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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 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:

RTC Graduation

**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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USS George Washington Sailors

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For family members of sailors who are on the USS GW on their way to be stationed in Japan

Members: 284
Latest Activity: Apr 7, 2019

Per the N4M Community Guidelines:

Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security)
(Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips)
The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:
• No Sailor addresses, emails, or other contact information. The exception to this rule is FPO addresses.
• Specific dates, times, and locations regarding current or future deployments and ship movements. Do not post dates more specific than by month. Do not post specific ports of call, deployment bases, or future destinations.
• Details regarding training, equipment, and current or future operations or missions.

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Comment by Smith on May 17, 2015 at 5:22pm: I was able to do video chat with my son yesterday. I was very happy to see him. The upcoming deployment is his third deployment. I am sure he will do well and return to Japan. If anyone knows any information about GW, please post it. I pray for all GW members safe deployment.

Comment by EDS - USS Ronald Reagan, Japan on May 8, 2015 at 4:42pm: Before we get our weekend festivities for Mother's Day going I wanted to drop in and wish y'all Momma's, Momma's to be, and Papa's being Momma's an Awesome Mother's Day.

"To the world you might just be one person,
but to one person you might just be the world."
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Comment by EDS - USS Ronald Reagan, Japan on May 8, 2015 at 4:25pm: Saw this posted yesterday on Facebook. Just wanted to pass it along...

GW Friends and Family,

As of May 1, 2015, the USPS Mailing Address for your favorite Sailor has the following format:

(RATE/RANK) LAST NAME, FIRST

USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)

UNIT 100148 BOX ###

FPO AP 96650

Comment by bon j on May 2, 2015 at 9:39pm: I'm not sure if I'll be able to see my son either ...but San Diego is as good of place to vacation as any...my husband and I NEED a vacation so San Diego here we come!!! Would love to visit him in Japan but we would be paying that credit card off for the rest of our lives!!!

Comment by TNmomof8 on May 2, 2015 at 9:03pm: @NavyMomandNavyChiefsWife I don't expect to see mine for a few more years, so this was going to be a golden opportunity. But I guess the Navy's needs come first ;-)

Comment by NavyMomandNavyChiefsWife on May 2, 2015 at 6:33pm: @TNmomof8. I was so sad when I found out my son was staying Japan after the hull swap and going to the RR. I think I am ok now, but still a little down When my son finally came home early April for his two weeks I hadn't hugged him in over two years!

Comment by DylsMom on May 2, 2015 at 6:31pm: I thought so but wanted to make sure. Thank you =)

Comment by NavyMomandNavyChiefsWife on May 2, 2015 at 6:27pm: @Dylsmom. Yes the address will stay the same!

Comment by DylsMom on May 2, 2015 at 6:22pm: Does anyone know if the address stays the same as it is now , when sending packages to the GW while underway?

Comment by TNmomof8 on May 2, 2015 at 11:42am: Mine will be going back to Japan after hull swap. Broke my heart when he told me his chief said don't bother going to San Diego because he will be working the whole time and wouldn't get to see him. I haven't had a hug since Oct. 2013.