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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

Events

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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

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...

Members: 55
Latest Activity: Jan 13, 2019

Discussion Forum

Blue Ridge

Started by Myangels. Last reply by Rhonda Nov 29, 2018. 1 Reply

What does your sailor do?

Started by CCR. Last reply by ldk Jan 17, 2013. 28 Replies

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Comment by diane {Shawns mom} on October 9, 2009 at 3:57pm
I am joining this group to annouce that our VERY own Molly's son has been assigned to this wonderful ship...I have read the FB page and read up on it....This ship ROCKS!!!!!!!!!...CCR-YOU know MOLLY...this is so cool...
Comment by CCR on October 9, 2009 at 12:20pm
Linn, I like it small, don't you? {( :-)
I have a hard time on here and FB. The only thing that really works is my yahoo e-mail, and I don't get this to work very well or very long. when I try to download pictures, the window closes on me. Oh well, probably God's way of telling me to get off the computer.... LOL
Comment by KTSNavymom Kathy on October 5, 2009 at 12:03pm
Hi Veleda,
Welcome to our group!! Looking forward to getting to know you and your sailor!! We have a wonderful group here, so happy you joined us!! Yes we try to keep each other informed about things happening on the ship.
Comment by CCR on October 5, 2009 at 11:34am
ok Kathy, thanks. I told him IT.
Veleda, I want to welcome you. My husband is a chef and when he was president of the East TX chefs association, there was a lady Sherrie who owns dessert dreams in Dallas - she went on about 4-5 ships as a mentor. Her father was an FC in the Navy like my son, so we talked a lot. I wish my husband could go BR to do that, so he could see our son, but he can't get off work.
He would be a GREAT CS mentor though, he teaches classes and stuff. Even though he has a thick accent and is hard to understand - (he is from Brazil) he tells funny stories while he's cooking!

PS Linn changed her picture!!!
Comment by KTSNavymom Kathy on October 3, 2009 at 4:59pm
CCR I told Katie but I don't think she's ran into him yet.
Comment by CCR on October 3, 2009 at 11:54am
Happy belated Birthday Kathleen. My son said some girl looks at him like she thinks she knows him. Did either of you ladies tell your daughter about Patrick? Not that you would, just curious.
Comment by KTSNavymom Kathy on October 2, 2009 at 5:28pm
Happy Birthday Kathleen!!! Hope he calls!!
CCR glad your son called too!!!
Comment by CCR on October 2, 2009 at 3:36pm
woo hoo, I am glad I get up around 5 every day. I got a call at 5:30 from my sailor!
Comment by KTSNavymom Kathy on October 2, 2009 at 11:06am
Katie and her friend did that too. I just got an email from her she said the hotel was very nice. Wonder if they all were at the same hotel. She says she loves it there and the next time we do a family vacation we have to do it there LOL, she says we all would have a blast. She says the only downside is that she already spent a chunk of money.
Comment by KTSNavymom Kathy on October 1, 2009 at 11:57am
The Band is Great!!! I loved watching that video!!
Yeahhhh Kathleen a Call Wooo Hooo!!!! did Jonis happen to say if they were feeling any of those earthquakes around them? I haven't talked to Katie since Sunday.
 

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