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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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SpiritWolfDi liked B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet)'s discussion Beginning October 5, 2023 Recruit graduations will be Thursday rather than Friday

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Navy Speak

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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 RAMAGE (DDG 61) FAMILIES

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Families who have Sailors aboard the USS Ramage (DDG 61). The Ramage is stationed out of Norfolk, VA.

Location: Norfolk, VA
Members: 36
Latest Activity: Aug 25, 2019

Links, pictures, and other stuff....

Here's the link for the USS Ramage website:
http://www.ramage.navy.mil/default.aspx

Naomi L Wetterstrom
Command Family Ombudsman
United Through Reading Homefront Coordinator
USS Ramage (DDG 61)
757-513-2391/757-304-9078
www.ramage.navy.mil/b>

FRG President: Ramagefrg@yahoo.com

OPSEC Points :

Don’t discuss current or future destinations/ ports of call/deployment bases .
Don’t discuss current or future operations or missions.
Don’t discuss current or future dates and times of exercises or missions.
Don’t discuss readiness issues and numbers.
Don’t discuss specific training equipment.
Don’t discuss people’s names and operations.
Don’t speculate about current or future operations.

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Comment by Hiswifetheirmommy on February 22, 2010 at 10:48am: Thanks for posting the newsletter Joan =). Great to read. Here's the ships newsletter for February, it is different from the FRG newsletter, I do not receive those, so I can only post this =)
February1.pdf

Comment by Hiswifetheirmommy on February 5, 2010 at 6:25pm: Your very welcome =). I do have some more but am limited to what I will post due to safety reasons of those in the photos. My husband sent me a Cd with some photos on it, and As soon as I get those, I will post some!

Comment by Cher2010 on February 5, 2010 at 5:04pm: Yes, thank you for posting the pictures. Feel closer to my boy already!

Comment by Hiswifetheirmommy on February 1, 2010 at 5:58pm: Some photos from the ship's departure date (from my personal collection).

Comment by Hiswifetheirmommy on February 1, 2010 at 5:53pm: While not the best of circumstances for the photo to be taken, this is an absolutely beautiful photo taken off the USS Ramage off the coast of Lebanon

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on January 29, 2010 at 11:00am: Seen this article and had to share...

Navy sends second ship to aid Ethiopian flight salvage
Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, January 29, 2010
NAPLES, Italy — The U.S. Navy is sending another ship to help in the salvage and recovery efforts of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 that crashed Monday off the coast of Lebanon, presumably killing all 90 people onboard. The plane was bound for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

On Thursday, the Navy sent the USNS Grapple, a rescue and salvage ship that was conducting training with the Tunisian navy in Bizerte, Tunisia, when a request came from the Lebanon government and U.S. State Department for aid in the recovery efforts, a U.S. Navy 6th Fleet news release said.

As one of the Navy’s four rescue and salvage ships, the Grapple and its Navy divers have the ability to recover objects from the ocean floor, tow stranded vessels and provide firefighting assistance.

Officials on Thursday sought to recover the black boxes from the downed aircraft, which took off from Lebanon on Monday amid a fierce thunder and lightning storm.

A U.S. Navy vessel detected the black boxes at about 4,264 feet under the sea, according to The Associated Press.

On Monday, the Navy sent the guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage to the crash site.

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 12, 2010 at 10:50am: Here's all I have, enjoy!!

http://www.navy.mil/media/allhands/flash/ah200901/

http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/burke/

http://www.flagshipnews.com/

http://www.navy.mil/swf/index.asp

http://foia.navy.mil/foia/online.asp

http://www.baseops.net/militarybooks/navy_ships.html

http://www.navybuddies.com/what/bridgewing.htm

http://www.nmcrs.org/

http://www.navysheets.com/

http://www.navytimes.com/

https://www.nexnet.nexweb.org/pls/nexstore/nx_display_facility_new?...

http://www.oconus.com/Main/navy.asp

http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2001-10-23-01-26645

http://saveasailor.webs.com/apps/links/

http://www.destroyers.org/index.html

http://www.trooptube.tv/home

http://www.wavy.com/

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=61634

http://donaldstirling.fotopic.net/p61386763.html

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 11, 2010 at 10:30pm: http://www.wtkr.com/news/military/

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 11, 2010 at 10:27pm: Not to worry, Joan. I will share ALL my secret websites with you!!

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 11, 2010 at 9:19pm: Oh, you want all my little trade secrets, huh???? lol I'll start posting links in here for you. :) I don't any info from the ombudsman or FRG president. Most all of what I post comes directly from the Navy and their press releases, including photos. I keep tellling everyone, EVERYTHING is on the internet.....you just have to find it! :)