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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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My son just left for Bootcamp this morning. This is the first time in 19 years that I don't know exactally where he is, how he's doing or if he's okay. Very tough I must say.

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Comment by Tonya K(Ship 03 Div 319) on August 2, 2011 at 8:20pm: Oh Robyn, I hope he doesn't cry , I don't know if I could hold it together and not cry right along with him, and that would deffinately not help him any.

Comment by quintsmama on August 3, 2011 at 7:11am: My son never cried in my presence. He told me that he never really cried until he left to go to the USS John Stennis which is so far away. Right now his ship is deployed for 8 months, left last week. So i am very sad about that.

Comment by Tonya K(Ship 03 Div 319) on August 3, 2011 at 8:36am: quintsmama, I hope you get to hear from him a little more often now. It is so hard, I really thought i'd do a whole lot better than I really am. There's just no way to prepare yourself for not being able to communicate with them on a daily basis. I knew he would grow up and eventually have a life of his own, I just didn't think about what I would do with the empty space that he left.

Comment by milena01 on August 3, 2011 at 1:30pm: Even though we KNOW they are going to grow up and have a life of their own(the audacity! LOL!), I guess we really are just in shock when it happens? I don't know. Or, maybe does it come down to the little communication or acces to them? I am so used to picking up phone and calling/texting him and getting an immediate response. All of a sudden that can't happen! Uggh!

Comment by ebigirl on August 4, 2011 at 3:56pm: Shock is the perfect word to describe my feelings after leaving the MEPS the day my son left for RTC. He is my only child, and the lack of communication is what killed me. I was glued to the computer, hanging on every word the other moms in our PIR group wrote.

PIR was such a privilage to be able to attend. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. If there is ANY way to be there, plese do. Not only are you filled with pride for your child's accomplishments, you remember why you are so proud to be an American.

Like Tonya K, I thought I would just breeze through the 8 weeks of bootcamp. No, I didn't. I have not heard or read of one mom who didn't have a problem with their child being gone for 8 weeks. What your feeling is NORMAL (IMHO), and don't let anyone try to tell you differently. The other moms here are your VERY best support group. I thank god everyday for the NFM website! You will survive, but it will be a tough 8 weeks.

Comment by milena01 on August 4, 2011 at 5:16pm: ebigirl, I am so excited about next Friday, I can't stand myself! I am so ready to go see my son graduate and become a Sailor of the U.S. Navy, the best in the whole world! I wouldn't miss that for the world. I am so proud of him for his decision, his accomplishments and for serving this God Blessed Nation! And yes, this website is just wonderful! I only found it recently, and Oh Man! I wish I would have known about it back on June 14th when my son left. :-)

Comment by Tonya K(Ship 03 Div 319) on August 9, 2011 at 8:52am: Got my form letter yesterday. My son is 03/319. He will graduate on September 23rd, 2011. Yeah!!!