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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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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

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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Latest Activity: Aug 27, 2023

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Comment by Valtameri on January 23, 2012 at 12:15pm: Hello ctstan -- I met many of these ladies last year right before my son enlisted, and they were very helpful. My son was also 19 when he went in and had never really been away before. He's done fine with that, but I do miss him. There are ups and downs in the frequency of communications; boot camp was a desert; A school, temporary duty, C school, and his permanent duty station were all very good -- he called very frequently. Now that he's underway (on a carrier), I hear from him less frequently than I did when he was in boot camp.

Comment by Valtameri on January 23, 2012 at 11:56am: Hi Flyersnut -- I would be happy to helping with a packing party. Let me know what you find out. My son is assigned to a jet squadron whose homeport is in middle-of-nowhere California. Right now he is on the USS Lincoln.

Comment by ctstan (Ship 02 / DIV 920) on January 22, 2012 at 10:36pm: Hi, I am new to this group. My son leaves for bootcamp on February 2nd, so we are very new to the Navy. So very proud of him, but not looking forward to not having contact with him. He is only 19 and has never been away from us for such a long time.

Comment by Valtameri on January 21, 2012 at 10:19pm: I think we have some new members! Would you like to say hello and tell us a little about yourself?

I have a son in the Navy who is approaching his one year anniversary. (Can you believe that Flyer? I know that your son is one day ahead of mine.) He is an AD (aviation machinist's mate, repairs jets) and is currently underway.

Comment by Valtameri on January 15, 2012 at 11:37pm: You and I should plan something together Flyer. :)

I'm doing pretty well, considering everything. How are you?

Comment by Valtameri on January 14, 2012 at 11:25am: I'm thinking of a get-together soon. Anyone interested?

Comment by Valtameri on January 9, 2012 at 11:29pm: You're very welcome! If you need any other Connecticut info, don't hesitate to ask.

Comment by kathy on January 9, 2012 at 4:38pm: Thank you she got ahold of someone today and they will be picking her up . It was so nice of you to respond so quickly thanks for the help!

Comment by kathy on January 8, 2012 at 9:03pm: Thank you so much !!!! We are new to all this I passed the info on to her :)

Comment by Valtameri on January 8, 2012 at 8:12pm: Sometimes those sponsors don't answer. There is often a sponsor office she can call if necessary. Somewhere on her orders or the welcome aboard website it usually says "if you do not hear from a sponsor within ... please contact us at ..."