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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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Comment by Joni on June 15, 2017 at 2:03pm
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Hello New Navy Mom,
The first four days it seems my mind keeps jumping of what I should be doing to what is my son doing. Our son's left the same day.
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Comment by Proud Navy mom of 2 daughters on June 15, 2017 at 2:47pm
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I'm a new Navy mom as well my daughter left yesterday for Boot camp. Got her call at 00:48 this morning and hated that call because her voice was monotone flat and she read her scrip fast then hung up. I cried for 15 minutes before I could go back to sleep. God I miss her.
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Comment by proudnavymom on June 15, 2017 at 3:17pm
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My son has been gone a month. left on May 15th. The no contact is horrible. I cried constantly the first 2 weeks. everyone said its just like going away to college. No, its not. I could call him and see him and he came home when he went to college. I don't even know when he will be getting to come home. So thankful for this site. Us moms can be there for each other, understand what the other is going thru....
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My daughter left Monday. It's been tough. Today was harder still coming home and her not being there. Cried a lot today. I was trying to be strong for my 13 year old son who misses her terribly as well. Business took me from the house and I've bawled most the day.
So thankful for this site and you moms. We will build each other up and be there for each other. Hoping to meet some of you at PIR in 9 Friday's. :)
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