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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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 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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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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 pizzamom on September 17, 2015 at 12:45am
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Thank you so much Amberwaves this site has a lot of experience on it and I know the days will get better with time.Have a wonderful night or morning and Thanks again
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Wow!Feeling so sad my son left this morning for Seattle than Japan in morning .Sucks not knowing how much comunnication we will have Please any advice will be helpful
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Thank you for your response. And good luck to your sailor.
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Comment by purplegiraffe69 on September 8, 2015 at 9:11am
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Good Morning GiGi. My son has been in Japan 2 1/2 years now. He is on land, not a ship. His US phone never worked, he ended up buying a phone in Japan. We skype, or facebook message to communicate. Or just plain Email. I was stationed in Japan for 4 years a very long time ago (My sailor was born there!) It is a beautiful place, hope you get to visit. We are now waiting on orders out, but after 3 months the Navy has not said yes to anything and my sailor is "needs of the navy" meaning they pick where he goes. The waiting is awful................
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Good Morning! I am new here my son just sailed out on 08/31/15. Very excited and nervous. Any idea how we should go about a cell phone? He left with his Verizon phone as they said he could buy a sim card in Japan?
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My son cancelled his phone all together and got a new phone in Japan. Did you know if you both have facebook messenger and you are both on wifi, you can click the phone icon and it will make a call over facebook and you can have regular phone conversation?
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Comment by Cheryl-TedsMom on August 14, 2015 at 6:59am
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My sailor "suspended" his Verizon account when he let in Sept. We even got a letter from Verizon confirming it was suspended. Then hubby mistakenly texted the # instead of emailing and got a response from someone stated that it was there # not our sailor's. So like Amberwaves says not perfect.
He bought a phone in Japan.
We communicate via email, Facebook, Facetime & phone call via his international phone card.
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Comment by 2tymeNavyMom on August 13, 2015 at 4:15pm
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What Amberwaves said.
I just re-suspended my son's phone last week. We also use the "Line" app to communicate.
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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!
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Good Morning All,
Does anyone here recall where we can purchase a cake for our service person. I thought there was a link before but I can't find it.
Thank you! Happy Camel day.
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