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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Discussion Forum
Tiger Cruise
Started by Michiganbelle. Last reply by MyLAS (My Lips are SEALed) Nov 20, 2015. 9 Replies 2 Likes
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Comment by mtnmom on July 3, 2010 at 9:56am
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If the website administrator is not contacting you with logon information, send an email to your ombudsman, she should be able to contact the administrator for you.
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Good morning all-
New pictureds are available to view on the ship's website. They are in the June photo folders, there are some beautiful sunsets.
Gen
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Comment by hope043 on July 2, 2010 at 12:29am
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Starr - the website for registering is: http://www.oscar-austin.navy.mil/default.aspx
A happy and safe 4th to everyone :)
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Comment by Julie B. on June 25, 2010 at 7:24pm
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Yes, has to be an International phone card. I was so confused by the different cards that I went to the recruiters office and asked!
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I bought my son an ATT International phone card at Wal-mart and sent him the phone number, card number. There was like a one or two second delays when he would finish saying something before I heard it.
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You can actually fill out those custom forms online and print them. https://webapps.usps.com/customsforms/cp72sender_recipient.jsp
Thanks for the tip about grouping like items together (ie: snacks) instead of listing each item separately.
I asked my son if they had a place somewhere on the ship where sailors could place care package items that they really didn't want/need so someone else could use it. He said they didn't have anything like that but that they do swap with others.
Which phone cards do you recommend or are they all about the same? How do they use these (I'm picturing a pay-phone on the ship LOL).
Thanks for all the good information found here!
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Thanks for all the tips, gals. The PO man was very helpful and walked me through everything. Told him we are going to be best buds before long!
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I normally write snack foods, cookies, nuts, candy, and anything specific that will show on the xray, like can opener or drink bottle when I sent those things and I select gift and a amount usually less than $50. Why do we have to fill out a customs slip for our kids in the Navy?
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The PO forms for sending these packages are going to be the death of me!
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HI Julie B-
I sent the codes for the phone card to my son on Sunday and he called me on Wednesday mid morning. Hope your calls soon and you have a nice long chat.
Gen
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