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:

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:

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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Denise1142's Blog (6)

Thanks to all the "veterans" on here

I can't tell you all enough how many times you have "talked me off the ledge". I know NOTHING about Navy life (my husband's family all retired Air Force) and have no clue what to expect,  Although my father served in the Navy, it was during WWII and things are different than they were 70 years ago.  I know my inner "mother lion" has reared her head a few times wanting to go charging to Great Lakes to protect my cub, but it's time to let go and let him grow to be the man he needs to be. I…

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Added by denise1142 on July 15, 2012 at 4:12am — 1 Comment

Failed 1st PT :((((

Got a letter from my son last week, and was totally freaking out!  He sounded so down.  This is the first time he has ever been away from me for this long, and we are very close. I wrote him the "mom motivational speech" letter (my older son swears this is the greatest thing ever.)  Got another letter Wednesday and he sounded "a little better" but he failed his PT.  Wishes he would have listened to his dad and I when we kept "harping" about working out to get ready.  How many times does he…

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Added by denise1142 on July 13, 2012 at 8:08am — 2 Comments

Got the letter today

We received the form letter today and Grant wrote both his dad and myself a personal note.  I THOUGHT I was doing okay, but here come the tears.  I am such a wuss. He did ask me to send him a better toothbrush (my dad and brother are both dentists so it's nice to know he hasn't forgotten all his early childhood training LOL). Now my question is....can I send him a toothbrush????  Looking forward to 17Aug for sure!  Ship 03 Div 253. Anyone else have someone in this ship/division?

Added by denise1142 on June 28, 2012 at 8:40pm — 5 Comments

Need some info please!!

I received "the box" yesterday.  Only thing in it were his clothes and the packet of papers concerning his recruitment/swearing in/etc.  His recruiter called me last Sunday and gave me an address for Grant, he is Ship 3/Div 253 and the address she gave me is different than that on the Fed Ex label.  Which address do I use to write?  He left June 20 and haven't heard from him since the 1 minute call I got the night he reached RTC.

Added by denise1142 on June 27, 2012 at 8:11am — 1 Comment

Correction to be made!

As if you really could not tell....I am extremely new to this military thing.  My son is a RECRUIT and not a SAILOR.  Thanks to the people filled me in.  I am sure I will have a ton more questions for all the wonderful people on here who can give me a heads up on what to think.  Had to Skype my brother in law in Saudi who is retired Air Force to give me a little bit of an idea on what to expect.  He tells me I will be fine, and Grant will be great.  I just keep that in mind as I wander…

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Added by denise1142 on June 24, 2012 at 8:44am — 3 Comments

My son is now a sailor!

Cannot begin to express how proud I am of Grant.  He went to bootcamp yesterday and called me for about 30 seconds last night to let me know he made it safely and that he loves me.  Yes, I cried again, but I am so proud and happy he is doing something so positive with his life.  Won't get to talk to him again for 3 weeks and that is going to be tough, but I will suck it up and be happy for him.

Added by denise1142 on June 21, 2012 at 5:42am — No Comments

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