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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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USS Blue Ridge

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For all Parents, etc that has a Sailor that has or is Currently serving on the Flag Ship of the 7th Fleet. A place where we can connect, discuss concerns & share stories about our Sailors on this ship. I look forward to hearing from all of you...

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Latest Activity: Jan 13, 2019

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Comment by CCR on December 8, 2011 at 8:43am: Imagine if you will that you met another Navy Mom. At a packing party. Imagine at your work place if you met a new face and just couldn't place them, but you KNEW you knew them....
If you thought the world was small before - Kathleen (jonis's mom) is with the new rehab folks at the Nursing Center and rehab that I work at. I met her in Waco when we packed boxes for Molly's adopt a sailor packing party, and my husband was with me. Welcome to Grace Care Kathleen!!!!

Comment by Diann CS Mom on November 19, 2011 at 9:26pm: My son arrived safely to the Blue Ridge yesterday. He starts Indoc on Monday for three weeks.m got to Skype with himlast night. he has to send me some info to havve the military hold put on his line. Otherwise, everything going well for him.

Comment by Pam B on November 1, 2011 at 9:51pm: If you need help with the time conversion, you can also go to this website and just enter where you are and click Japan:

http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc

Comment by ashgrove on November 1, 2011 at 7:54pm: Make sure they actually do it too Diann. And anything else just ask :)

Comment by Diann CS Mom on November 1, 2011 at 7:52pm: Thanks Kathy! I will call Sprint once he gets there and put the line on military hold.

Thanks for the time difference. I will let everyone know.

Comment by ashgrove on November 1, 2011 at 10:33am: Ha yep. I left at 7am on a Tueaday and got there Wed afternoon at 2 and then when I left, I left the hotel at 5am, two hour train ride and a flight at 9am, got to my layover and had 3 flight delays equaling 9 hours and was back still the same day at 5pm. I was exhausted!

Comment by ashgrove on November 1, 2011 at 10:09am: Yep, either 14 or 15 hours. Sometimes it was 16 if they're out to sea and depending on what time zone they are. Mainly 14 plus or minues a few at times. Its like you're talking to the future :)

Comment by Diann CS Mom on November 1, 2011 at 6:54am: What is the time difference between Yokosuka, Japan and the Central US timezone?

Comment by Diann CS Mom on October 31, 2011 at 8:34pm: Thanks girls! We'll have to talk with him and come up with a solution that works for everyone.

Comment by ashgrove on October 31, 2011 at 7:36pm: Hi Diann! My husband didn't use a cell phone there for very long. Minutes are expensive there for Japanese phones. Do the prepaid or go through skype to call. Skyping and fb video chat works very well too. Rob was able to call from the ship as well often and he got internet at the fleet rec which is right across from where they're docked so it was handy. Otherwise he used friends places as well.