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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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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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 WASP FAMILY

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for everyone that has a family member, spouse or loved ine aboard the wasp to share stories, relieve stress, make new friends, and all aorund support for each other.

Location: anywhere that has affiliation with the Wasp
Members: 48
Latest Activity: Apr 9, 2019

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Comment by Lacysmom on May 31, 2012 at 5:02pm: I haven't seen it but I will google it now. I did watch the concert but my daughter wasn't there. I also taped Live with Kelly but she wasn't there either. She doesn't understand why I would try to catch a glimpse of her. I am counting the days til I pick her up and I agree, watching her walking toward me at the airport is great! I will go google that now, I'm anxious to see it. Thanks!

Comment by Trish on May 31, 2012 at 12:21pm: Aww. thanks for the reply. I dont know if you saw this, but if you Google "Robert Johnson Business Insider USS WASP" you can see three articles (with pictures) he wrote about the trip from Norfolk to NYC. Pretty cool! DId you see the Tim Mcgraw concert when it was streaming live Monday night? King took a picture and sent it to me so I could tell where he was standing, I saw him at least a dozen times. We are fortunate to have the technology that we have now. Glad your daughter is coming home soon, what is better than that first moment you see them at the airport? Now that he is married (!), I know my daughter in law has it much worse than I do, somehow being in the "supporting role" makes this a little easier. Thanks again for replying. Enjoy your family being together!

Comment by Lacysmom on May 31, 2012 at 10:18am: Hi Trish! My daughter is also on the WASP, she has been there for not quite a year. I agree with you, I miss her like crazy but am so proud of her. I have not seen her since Christmas, I flew down and spent a week with her. She will be home next Thursday for her sister's wedding. I can't wait to see her and the family has not seen her in about a year. I wish you and your son the best!

Comment by Trish on May 31, 2012 at 12:02am: I am so happy to find you all here! My son, King, just left for Norfolk on May 22nd. He was home for two weeks. I was fortunate enough to have him home for Mother's Day!! AND he got married on the 12th!! He left for boot camp just last December, its amazing how much has happened in less than a year. I dont know how anyone elses experience has been so far, but the Navy was definitely the best thing he could have done for himself. it has been a great experience. I miss the heck out of him but the pride and happiness certainly out weighs the sadness. I look forward to reading everyone elses stories!

Comment by tackijacky on May 28, 2012 at 9:06pm: Groups from the USS Wasp at Tim McGraw concert right now, being broadcasted live on youtube.com.....check it out, camera catching numerous views of the audience!

Comment by Earl's_Wife on May 26, 2012 at 6:48pm: Marcy, My hubby and I were at the Battleship Premier too and it was awesome.

I am in NYC right now and is amazing seen the people stop my husband on the street to thank him :)

Comment by MarylandMom on May 24, 2012 at 11:08am: Good Morning Ladies !!!

Thank you are for the support and encouaging words.

I spoke to my Steve a bit ago. There is going to be a full audience of military at the Live With Kelly show tomorrow. It is on at 9am in the east coast. They had to be there at 10am for a taping today. He is going to call as soon as he can when done. That is ABC. Hope they span the audience alot, and a ton of us get to see our loved ones !! I already have a tape in the VCR (yes, that's what I said !!) LOL . I am not good with any other contraption !! So I hope to tape it in case they span quicker than my eyes can follow !!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on May 23, 2012 at 10:14pm: Tackijacky and I were texting back and forth while the ship was leaving Ft. Lauderdale and the Kleenex was flying out of the box - and it was raining and the sailors weren't even able to man the rails :)

There will be plenty of those days, believe me; but there's so much pride in our kids wrapped up in the emotion that it makes it ok. I think every Navy mom has her tearful moments whether driving, in the shower, or watching TV or a Navy commercial like this one (my son being a corpsman and having done humanitarian missions, I go goosebumps -> lump in throat -> wet eyes EVERY time!).

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on May 23, 2012 at 2:46pm: Why ashamed?! I get teary every single time I see sailors manning the rails, I surprised myself the first time and now I'm resigned to this Pavlovian response. It's just so moving to see such a display of pride. Hey, I got teary watching Battleship recently! Which by the way you have to see. I was in Norfolk and there was a sneak preview for Navy families at the amphibious base at Little Creek, so my son and I went to see it. The experience of watching a movie based on Navy ships in a theater full of Navy people was just amazing. It's not your typical aliens/thriller movie; there's humor (it's quite tongue-in-cheek), romance, thrills and patriotism all wrapped up together.