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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

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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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Naval Aviation

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For Moms with Aviators or anyone interested

Members: 292
Latest Activity: Feb 3

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Comment by Helomom on April 26, 2015 at 2:28am: Got some great photos this week from my DS. He caught a back seat ride with a guy from VFA-22 on the Vinson. Great fun!

Comment by sunnyday on April 21, 2015 at 3:54pm: We just returned from Rhode Island and the graduation ceremony lasted no more than 30 minutes. It was easy to leave right after the ceremony as the classes are not that large and there isn't much traffic. The traffic to the base the evening before for Hi Moms is terrible. Leave an hour before the event starts.

Comment by jdianew on April 21, 2015 at 1:49pm: ADVICE NEEDED! My DS will be graduating from OCS next Friday (he just received his NAMI letter!! Woohoo!) Well, my youngest son is a senior in high school and will be in baseball playoffs that week/weekend. I want to leave RI asap after graduation so that I can hopefully make his game on that Friday night (I wont have to wait on my DS as his wife will be with him). What is the earliest you would recommend flying out of RI if graduation is at 9:00 am that Friday morning?

Comment by Paymaster on April 21, 2015 at 12:41pm: NavyBoys2x you might try to see if there is a Blue Star mom group in your area. The group in our area does lots of boxes for deployed soldiers/sailors. As check facebook and see if there is a Navy for Mom's group in your area. Here in Northern CA we are pretty active.

Comment by Helomom on April 14, 2015 at 12:41am: Great Facebook post today! The TR is on station and has taken the handoff from the Vinson. Vinson will be homeward bound soon.

Comment by gonavymom on April 14, 2015 at 12:32am: Navyboys2x have you checked out Dogs on Deployment?

Comment by gonavymom on April 14, 2015 at 12:30am: kabar:

Here are some care package ideas that worked well for me: Girl Scout cookies!!! They travel really well and everybody loves them. I sent a 10 lb box! I wouldn't send anything in glass jars-my DIL sent something in a mason jar and it was smashed to bits when DS received it. I used tins for packaging home made cookies. They kept them fresh and protected them well. Bar cookies travel well and oatmeal carmelitas happen to be his favorite so he got a lot of those. He really liked the junk food: flaming hot cheetos, jalapeno flavored chips, beef jerky, salmon jerky, pistachios. I also tucked in Sports Illustrated, Popular Mechanics, Outside magazines. He said that he really enjoyed the letters that I tucked into each package also. I tried to find funny cards and always wrote a nice long letter in each. We must have LOs on passing carriers!

I will be preparing for Tiger Cruise and would love any pointers anyone can give me for that!

Comment by NavyBoys2x on April 12, 2015 at 8:44am: Are there organizations you can volunteer for in the community that assist military families or our troops. I am in the Pa., East side of state.

Comment by CheriH on April 12, 2015 at 8:21am: Welcome summer48...tell us about your aviator. Ask any questions you have, read the discussions above and enjoy the ride!