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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

Events

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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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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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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 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!
Members: 128
Latest Activity: Oct 19, 2022

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 Vessel2 on September 12, 2010 at 9:25am: I don't know what the FRG is either, so I would love to know! thanks

Comment by jkl2z7 on September 12, 2010 at 12:29am: Ladies, I live in WV, so I hope that I can get the shirts from there if it is made possible. I do know that in the Norfolk Navy Exchange they sell sweatpants,shirts,sweatshirts,cups, all kinds of things. My son has the pants,shirt and a sweat shirt. I would love to have the pants and shirt. Anyone live close to there?

Comment by embarkguru on September 11, 2010 at 8:37pm: Folks, the FRG is working on getting new shirt designs for us! I'm super excited about this!! Please be patient. We hope to see something at the end of the month. If you have not made contact with the FRG, their email address is kearsargefsg@yahoo.com. I have been with the ship for close to three years...with the same old tee-shirt! I'm not a tee-shirt person, I like polos and they are doing those as well. If any of you know a silk screen printer in the Hampton Roads area, please let them know. If they can find one of these that will work with them, they will start doing sweat shirts!

Comment by jkl2z7 on September 11, 2010 at 8:04pm: Thanks for that info. I have a couple of shirts with Proud Navy mom on it. Some shorts too. But, I would love to have something with that says My son aboard the USS Kearsarge or something like that. What do you think it should say? Any ideas would be great. Wonder if we could get it from the PX online?

Comment by jkl2z7 on September 11, 2010 at 6:48pm: Hi ladies, Does anyone know where we can get shirts that says USS Kearsarge?

Comment by Vessel2 on September 9, 2010 at 11:35am: thank you for the link for the pics! it was really great seeing them. I put the ship and all of the families on my prayer list with all of the people from our church and several others in the community! Have a wonderful day all!!!! Our family members are doing us proud.

Comment by DCT MOM on September 8, 2010 at 10:33pm: Welcome to jkl2z7,Marietta, and Navy Mom 2010, Havent beeen on line since we got back from Norfolk, Hope eveyone had a wonderful time with their sailors!!!! We had a wonderful time. but a long ride 15 hrs both ways. Got to meet one of the ladies here. Great photos of the ship . got to go on the ship while we were there. it was awsome .

Comment by Lori on September 8, 2010 at 9:23pm: Wow what a nice pictures, Thank-you for sharing them.

Comment by jkl2z7 on September 8, 2010 at 8:50pm: Wow! I am so happy to see the ship... I am excited for them to see such wonders too. I miss my son so much..as I know you all do.I also, am praying for their safe journey to and from their destination.

Comment by jkl2z7 on September 7, 2010 at 10:44pm: Welcome Marletta! I was wondering if any of you have a son/daughter that is in the Medical department of the ship? I am trying to learn everything I can about all of this...Thanks again.