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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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- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Moms who's sons or daughters are on the Uss Essex.
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Discussion Forum
need ship address to send gifts
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Christmas gifts
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my daughter in te USS ESSEX
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Comment by hunter's mom kyann HOOYAH on April 16, 2012 at 1:36pm
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cool-marianne-thanks for sharing.
i heard the cruise was moved from july to june. so, now, i have only 2 months to get all preparations made. i NEED any and all help from beginning to end...haha like flight arrangements, what to take, what not to take, exchange of money...etc...whatever anyone can offer would be GREATLY appreciated! i can't make flight arrangements until i know exact dates...it's killing me! i also heard where we'll meet the ship, well, the name of the place, as if i know where i'm going. ha ha really hoping they put official info out very soon!
haven't heard too much from hunter...a little on FB. :(
hope you all are doing good. we're doing ok, here. looking forward to the cruise, mostly to see hunter! :)
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Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on April 13, 2012 at 11:35pm
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Heard the dates for the Tiger Cruise yet....not that I am going. Just wondered if those who were planning on it got the the information.
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Comment by cathyo Ship 11 Div 063 on April 12, 2012 at 9:40pm
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What a wonderful surprise! Congratulations!
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Katie surprised me with these pics! She and her friend worked together. Katie was hoping to get her EAWS after getting her ESWS last year!
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Comment by Mary n Jesse on April 11, 2012 at 11:05am
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The email thing is due to them changing to the BHR email address. Their "2" will become "6".
Heard there was an earthquake in Indonesia on the radio. Haven't looked into it after that, but they are hoping that a tsunami does not follow. I hope that doesn't happen!
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Comment by Kim on April 10, 2012 at 9:32pm
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KimTN, that is just horrible. I hope he doesn't have problems being reimbursed.
Mary, I think it is ok to post. It happens a lot on deployed ships for many different reasons. My experience has been that they can receive messages but cannot send them. I don't think they are allowed to use their personal email or fb. If it is the same thing, it is nicknamed "River City".
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I'm surprised they did that, Kim. Hopefully it won't be too much of a hassle to get reimbursed. Almost sounds like the lady didn't know what she was doing (?).
All - Jess says no email for a couple of weeks starting tomorrow (their "today"). Hope this is ok, to say here, but wanted you all to know. They should still be able to get to personal email and fb and stuff I would think.
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Hi all! Hope all had a nice Easter. We were surprised by a skype from Josh. It was 5:00 a.m. in Japan/4:00 p.m. EST and the family was all together at my sister's house. Unfortunately, he JUST missed our uncle. He had been there for 4 hours and was exhausted so we took him back to his place. It was so wonderful and made my day complete!
LOL Mary!!! I have always enjoyed the karma as my sons got older :-)
KimTN, you must be estatic at this point!! I hope you still drop in on us here! I'm still learning from the more experienced moms!
Marianne, happy to hear Katie was able to get a connection. I plan on ordering the other t-shirts in June. Can't wait!
Sharon, I bet you are having a WONDERFUL time!!!
Take care all!
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(Shhh!) Lovin how things work out sometimes...Our (poor, poor) Jesse is cleaning the essex berthing spotless. "there's about 15 years worth of YUK", mom! It's not fair!" blah blah blah
I tried not to laugh. HA! I had to clean his room when he left for the Navy so we could remodel it. Lovin' the little payback...karma, son. karma (LOL)
Hope you are all doing well
(and Yay Kim from TN, very excited for you all!)
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Kim from TN - yesterday when we were visiting my mother, one of my sister's whose son is a Captain in the Army was wondering why Katie wasn't getting 30 days when she comes back from Japan - told her that she was reporting straight to Norfolk and filing a chit so she can (hopefully) get off for 2 weddings she will be a bridesmaid in the following month. It will be so nice for Hans to be home to celebrate with you and to spend the time together before VA.
Katie ended up getting through (connection not great, but...) and we talked until we left for Easter services.
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