This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
FIRST TIME HERE?
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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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 Ponce (LPD15) - Alumni
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Former sailors of the Ponce.
Members: 43
Latest Activity: Apr 2, 2014
Discussion Forum
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Started by dougsmom. Last reply by NavyMomLinda(sh09div340) Feb 22, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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Comment by Tina RH on January 27, 2012 at 10:05pm
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My Google alerts are on fire tonight....does this mean that our sailors stay o
n the ponce & no new commands?
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Comment by dougsmom on January 27, 2012 at 10:35am
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Don't we all just love New Baby Announcements. Congratulations Bryant's mom.
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Good morning, Ponce moms. Theresa, thank you so much for posting the article below.
We are finally having winter here in Oklahoma after several weeks of very mld weather. No snow and thankfully, no ice, but very cold the past couple of days. Tomorrow it will warm up again but certainly not to the 80 degrees that I am more comfortable with.
Have a wonderful day today and a nice restful weekend.
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Happy New year to you all. I am so happy we are all keeping in touch
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and your sailors. I've been cooking all day and being sad that Doug will not be with us. Have a wonderful day and, as Pam said, get as full as a fat puppy. Too cute, Pam.
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You arre so right, Theresa. I, too, hope we can all keep in touch and that this site stays active. Though I have not met any of you, I feel as though I know you all. A reunion would be wonderful and I would make a point of being there if it is at all possible. Living in Oklahoma, I have missed so many of the events related to our Sailors and the USS Ponce.
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Wow...spell check...LOL. going to check powerball numbers!
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That is wonderful! I've been do busy, I better check the powerfully numbers
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Comment by jacquec1253 on November 3, 2011 at 9:35pm
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Thank you so much for the news clip. I like many of you am just bursting with pride and shed a few tears. So sad that they're decommissioning her. Hopefully we can all still stay in touch. God Bless
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Pam, I hope your uncle is able to visit the ship and connect with Jonatan, God Bless our sailors.
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