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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.
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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.
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Hello everyone,
I am new to this site and I would love some friends to talk to . My Sailor is in San Diego and I was wondering if anyone else has a Sailor out there too. I am looking forward to lending and gaining support from this site. He has been in the navy now for 11 months, so most of the processs isn't new. I will answer ANY questions I can. No question is too stupid and no feeling you have is too silly. I get to see my Sailor in 26 days! For teh very first time in over 6 months. It doesn't seem real yet, and a part of me feels like something is going to fall through and I wont be able to see him. I'm scared they will ship him out with only a days notice...they have a tendency of doing this.
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Comment by Addison'sBG on May 1, 2010 at 3:20pm
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Brenda Kay, My sailor has been in San Diego since October also. He is stationed on something called the USS Jarett FFG-33. He leaves for his very first real deployment in August and wont return untill March. I have unfortuanaly not seen him since December, but I am hoping to see him in just 26 short days, however I'm scared somethign will fall through and I wont be able to come because his orders tend to change with a days notice, so it makes things difficult. I'm so sorry you wont know when you will seee him again. The short deployment goes by fast. My Sailor did it and he was back before I knew it. I would make notes in a journal so that it would remind me of all things we needed to talk about when he could call me again. This helps alot. By the time your Sailor leaves in January I will be able to help you then too, and tell you what deployment life is like. Thanks for the reponce
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Comment by darkal on May 1, 2010 at 8:38pm
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I have a question for you... my son will PIR the end of May. After that he stays at Great Lakes for his first phase of special ops. Will he be allowed to have his cell phone & laptop with him after boot camp? Also Shirley noted that there are some groups where I can learn more... where would I find those groups? I feel like there is SO much that I don't know. I have no idea what to expect. I've only had two 10 min phone calls from my son & very little info. in his few letters. Would appreciate a "heads up" for what to expect after boot camp.
Thanks!
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Shirley thank you!
Darkal my navy boy is special ops too. he was aloud to have his cell phone and lap top. It took a few weeks into his spec war training though. Even with the groups that are out ther, you wont get too much, as what they do is HIGHLY classified. i know I often get in trouble about talking about studd that happens during his traing. Be careful not to get your sailor into trouble. They can get into trouble for things WE SAY! HOW REDICULOUS! After bootcamp, he will probably head to Coronado California which is right near San diego. That is where BUDS training and other Spec war stuff happens. Shcooling is TERRIBLY HARD AND ROUGH. You can NEVER send enough letters during this training. It make bootcamp look like heaven. It pushes these boys FAR beyond their limits. My sailor got through and I cried EVERYDAY while he was in training. I prayed to God that he wouldn't give up. They are incredibly mean to our men, but it's just to prepare them. If you have more specific questions, message me privately so I can give you more specifics. I will give you my email addreess upon request.
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