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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 decorusXdea on June 16, 2010 at 10:43am: I know of a lot of wives and sailors themself that are upset over it, so they are trying to talk to everyone they can to show that they want it rescheduled and the sailors I talked to said if the CO sees how many people really wanted this they might reschedule it.

Comment by decorusXdea on June 10, 2010 at 11:05pm: if you email the Obudsmen they will email you the official forms =D kearsargeombudsman@gmail.com

Comment by decorusXdea on June 10, 2010 at 8:26pm: Sam, oh yes! Kenny can teach Lucas how to get up and start moving, he's just got to figure out how to get his arms to move with his legs and he's all good! Right now he's just putting his legs down and pushing off with his legs!

Comment by Pat on June 10, 2010 at 4:05pm: Thanks all for the congrats on Kims promotion. I will pass them along to her. I guess that I am lucky I have a daughter who passes along information that she is allowed to give. She had told us about the family cruise right away and is so excited that we are able to come. Especially since her husband is going to be gone that week and she would not have anyone there otherwise. It sounds like they have a lot of activites and demonstrations planed. We had to provide two emergency contacts and any medication that we were on. I know Kim was worried because you can't have had a heart attack within the prior six months and her dad had one the beginning of December so he is just past that mark. Nothing serious, more just a mild wake up for him.

Comment by Sam-Mommy and Wife on June 10, 2010 at 12:43pm: Thanks for all the compliments on Lucas girls really appreciate it, And Kenny is so cute Nancy when the boys get older they can play together.

Comment by DCT MOM on June 9, 2010 at 8:51pm: we live in Missouri just south of St. Louis. Dustin will be driving home on his leave so i will find out just how long it takes. But he informed me last night that he will not be on the ship when it gets back he has to fly out on his plane. So i will waite and see what happens.

Comment by decorusXdea on June 8, 2010 at 6:04pm: He is such a doll Sam<3 I miss Kenny being that tiny!

Comment by DCT MOM on June 8, 2010 at 2:18pm: Congrats to your daughter Pat!! you must be so proud, but then we are all proud of out sailors.
Hope everyone enjoys the family cruise. it is just to far of a drive for us to go to both. But we will be there when they come back from deployment. It is a 13 hr. drive for us. Where do you live Sindy?

Comment by Pat on June 6, 2010 at 7:52pm: Thanks. I was reading on the website for advancement that it was looking pretty tight for advancement. I know for 2nd class they said that it is the tightest it has been since 1997 and the percentage that were advanced was only like 10%. Kim passed the test for 1st class when she took it the first time but not high enough so there weren't enough billets for her to advance. Keep encouraging Josh. Sorry that the Kearsarge is losing him. Bet it is sad going out knowing it is going to be the last time with those shipmates.

Comment by Pat on June 5, 2010 at 3:51pm: My husband and I will be going on the family cruise. We too get in Friday afternoon. We are looking forward to visiting our daughter for a couple days afterwards. She just made first class so a little celebration is in order I think.