This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
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.
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:
**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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Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Posted on July 25, 2012 at 7:44pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
Such a happy momma!! I got my 1st handwritten letter today!!! My SR says it is not so bad except some of the shots that they had to get!! My SR was also designated as the Section Leader. My day has been made! It makes me so proud that he is staying strong. Also it mailed on Monday and I got it today. Quick turn around!! Anyone else with good news? Ship 09 Div 284
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:51pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
So happy when I got the mail today when I saw handwriting on an envelope!!! Yep it was from my son!! he is on ship 9 div 284 with a PIR Sept 7!! He was even able to tell me is doing good and he loves us!!! I know it wasnt much but just seeing his handwriting made my day!!
Posted on July 18, 2012 at 11:14pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
I received my son's package on Tuesday July 17. He left for Basic on Wednesday July 11!! Now I am just waiting for the form letter or a phone call!!!!
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 9:11pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
My son left July 11,2012 for Boot Camp. Got that quick 1st phone call but just dying for the next or even the package with his things in it!! My daughter was in the Air Force and then went to the Army National Guard. This past February she returned from a 15 month deployment to Africa. Everyone things that I should just be used to this but I just can't get used to it!! These are my babies!!
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-Colleen