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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
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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 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:
**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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- Graduation Info
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Yokosuka, Japan Moms
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This group was started for Moms who have a sailor in Yokosuka, Japan.
Members: 241
Latest Activity: Apr 3
Discussion Forum
need advise
Started by Alaska mom. Last reply by me2anavymom May 9, 2017. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Getting orders out of Japan
Started by purplegiraffe69. Last reply by Spokane Sailormom Aug 18, 2015. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by mdubtxmom(Ship 09 Div 069) on June 16, 2017 at 10:48pm
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My son was there for 4.5 years. He liked it. He just longed for wide open spaces. Tokyo is a fun place.
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Comment by kimberlya on June 16, 2017 at 10:16pm
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My son graduates from boot camp next week and already has orders to go to Yokosuka. Give me the down and dirty...what am I in for?
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Comment by disneygirl64 on May 10, 2017 at 3:45pm
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My son loves Yokosuka and has made a ton of friends on the ship.
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Comment by 2tymeNavyMom on May 8, 2017 at 6:58pm
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My son is a Surgical Tech. He loves Yokosuka as well. They have a great transportation system in Japan and my son has been all over the place. He has climbed Mt Fuji twice, snowboarded, scuba dived with the bubble club. He will have a sponsor that should contact him soon. They have classes in "Japan" the first week he is there. I think they do a good job of getting them integrated and used to Japan. Please also join the Japan mom's group as there is a wealth of knowledge there too.
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sethmom, My son is a QM in Yokosuka. He loves Japan. Does your son have any shipmates going as well? If so it will help to know someone. My son made friends on board ship. He has friends that have now become his Family, which int urn means I have more kids!! It'll all work out he will be fine & you can converse through Facebook messenger with him when cell phones don't work.
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Hi my son has just gotten his "soft " orders for Japan is super scared about it. Any advice? This mama isn't real sure about it either. We thought he would be going to Norfolk. This is quite the shock.
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Comment by Beachmomblue on March 7, 2017 at 8:09am
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Hi everyone. I'm new to this group. My son is headed there now. Praying for safe travels.
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My son's commitment to Yokosuka was for a three year term which ends this coming September. We are lucky that his Grandmother and I both drilled into his head that some girls are only in it for coming to the United States and to be careful about who he dates.
Like your family ours is a long time Military family as well. I will keep you, your son and the situation in my prayers and hope that his eyes will open soon.
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My son is on the Reagan and has been since july of 2015 and he is there for 3 yrs.
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Hi All my son has been in Yokosuko since mid july and really likes it except for the lack of good wifi lol
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