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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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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SpiritWolfDi liked B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet)'s discussion Beginning October 5, 2023 Recruit graduations will be Thursday rather than Friday

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Navy Speak

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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 Jason Dunham DDG 109

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This group is for those of us who have loved ones on the USS Jason Dunham.

Website: http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG109.htm
Location: Norfolk, VA
Members: 54
Latest Activity: Dec 26, 2021

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Comment by mary on February 14, 2013 at 1:58pm: I am new to this. My son should be on the ship by now. I have not heard from in at all and was wondering how do I get his address? How do we communicate? We are first timers with all of this any information would be greatly appreciated. Would like to send care package and get some pictures of him.

Comment by MissMySailor on February 9, 2013 at 11:03pm: Hi all, This has been an exciting deployment for me. With my son on the VBSS team I got to see him on Navy.mil allot plus he sent me pictures several times a week for the past 2 months. He went up in rank to a BM2 and just passed his boards and got his ESWS Pin last week. I am so proud of him he has really studied and worked hard for this not to mention all of the Officers and supervisors that helped teach and train him. I am so grateful he is on such a wonderful ship. My son is so happy that he signed on for 8 more years too. I got these photos of his friends goofing around with him after the pinning ceramony they made me crack up so I wanted to share. The best medicine for missing your Sailor is seeing a smile like this. Hugs

Comment by bluemoon on January 30, 2013 at 10:09am: Just can't count ........ too hopeful. LOL Atleast we're on the short end.

Comment by navymom9875 on January 30, 2013 at 12:43am: Ok, thanks!

Comment by navymom9875 on January 27, 2013 at 8:29pm: Does anyone know if there is a recommended date to stop sending packages to the ship?

Comment by bluemoon on January 25, 2013 at 10:22am: 60 days and counting is what my son told us. Hope all of you are doing well.

Comment by bluemoon on January 22, 2013 at 10:45am: Hurray! We have passed mid-January and the end is getting closer.

Comment by MissMySailor on January 18, 2013 at 9:51pm: Hi Family,

USS Jason Dunham VBSS Team is in the Navy.mil picture of the week voting, let's all vote so they win!!!!!

Okay my son is in it but I always get excited when I see pics of the ship and I am more excited because we are on the countdown of them coming home. My son sent me some amazing pictures yesterday. I am so proud to be a Navy mom and I miss him so much. I feel so lucky that he was assigned this ship out of A school. He has had his ups and downs but he is happy on this ship and has made so many fiends he calls family, I call that lucky.

I keep pictures of any thing I see on the internet even if my son is not in it and making a CD for his "box" of stuff from boot camp until now.

Hugs Paula

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Comment by Julie on December 29, 2012 at 7:12pm: NEW PICS!!! Check out http://www.dvidshub.net/image/807539/uss-jason-dunham

Comment by mary d sailormom ussjasondunham on December 26, 2012 at 12:15am: Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas ! ! I was so glad I got to Skype with my son Christmas Eve and Christmas Day........what a Great Xmas gift. So proud of all our Sailors.