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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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Moms from Wisconsin who want to share their photos or share their experiences of their son or daughter in the Navy.
Location: Watertown
Members: 123
Latest Activity: Jan 28, 2020
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Comment by Cathi on December 6, 2010 at 3:08pm
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Yes nascarnov ship07div051, Its okay to use their first name.
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Comment by Rhonda(EMmom) on December 5, 2010 at 11:35pm
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Andysmom--my son is not in spec ops, he did this all on his own. He graduated top in his class at A-school and in C-school. He's a smart kid, loves math & science! His job requires alot of it, he's happy he chose this job.
Congrats Richardsmom, on your new sailor!! Sure does give you a nice cozy feeling doesn't it! Enjoy your weekend with him.
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Comment by Dana - Ship 11 / Div 361 on December 5, 2010 at 11:15am
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Susan - Thanks for the information. Will join that group shortly. And SimplyJRB-Pcola AD - Thanks for the information, I'm certain it will come in handy.
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Comment by SimplyJRB-ADs Mom on December 5, 2010 at 10:46am
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Well what a whirl wind week!!! Our son arrived home from Pensacola Wed. before Thanksgiving & left Fri. for his first duty station; Pax River Maryland, where he arrived Safely! We were able to have him home for Thanksgiving & celebrate a bit of Christmas while he was home. I managed to get the tree up & decorated all in just a few hours! Believe me with the way my work is right now, that is a miracle!! Hope everyone was able to have a good holiday!! Welcome Dana; it will be a couple weeks before you get another letter, but write, write, write to him! That is what keeps them going. And mom2nw is right, it really doesn't matter what you say they don't care. I read some where that 1 mom accidentally sent her grocery list in a letter; he returned it after adding to it. Check out this website is there a discussion out there that has funny comments in it from SRs during BC. I copied some of those out & sent them to out son. Also, someone posted a generic letter from 1 sailor to another I printed that & sent it. Found out PIR weekend that that generic letter made it around his division about 2 times! I could not believe it!!!!
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Comment by Susan on December 5, 2010 at 7:43am
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Hi Dana~ If you join group "Wisconsin Navy MOMs - RSVP for Jan 22 2011" all of the planning info can be found there. There hasn't been a restaurant chosen yet, but the important part was the date.
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I received the form letter today - Yeah I have an address now. 1st letter is in the mail already and more to follow. Now, I will see if there is a group formed for Ship 11 DIV 058.
mom2nw - I think the Meet and Greet will be fun. I'm planning to attend. Wheere can I get more details about the event?
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Comment by nytesail on December 4, 2010 at 12:11am
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Wow, all kinds of happenings here the past few weeks! I am happy to say my son has finished his move back home with us and I am amazed at how neat and orderly his room is. If I didn't see it I wouldn't believe it! :)) The strangest order came from my sons recruiter. He needed to meet at his recruiters office today and a group traveled to GL base for a weigh in. Has anyone else heard of this? Just curious. By the way, I'm not tossing leftovers out with my son home.
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Comment by mom2nw on December 3, 2010 at 8:43am
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Nic's mom (I'm a Nick's mom!, too) : the next 8 weeks will be a roller coaster sadness at missing your SR, then elation when you run to the mailbox and you see his handwriting! ...check us out here and on your PIR group---we're all here to support each other! Write lots of letters---I always thought mine to my son were a little rambling, but he said mail call was the best part of his day, no matter what was in it. Join us....and anyone else out there that hasn't heard about it...at the Meet and Greet in January in Madison! Hang in there.
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nascarnov ship07div051 - Thx for the encouraging words. I plan to hunt down the recruiter for that address, got to hear from him soon. He hasn't even been gone a week yet, but I'm not use to not hearing about what is going on in his life. I just got home today and his box arrived already (Gee that was fast).
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I'm sure you did, I cried for joy for you! welcome to the Navy and not making any plans until the last minute!
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