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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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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

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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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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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USS Bataan LHD-5

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Group for family members of Sailors who are on the USS Bataan (LHD-5)

Members: 144
Latest Activity: Aug 25, 2019

I decided to start this group to see who else may have a Sailor on this ship; or heading to this ship.

Granted, we may be a bit limited to what we can discuss openly online, but if nothing else, may be a good way to connect and network off-line as well.

Make sure to not disclose advance ship movements or other OPSEC issues.

My son is an FC2 on this ship.

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Comment by Forever proud on September 24, 2014 at 5:45pm: LINM nothing official that i've heard or seen. I'm going on it as well.

Comment by SusanGMom of 2 on August 30, 2014 at 7:20pm: Does anyone know if there will be a group of Navy Mom's at the homecoming giving Free Hugs and Cookies to the sailors and marines when they get off the ship?

Comment by Forever proud on July 28, 2014 at 6:53pm: I just received the paperwork for Tiger Cruise via email from my son. I do have questions though. He isn't sure what happens, but thinks the "cruisers" join the ship as it approaches Norfolk???

Comment by NewBeginnings on July 27, 2014 at 11:48pm: @Forever proud & thisgirl97 - as far as I know the paperwork for the Tiger cruise has already been submitted. You may want to ask your sailor about it. Keep in mind that you won't be eligible for a tiger cruise if you are a boyfriend or girlfriend/Fiance(e)/wife or husband of a sailor.

Comment by Forever proud on July 27, 2014 at 10:23pm: Thisgirl i never received a reply to my email, i just realized the group was now open to me. I didnt know the answer to that date question either. Check to see if you can open either page.

Comment by thisgirl97 on July 27, 2014 at 2:47pm: @ Forever proud - yes, I've put in a request on the fb page & sent an email to ombudsmen Kim and to batargmembership@gmail.com. I wasn't sure how to answer the rotation end date question; but sent all the other info.

Comment by Forever proud on July 27, 2014 at 12:38pm: Thisgirl97 are you going thru the FB page? That is where i had to go to join in. And Whodamom i did find the pages again. I had to "expand" the Group category as they had just fallen to the bottom of the list.

Comment by thisgirl97 on July 26, 2014 at 11:33am: whoops frg crazy auto correct

Comment by thisgirl97 on July 26, 2014 at 11:32am: sure wish i could get in the fry group - tried 3 times but no response

Comment by Whodamom on July 26, 2014 at 6:17am: I am experiencing the same problem forever proud. Not sure why. Maybe there is no posting to see. I am on the email list for FRG so I am getting information though.