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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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USS Kidd

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For Moms, wives, finaces, girlfriends etc. of sailors aboard the USS Kidd (DDG 100)

Location: San Diego, CA
Members: 15
Latest Activity: Jan 13, 2020

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Comment by cekj5 on September 20, 2011 at 9:06pm: Hi Martisu, Kelly-John's Mom and all! I heard from my son last week. He sounded good but busy. He had not yet received the package I sent a few weeks ago. It does seem to take a long time to get packages but hopefully a shipment will arrive soon...maybe your son will get all his packages near his b-day Martisu, that would be nice!! K-J's Mom, how do you track your packages? Just wondering if I insure them if I'll get a tracking number? Hope you are all well...feeling the season starting to change here on the East Coast!

Comment by cekj5 on September 5, 2011 at 10:34am: Hi Everyone - just checking in. Hope you are all doing ok. Martisu - saw the pictures on facebook. There were a few of my son too! I hope they will post more pictures soon. Finally got my first care package out. That was interesting figuring out how to send it, with the customs form and all...Enjoy your Labor Day everyone!

Comment by katnav on August 13, 2011 at 3:08pm: do you guys know how many weeks before they receive the packages? and how many packages can you send?

Comment by katnav on August 2, 2011 at 11:58pm: hi im a new member of this group. this is my boyfriend's first deployment so i don't really know what to expect im clueless.. i don't know the rules when sending a care package or even a letter. and i dont know the rules when it comes to the use of internet or can they use phone or what.. but im hoping that this coming 7 months will go by really really fast.

Comment by sacha3357 (Wife of an FC) on July 28, 2011 at 9:24pm: New to this group. Husband just reported Wed. and this will be his first deployment. Hope the time goes by quickly.

Comment by cekj5 on July 23, 2011 at 8:41am: Hi Josie cat, my son is on the ship. Just arrived a few weeks ago. It's all very new to us. Still trying to figure out things i.e. contact info, phone, etc. N4Ms has been a great support, lots of info. Looking forward to connecting with the group!

Comment by Susan mom to Niko on August 9, 2010 at 1:10pm: Watching the ships get ready to be underway... thanks for the great tour and respresentation to Seattle!! Fair winds and following seas!!