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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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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Anyone with Sailors/Soldiers/Marines in War Zones and Combat Areas

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Anyone with Sailors/Soldiers/Marines in War Zones and Combat Areas

For parents and loved ones of deployed and deploying military personnel...Aghanistan/Iraq  and any and all war zones. Please introduce yourself on the main comment page.

Members: 116
Latest Activity: Jul 14, 2020


 Anderson Hall is in San Antonio, on the campus of Fort Sam Houston...the place where future corpsman will learn their trade.

"Doc" Christopher Anderson served with Marine 1/6.

(He also went to Basic and to FMTB with my son. TDM)
 

Corpsmen on the job in Afghanistan:

Helpful Links:

National Resource Directory

The National Resource Directory (NRD) is a website which connects wounded warriors, service members, Veterans, and their families with those who support them.

It provides access to services and resources at the national, state and local levels to support recovery, rehabilitation and community reintegration.

Real Warriors  The Real Warriors Campaign is an initiative launched by the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) to promote the processes of building resilience, facilitating recovery and supporting reintegration of returning service members, veterans and their families.


Absentee Voting Link  Get info here on registering to vote and absentee voting.


Navy Individual Augmentee Information "IA"

Ombudsman Registry  Find your sailor's unit and contact information

Seabee Info Web site  Answers to many questions about deployment, etc even if your sailor is not a Seabee.

Fleet and Family Deployment Navy Facebook  

Online Program Helps Military Vote Absentee 

Guardian Angels for Soldiers Pets Facebook Page

Dogs on Deployment  One-Stop Resource page for military members to turn to for advice and direction to all pet-related needs.  They also are looking for fosters for pets whose owners are being deployed. 

 ****Red Cross and Help for the Military, Emergency Notificaton  Link to the Red Cross Military Assistance page, on the left is a list of links to important sites, including the phone numbers if you need to notify your deployed loved one of a family emergency. This note: Beginning June 13, 2011, at 8:00 a.m. EDT, all military members and their
families can use one number- 877-272-7337 (U.S. Toll Free) to send an urgent
message to a service member. The change means that all military members and
their families can use this single number to initiate an emergency communication, regardless of where they live.

Coaching Into Care 

Coaching Into Care works with family members or friends who become aware of their Veteran’s post-deployment difficulties—and supports their efforts to find help for the Veteran.

This is a national clinical service providing information and help to Veterans and the loved ones who are concerned about them.
Defense Center of Excellence information and help for TBI and PTS for active military, vets and their families.

After Deployment...  This web site is VERY useful to service members, family and loved ones after the return of a loved one from deployment.

Military Pathways Facebook 

To help those who may be struggling, the DoD teamed up with the nonprofit organization Screening for Mental Health to launch Military Pathways (TM), also known as the Mental Health Self-Assessment Program (MHSAP). The program is available online and at special events held at installations worldwide. Check us out at militarymentalhealth.com. It provides free, anonymous mental health and alcohol self-assessments for family members and service personnel in all branches including the National Guard and Reserve.


VAWatchdog.org Very useful links for our vets and their families.

Secondary PTSD Resource Link For families and loved ones of a soldier/sailor/Marine/airman with PTSD.

Military Slang Appendix

Facebook Support for OPSEC  An online resource for OPSEC regs and questions concerning safety in social media web sites.

 Graphic Novel Helps Corpsmen Cope with Combat-related Stress

Links to those sending packages to our deployed sailors/soldiers/marines/airmen:

Molly's Adopt A Sailor Group Join the group, or just read for ideas on what to send to your deployed kid.

Jacob's Program  Another group of volunteers sending packages to our deployed folks.

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Son in Spin Boldak

Started by rysony. Last reply by rysony Mar 14, 2012. 40 Replies

Sailors in Afghanistan with boots on the ground

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Comment by Pam on July 31, 2014 at 7:46pm

curlytop - hang in there.  my son and I have had some heart to hearts about a relationship here lately.  He likes a girl here at home, but home is Georgia.  He's in Hawaii.  I think they're still talking but since she's in college, he doesn't want to add the stress of a long-distance relationship to her plate.  Makes me sad. To me it gives him a sense of "normalcy" and grounds him.  I'm still struggling with this whole green side of the Navy and how much our boys sacrifice being there.  It's tough on young couples.  They're always training and deploy so often.  We'll see.  He is in Hawaii until the end of next year and may try for Florida as his next station.  I will keep my fingers crossed he gets it.

Comment by MikeysMom2 on July 31, 2014 at 4:11pm

my son seemed to contact the GF more than I while deployed..... that was ticking me off.... I am his dang MOTHER!!  But, sounds like they are through.... I couldn't be happier.  She is nice.... nothing at ALL against her.... he just does NOT need any drama while in combat... if you all know what I mean.  I think he finally realized that.  They can carry on with the drama when he returns.... until then, good riddance.  Sorry, I was ranting.... Curleytop- hang in there.....!!!!

Comment by TexasDocMom on July 31, 2014 at 10:57am

Curleytop, redeeming feature of girlfriend and falling in love....those words I always wanted to hear "I don't want to deploy any more." and then "I'm leaving the Navy"...and then "I'm graduating from UTSA"....It is hard to let go, but I fell so in love with the girlfriend, when they broke up, it broke my heart! I wanted to ask her (still do, I must admit) how he was to live with...was he sleeping all night, did he seem restless or depressed, moody? did she see any signs of PTS? but I haven't, but I'd like to...you'll get used to it...and if it works out, you'll get grandbabies!!

Comment by Curleytop on July 31, 2014 at 1:31am

Hi everyone,

Well, this mom is in a new phase.  It seems that my corpsman found a girl friend while he was home on leave.  Now it seems that when he spends time with her, he excludes mom.  The girl friend's mother lives in the same state where my son is based.  When she goes to visit her mother, I am put on the back burner meaning I do not get my once a week phone calls.  I know this should not bother as much as it does but I don't think my corpsman know how much I miss him.  Or maybe he does and it is just as hard on him to call.  Letting go one fraction of an inch at a time.

Blessings to all.

Comment by JerseySusan on July 25, 2014 at 4:37pm

Awe Pam...Love the pic!!!!

Comment by Pam on July 25, 2014 at 1:16pm

Was thinking about you ladies with kids still "over there."  thought I'd share a picture from our recent trip to see our son.  Miss him even more and hate that the visit seemed to fly by.

Comment by TexasDocMom on July 25, 2014 at 12:19pm

Hi, Nicksmom...it is definitely one of those "no news is good news" thing....hang in , thinking of all of you with those kids boots down in the sand. 

Comment by MikeysMom2 on July 25, 2014 at 11:30am

Pam- I am a Corpsman Mom as well.... definitely understand~

Comment by MikeysMom2 on July 25, 2014 at 11:29am

Hi everyone!  haven't been signed in in a while so haven't been posting.  Stop by from time to time though so see how things are going..

Same ol with me.  Hear from Son when he is able to contact... not much more than hi mom but that is good enough for me.  We can "chat" when he gets home.

Hoping before the end of the year. 

Comment by Pam on July 17, 2014 at 3:27pm

You ladies are awesome and I appreciate all of you.  Thank you.

 

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