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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:
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**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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Comment by BunkerQB on July 15, 2010 at 2:23am
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Right now our son is on shore, so all is well. We can leave him a voice mail on his cell. He even came home unexpectedly for Mother's Day for 4 days. What was difficult was during deployment, there was a period of 6-7 weeks when we heard nothing. I had communicated with other parents on his boat and of course, they got zippo too. We are not asking for whereabouts, state secrets or details - just a short & sweet "They are doing fine." would be so appreciated. If the ombudsman had heard and did bother to let us know, then she needs to be made aware that any message, no matter the length is needed to spare the parents nights and days of sleepless anxiety.
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Comment by spensmom on July 14, 2010 at 11:21pm
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Hi, All, Went on my son's ship's website as suggested by NMXXXY and sent e-mail to ombudsman. She answered right away, saying she was putting me on the e-mail list. Also offered to put me on the FRG's as well. Very friendly and offered help when needed. Love this ship. They are really very communicative! Go USS Chung-Hoon!
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Beth, it would be great to get some advice but I am not going to rattle her cage or anything. I know the young gal has young children. It's so hard on the guys and families on fast attack subs that I rather be uninformed than cause her any grief. If the one from you hubby's old ship thinks it's OK to email her again and offer to do some relaying of messages etc. I will take it from there. Thanks.
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Now I really feel like the parents of my son's boat have been deprived.
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Comment by pgrlisa on July 13, 2010 at 2:42pm
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Since this is my daughter's first deployment, and she's married, how would I go about finding out who the Ombudsman is for her ship? I'm not sure how much informaiton I'll get from hubby. He has issues of his own, trying to get moved to the new base and selling the house, etc. Thanks!
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Great story, Sally.
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Jet from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower breaking sound barrier. Love the heart shape behind it!
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Chris, From my son's experience (he is now on his ship) and his buddy's (who is waiting to go to flight school) who is still at his ROTC unit, they do "work" from 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. doing what their senior officers ask them to do. They have done things like attend funerals for Navy vets to hand over the flag and play taps (my son sang at a funeral), provide transport for someone who needs it, etc. So they are trying to give them work to do. I understand that after this year that will not happen and the Navy will not pay the commissioned officers who are waiting for flight school (at least from NROTC).
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Thanks, Sally. I'll check it out. BTW, See SETTINGS underneath your status box on the upper right. That is where you go to change your username. I would suggest changing your username to something w/o your last name.
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My daughter has 21 months to qualify for SWO, so I'm not worried about that. She's a big over-achiever. She graduated first in her OCS class in academics! And she'll be crossing the equator on her first cruise, so she'll be a shell back, too!
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