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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 SimplyJRB-ADs Mom on July 27, 2010 at 10:31pm
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Jill, Congrats to your family. It will be hard to be patient. My son & his girl of almost 2 years just broke up (but are still friends). Her Mom is anti-military & her family doesn't have anyone that has served. She has NO Clue what to expect & is scared to death. Plus she is headed for college in the Twin Cities. She was here for his party; they still act like they are dating. I love her like a daughter already, & she calls me Mom#2. My husband & I see ourselves in them. And we wish we could do something to help.....but we can't. Just Pray!!!!
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Comment by Rhonda(EMmom) on July 26, 2010 at 9:01pm
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Welcome all you new mom's to the group, just read a bit of the other posts and if you have any questions feel free to ask away!! We are all here for you.
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Comment by Jakesmom on July 26, 2010 at 11:41am
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Poolmama72, I have been on NFM since before my son left in April for BC and have gathered a truck load of information. Find a site with your daugthers PIR date or Ship/division or if you can't find one create one. It was my saving grave to have the moms who were feeling exactly what I was feeling to get through the 8 weeks of BC. Jake's PIR was May 27th. As for how we did the weekend, we went down early in the morning the day of PIR. We arrived about 2 hours early. I believe I booked our hotel 2 - 3 weeks ahead of schedule. If you want to do the PIR Meet & Greet at the Ramada in Weukegan you should go down the night before seeing that is usually when they hold the M&G but you don't have to stay there to attend. We stayed at the Super 8 - $60/night. Rooms were nothing fancy but clean and had a fridge in the room. Most hotels in the Waukegan/North Chicago area are only about 5 - 7 miles from the gate. You will get a brochure on hotels, activities etc with your form letter. Also this site will guide you along the way. Good luck to your daughter and remember it is okay to totally miss and worry about her. And remember we have all been there and are here for you.......
Katie
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Comment by poolmama72 on July 26, 2010 at 10:41am
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Is it a crime to chase the mail person if you aren't canine? Sorry, needed a little humor today and thought I would share.
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Comment by Jan on July 24, 2010 at 12:23am
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I am a first time mom too and didn't get on with the navy4 moms until after my son was at A school in florida. it is an awesome site. I just joined this one but have been on the site with moms and wives from my son's ship. these ladies really help give some insight to what we need to know. Graduation is awesome. Enjoy the meet and greet was nice we met a few people from all over the country. enjoy the whole experience and good luck to your daughter.
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Hello to all in the group. My daughter entered the DEP program June 16th..and shipped to RTC July 20th. I received her civies today and am waiting to receive my form letter. Can anyone give me some insight on PIR...how fast do hotels fill up, cheapest place, closest place? How many days in advance should we go..I read somewhere there is a meet and greet the evening before RTC...or will all this be in my form letter?
Sorry so many questions....first time Navy mom...LOL!!!
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Congrats Jill, to your son and new daughter-in-law, I wish them all the best.
Jan- Have a wonderful time, we can't wait until we get to do that.
Thank you everyone for the nice comments, I do miss him but I know it's what he's gotta do. It's the first time away from home and on a plane, so he was really excited. I know he's gonna love it.
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Congrats Jill! How exciting to be adding to your family.Have a great time this weekend - hope the weather holds for you.
Rhonda, I'm sure you are already missing your son. But how exciting to be heading on to his duty station and starting this next chapter. My son is chomping at the bit to get through school and on to his duty station. To him it seems like a life time already.
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congrats to your family Jill how exciting. They grow up way too fast. enjoy the weekend.
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well ladies we just found out we can make it to our son's first homecoming in august we didn't think we could but yeah we have made all the plans now and can't wait for this deployment to be over started out being sent to Haiti to help and then after 3 weeks back onto their original trip. after 159 days at sea they had a port of call and then back to sea. he is coming in august and we can't wait. been a long year went to boot camp in May of 09 Pensacola until November home to marry his sweetheart drive to norfolk november moved into apt and all the things that go with their first home first time away from home.
lots of things to do and then out to sea in January. wish us luck :)
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