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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

Events

**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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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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USS Buffalo

This is for anyone that has family on the USS Buffalo stationed in Guam

Members: 41
Latest Activity: Jun 20, 2016

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OPSEC

Started by buffaloombudsman May 16, 2011. 0 Replies

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Comment by Havasu DAD on July 21, 2011 at 11:40am
ALLWAYS  send the Mail They WILL get it !!!!!!!  :)
Comment by ProudNukeMom on July 13, 2011 at 8:39pm
I heard from mine as well....and yes hearing the voice is PRICELESS!!
Comment by mlm930 on July 13, 2011 at 3:03pm
They are indeed, Tamara!
Comment by mlm930 on July 13, 2011 at 7:21am
Liberty did indeed happen - I even got a pic!  I think they were just so happy to get some time off so enjoying it was the priority.  I've learned to ask no questions and seem to hear more often now.
Comment by ProudNukeMom on July 13, 2011 at 12:15am
Yes my son made it just in time for this underway. It will be interesting to see how he likes it. Thank you for having this site. It helps even if I don't hear from him at least someone has heard all is well.
Comment by ProudNukeMom on July 12, 2011 at 9:51pm
Hi all...my son Joshua finished nuke school in NY in January. He reported to Guam in March. This is a first for me in that when my army son did his tours in Iraq I heard from him on a fairly regular basis. This "no news is good news" is going to take some getting used to. It is great to hear that someone has had contact.
Comment by Havasu DAD on July 5, 2011 at 4:11pm
Lose Lips Sink Ships...
Comment by buffaloombudsman on May 16, 2011 at 9:10pm
Patricia my email address is buffaloombudsman@yahoo.com, I have a Facebook page and I do send out quarterly Newsletters. If you have any other questions you can just email me.
Comment by Havasu DAD on April 23, 2011 at 11:58am
Yes  anything over 13oz , Must have the Form.......:(
Comment by mlm930 on March 23, 2011 at 7:54am
Rcvd email - all is well with the Buffalo
 

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