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 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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Great Lakes 09/09/14
Our son left for boot camp today. There was a farewell party at our house for family and friends and we made sure we spent lots of time together before his departure date. We got to spend some extra time in Albany NY because there was a change in his departure date that his recruiter was unaware of. I was pleasantly surprised at how welcoming and considerate the staff was at the MEPS center and we got to take photos of him being sworn in. But, that didn't make it any easier to say good bye and wish him luck as he boarded the bus with the rest of the recruits. I know he is totally ready for this and I will have to get use to the empty nest. I'm so darn proud of him. He called when they landed in Detroit and were waiting for their next flight to the Chicago. I am now anxiously waiting for that final call before he has to box up his personal belongings. When I no longer can talk, text or see him, I know I will have my days of missing him terribly. He wrote us a note which we are to open once he arrives at boot camp. I'm looking forward to that first of many letters. Be strong and be proud Navy Moms ... be sure to remind me of that when I have another meltdown!
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Comment by lemonelephant on September 10, 2014 at 12:47am
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Welcome to this part of the journey. I left info for you on your My Page.
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