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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 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:

RTC Graduation

**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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Twins and multiples in the Navy

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This is a group for navy moms who have twins or multiples and at least one has decided to join the navy. Share experiences of how you are coping and also how your kids are coping with being without their sibling.

Members: 31
Latest Activity: Aug 29, 2020

Administrator <callsforrecruits@gmail.com> ro request calling cards

To request the free Military mailing kit:

https://www.usps.com/ship/apo-fpo-guidelines.htm

phone the Military Postal Service Agency at 1-800-810-6098.

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Discussion Forum

Handling the Twin Bond Relationship at Bootcamp

Started by Sierrascrapper (ETN2). Last reply by rebecca1957 Aug 29, 2020. 29 Replies 1 Like

I wanted to ask about this topic as it has a deep impact on how twins relate to each other. This will be good future reference for other Navy Twin Moms as their sons leave for BC. I only have one…Continue

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Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 16, 2014 at 1:18am: Hi there Shesh! So good to see ya drop in. I'm fascinated with where your son is stationed. I guess I should look it up. What does your Sailor do?
Yes...it's finally my go-around. And it's JonandTysMom's turn too. Our boys left one week after the other and she still another twin to leave at the end of the month. It's a lot harder to go through this than I ever thought I could prepare for. It has been exactly two weeks and right now I am aching for a phone call or at least a REAL letter. NMH and definitely stick around...we are all in this together. Thanks for caring.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 16, 2014 at 1:09am: OMG CO-twin!!!!! How exciting! Love it! That has to be one SUPER PROUD Mama moment! Congrats to PO3 almost PO2 Imhoff. Hard to believe it's been that long already! Looking forward to many proud moments in the future.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 15, 2014 at 11:57pm: Lookie what I got. Seems this is a part of nuke school for power school grad. Sam asked if I had a minor heart attack getting mail from The CO of NNPTC labeled Official Business.

Shesh... What is the Stennis Space Center? sounds familiar but don't know what they do there. What is your sailors job.

Comment by Shesh on July 15, 2014 at 8:49pm: Hi all, I haven't been on here in quite awhile. It seems when BC is going on this site was a lifeline. Then my son PIR'd and I went over to the FB page. I check in here every so often & saw the mail from CO-twin. All while be son was in BC, Sierrascrapper was quite active with this group. Now I see you are finally experiencing the actual BC ! I hope you are doing well. I was an anxious parent while my son was a SR. He has finished his A school and in at his duty station. He is at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. I'll try and stay active because I could use the support of others in the same situation I'm in. I haven't seen my son since Christmas and miss him terribly. I at least get to talk with him but it isn't the same as being able to give him a hug !

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 13, 2014 at 11:49pm: No Co-twin, he didn't get in the 900 division. They weren't forming the triple threat that week anyway so it's just the way it is. He is ship 11 Div 267. JonandTysMom's son left one week after mine. I'm praying her son gets in a push division so we can have PIR together.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 13, 2014 at 11:23pm: Sierra... Did your son make the 900 division?

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 13, 2014 at 11:12pm: when did Jonatham go in? Janandtysmom had one go in 7-8 are they together? Her other twin will go in 7/ 29

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 13, 2014 at 8:31pm: I'm hoping even more that your Jon will get in a push division so that our boys would have PIR the same week. That would be so incredible! I'm hoping and praying!

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 13, 2014 at 8:30pm: Jonandtysmom...so glad to see you pop in. I'm so glad we have connected and are able to help each other through this whole Navy experience. I know our little group can help you even more.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on July 13, 2014 at 8:26pm: Well hello there! Sorry for not being around the last couple of days. I've been caught up in joining my PIR group and learning a new position at my work.

Welcome NavyMom284! I love hearing all about your sons. They must truly make you so proud!

My twins are identical, but they are very different in their personalities. They even went to different high schools. My Future Nuke went to a traditional high school and my Future Teacher went to a career/tech high school. They are very competitive so it was actually a good thing for them to have their own friends etc. My SR was in marching band all four years and played the clarinet. He was the section leader his Senior year. He LOVES his music. He also graduated with honors and was a Distinguished AP Scholar. He managed to get a 4.0 his entire Senior year with 4 AP classes one of which was AP Music Theory. He's definitely a geek. My other son was in the Graphic Arts/ Communications academy in his school. He really enjoyed being involved in video production and photography. He did a lot of news productions and made some of his own films. He LOVES English and LOVES the high school attended which sparked his dream to become a teacher. He wants to teach at a school like that in the future. He also graduated with honors and was an AP scholar. He struggled more to get there, but he did very well. He will be attending the local university here and will major in Secondary Education with an English focus. He also plans on learning more Spanish so he can be even more desirable when he becomes a teacher. He earned scholarships and grants to pay for his first year and will be able to continue receiving them as long as he maintains a good GPA. He also played an instrument in middle school, but not high school as they didn't have a music program available there. He played the trombone. I've been trying to encourage him to pick up his instrument again and maybe even consider joining the college marching band. He has a slight bit of interest, so it might just happen.