons, but hope this helps.
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Comment by siscarrie on March 30, 2011 at 2:47pm
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when my son called it showed up unknown
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Comment by Songbird800 on March 29, 2011 at 6:15pm
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ckmom and Juan's chibi....I got a phone call too! What a wonderful thing to start my day off! Like your son, ckmom, he didn't have a lot of time, but the 5 minutes we were able to talk was absolute heaven. So grateful!
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I got a call today he didn't have much time to talk, but just to hear his voice was enough for me. There goes the tears!!
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