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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 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

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

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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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Share feelings with others that have a sailor on the USS Abe Lincoln CVN 72

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Comment by Graysmom on August 9, 2010 at 8:53pm: Hey Ladies, would any of you be willing to PM me witht he website for the web cam

Comment by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on August 9, 2010 at 8:51pm: I order my boxes off USPS and they send them straight to my house. I also order the customs forms, they are all free. I buy my own tape. I use a lot of it and what they give usually isn't enough. It costs $12.50 to mail and I usually have them stuffed. I make a small tear in the packages if they have a ziploc and squeeze the air out and then zip them up. It takes less room and I can add more.

Comment by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on August 9, 2010 at 8:38pm: And take as much stuff out of the packaging that you can. It takes up more space and it's less they have to dispose of.

Comment by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on August 9, 2010 at 8:30pm: You girls are funny!!! You have been around to many sailors!

Comment by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on August 9, 2010 at 8:29pm: When my son first got to San Diego, I had to mail him the tag for his car and I overnighted it but the post office couldn't guarantee that it would be next day but said it would be within 5 and it took 3 weeks. I had the post office trace it and it went to San Francisco and that was the end of it. They did a further investigation and San Francisco is a hub for military mail. Once it was there, the post office couldn't trace it. It was in military hands then. The next time I mailed, it took 3 days and then the next time, I got them returned to sender, insufficient address. Never did find out the reason for that. Since then he has gotten everything I have sent. My post office is awesome, if I need anything they help out. but of course where I live everybody knows everybody and if you run to the post office it's going to take at least 30 minutes cuz someone has to stop and talk. lol

Comment by navywife1126 on August 9, 2010 at 8:27pm: Yeah, that was pretty BAD of me...HAHAHA! They are getting farther and FARTER ladies. LMAO! Pardon me : )

Comment by ProudAOwife12 on August 9, 2010 at 8:21pm: Im so sorry my name is Rachel i knw it must be annoyin to write proudaowife over and over again. Im sureyour right bout takin longer, once they get further..suxs but at least theyll get it..

Comment by navywife1126 on August 9, 2010 at 8:20pm: hahaha omg...i put FARTER...wow gotta laugh

Comment by navywife1126 on August 9, 2010 at 8:18pm: Yeah, they aren't far enough for it to take weeks and weeks...eventullay they will grow farther and farter and be a day ahead....or whatever...so mail will take longer.

Comment by navywife1126 on August 9, 2010 at 8:15pm: Well, once they actually deploy...and get really far...I am pretty sure it'll take 2-3 weeks...