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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 Kearsarge (LHD-3)

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Welcome family and loved ones of sailors serving on USS Kearsarge, homeport Norfolk, VA! Please be sure to review and observe the OPSEC guidelines below to keep our sailors safe :) Introduce yourself and join in the chat! Current group Admin: Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom

Location: Norfolk VA - and everywhere!
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USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)

"Reveille to Taps" - This is a very cool three-minute timelapse video of Sailors performing their daily operations onboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge.

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Comment by Brenda(MomofTravis) on September 21, 2010 at 11:46am: Sissy...sorry forgot to add you can cut the bracelet and instead of sewing it use a silicon based glue since that's what those bracelets are made of.

Comment by Brenda(MomofTravis) on September 21, 2010 at 11:44am: Sissy, the only way I've seen to shrink the size on those type of bracelets is pinching together the extra and sewing through it where you want it to fit, then cut the extra off.

Comment by Brenda(MomofTravis) on September 20, 2010 at 8:59pm: No emails, they are still in River City. They can receive them though and care packages is what the ombudsman facebook page says.

Comment by Brenda(MomofTravis) on September 20, 2010 at 8:28pm: Carolyn I agree with Sissi, I'm sure your son is not sick of your e-mails.

I'm miss the email, facebook routine as well. Sure will be glad whenthey are out of river city.

Comment by reedm on September 20, 2010 at 7:50pm: Carolyn I am another marine mom. And this is my son's first deployment too. I went to the Dollar Store today and got things for a care package. Think I will send it tomorrow.

Carolyn you will love it here. Everyone has welcomed me in with open arms. Without them I would never known about River City and many other interesting things.

Thinking of all the families of our military!

Comment by Carolyn on September 20, 2010 at 2:48pm: Thanks for the words of encouragement everyone. I don't like this place called "river city". I'll be glad when they get out of it. I just want to KNOW!! If anyone hears of a motomail letter going through, let me know, PLEASE. I know my son is going to get sick of the emails I'm sending, but I am trying to be encouraging just in case he can get emails but can't send them.

Comment by jkl2z7 on September 19, 2010 at 11:54pm: Hi Carolyn! You are most welcome! We welcome you with open arms. Anyone that has family on the Kearsarge is welcome here. We're here fot r each other to support each other until our LO gets off the ship in Norfolk.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Someone here will be happy to answer.
I keep waiting for a email from my son, but I haven't received one. I miss him so much..

Comment by Susinovoa91 on September 19, 2010 at 11:54pm: they can receive emails but they cant send =(

Comment by DCT MOM on September 19, 2010 at 11:50pm: Welcome Carolyn!!!! My letter is still in status 1 too. iam not sure why it is taking so long for them to get it to them. iam sending another one tonight. so i will see what happens.