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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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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 Makin Island LHD8

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Comment by Donna on January 5, 2013 at 4:56pm: Happy New Year to everyone. My husband, daughter any myself had the pleasure of spending christmas with our son/brother. He showed us around the ship. I have to say the living quarters would be hard for me to handle, but I'm glad our son is doing well on the USS MI and has made wonderful friends, is currently taking college courses and is just enjoying San Diego.

Comment by 2timeNavyMomSh13Div265 on January 2, 2013 at 5:56pm: Happy New Year Raider Family...

Comment by proud2baNavyMom on September 21, 2012 at 9:04am: Good morning Makin Island family. My son just joined the crew and is now aboard. Any information would be greatly appriciated, I am new to having a sailor on ship. Also any information about the area and safe areas to live would be greatly appriciated. He is just newly married and waiting for housing allowance to go through so he can bring his wife to San Diego.

Comment by Donna on September 15, 2012 at 9:00am: Has anyone stayed at the Navy Base San Diego Hotel? We're visiting our son for christmas and wanted to get any information on it.

Thanks,

Donna

Comment by NavyWife (03/090) on August 10, 2012 at 12:32am: My Husband and I are new to San Diego and he is new to the Makin Island!! We got here July 6th. Really happy to be here!!

Comment by 2timeNavyMomSh13Div265 on June 22, 2012 at 3:43pm: WELCOME HOME MKI!!!!!!!!!!!WELCOME HOME <3

Comment by makinislandfrg on June 7, 2012 at 12:54pm: We are only able to add people to our home coming Luau for about another 10 days so if you want to join us please let us know. The show is going to be fantastic and so much fun :) Dont miss out celebrating the end of this deployment with us :)

Comment by JackieD on May 15, 2012 at 3:54pm: Hi. My son is currently in A School in Pensacola, FL. He got his orders for the USS Makin Island in San Diego. He's really excited (so am I) since he'll be close to home. We live in the San Francisco bay area. I'm so excited to be a part of this group and get to know the loved ones of the other sailors who are already on this ship.

Comment by makinislandfrg on April 16, 2012 at 11:10am: Thanks for that shout out Sandra but actually you are incorrect. The Ombuds and your sailor are the only one who can give out info on the tiger cruise. Their email is makinislandombud@yahoo.com