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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 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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Wisconsin Navy MOMs
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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
Discussion Forum
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Started by LuvMySailor!~Michelle Sep 21, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by mom2nw on October 28, 2010 at 9:58am
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welcome, welcome! So glad you found us. LOL on the nice weather...how long have you lived in WI?? just kidding! I'm so happy all of my leaves blew probably all the way up to Green Bay--we're just north of Milwaukee. My son is in A-school and set to graduate and come home (yippee) the middle of Jan or so.
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Comment by Susan on October 27, 2010 at 11:12pm
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Welcome to the group nytesail! I too am new to the whole Navy world and I'm glad I was told about this site. It's amazing the wealth of knowledge and warmth that you'll find here. For the meet and greet, I was told to join the group "Wisconsin Navy MOMs - RSVP for Jan 22 2011" to RSVP, then pray for nice weather!
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Comment by nytesail on October 27, 2010 at 10:41pm
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Hi I just found all of you, Amen. I'm just going to hang out and catch up on some of the stories and who is going where and when and such. I have a son who will be leaving for BC 3/11. I just saw something about a meet & greet in Jan. Would love to be there. My best to all, Lori
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Comment by Jen - Ship10mom(Div340) on October 27, 2010 at 10:52am
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Oh - and feel free to vent, rant, cry, elate, blabber, so on... that's what we're all here for each other for - this is where we go to get rid of our 'crazies'!! :-)
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Mich - yes, send send send, but don't expect a lot back, anything you hear from your SR will be a stroke of luck! Your PIR group will be an absolute God-send to you!!! Do keep in touch with them and us - and Welcome!!
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Mich, I'm just getting through with PIR (10/8.) and my son said getting mail was the best part of his day. He loved the Packer game wrap-ups I'd print off their home page. I too felt like I was babbling! LOL The best part of his day for the price of a stamp !?..can't beat that! Good Luck it WILL get easier, promise.
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Comment by SimplyJRB-ADs Mom on October 25, 2010 at 10:55pm
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Susan, it had better NOT be a record snowfall month....by Jan I will need the break & some fun. My busy season at work started winding up in August & is going strong, will keep going until Jan. 1 or about a week later. I'm just finishing work tonight. Have my fingers crossed.
Mich Mother of Richard-Hang in there & keep writing. They survive on your mail. I would basically write a daily diary of what each of us did. It seemed like babbling to me, but he didn't mind at all. And then threw in some post cards & regular cards for encouragement. Also, ask in your PIR or the Boot Camp group for the questionaires. They love getting those! It is an easy letter! :)
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Comment by Kris, Stevens mom on October 25, 2010 at 7:00pm
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Mich mother of Richard - ditto to what TerryE said, I only received 3 ltrs the whole time & they were all generic & I missed his 2 calls. Also I think most of the calls need to be earned by the individual divs, my sons div never got privledges because he had a few who were always getting into trouble which rolls down to everyone. But I'll keep my fingers crossed your a LUCKY MOM! p.s. the 'kid in a box' was a tough one for me- I couldnt imagine how it must feel to our kids.
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Comment by Cathi on October 25, 2010 at 3:15pm
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Pl;ease help me to spread the word, i'm trying to reach as many mom's as possible.
INFORMATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With the holidays coming up, I can see where this could be a real problem.
The newest virus circulating is the UPS/Fed Ex/USPS Delivery Failure. You will receive an e-mail from UPS, Fed Ex, or USPS along with a packet number. It will say that they were unable to deliver a package sent to you on such-and-such a date. It then asks you to print out the invoice copy attached. DON'T TRY TO PRINT THIS. IT LAUNCHES THE VIRUS! Pass this warning on to all your PC operators at work and home. This virus has caused millions of dollars in damage in the past few days. Snopes confirms that it is real.
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Comment by Mich Richard's mom on October 24, 2010 at 9:20pm
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Mom2nw~ Thx for the welcome!... yes my son is currently at boot camp. This coming Wed he will be there 3 weeks. He is with Ship 9 Div 15 PIR 12/3/10. We received the 'kid in the box' a week and a half ago. I can not wait to hear from him!
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