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:
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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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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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Comment by Kim on June 3, 2015 at 8:40am
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Birdiejr, Huggs. I'm sure the Arlington ceremony will be a comfort to the family. I went to one a year ago.
Maggs....ouch! You have moved on from broken toes. Don't expect me to follow you. Prayers for your family.
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Comment by Cheryl-TedsMom on June 2, 2015 at 8:37pm
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Walking by my neighbor and fellow NavyMom saw this addition to her front garden. Made me smile.
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Birdiejr and Maggs so sorry to hear about what is happening in your lives right now.
Blondie Congrats. Love the Direction sign. Hopefully you can get some R&R before the next project comes your way.
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Comment by Anti M on May 30, 2015 at 9:01pm
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Birdiejr, I am sending you and yours all my love and light.
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Comment by Birdiejr on May 30, 2015 at 7:37pm
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Hi everyone. Am behind on msgs but love the pics. Hope everyone is well.
We have had quite a time of it. As I mentioned my nephew passed. He was army and it took awhile to get processed for the funeral so we just had the funeral (burial will be in Arlington). After the funeral, one of his uncles, my husband's brother, had a heart attack and had to be rushed to the ER. Thankfully, minimal damage and he is okay. We returned the next morning for Spec Forces services on base. WOW!! Ripped me outta the frame (again).
I get home and decide to rest when a childhood bestie calls to say they have discovered a tumor on his cerebellum. It is inoperable and he only has weeks. He has been fighting lymphoma for over a year now.
I am drained and devastated. But.......
My husband talked to our sailor and his command is comforting about allowing him to come for the Arlington ceremony in August. Will be the first time we have seen him in over two years. Fingers crossed that he would take some extra leave at that time too. Hubby said he sounded good and talked for quite a bit. Did my heart good.
My love to each of you. You and your sailors are in my prayers.
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mtnmom - great pic. Keep those home fires burning!
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TerriNavyMom- my sailor had the same issue with his sponsor and that his ship was out when he arrived. Tell her to take deep breath, lots of them. The bureaucracy & double speak = military service, but she should make it through. Agree with the ladies there are sessions specifically to acclimate newbies to Japan. If you haven't been told yet US cell phones don't work over there. She'll have to buy one over there. She may also want to get an international calling card. Wish her luck
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She will be in a holding unit until she flies out, so she will have work to do and duty days. Overall, it should be simple. She can call you when she has free time, someone there will help her figure out what phone to get, and how to find free texting apps. Do you have skype?
The ~13 hour time difference is the killer!
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Comment by TerriNavyMom on May 29, 2015 at 1:13pm
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Lets see on Memorial Day I sent my youngest daughter off to Japan to serve in the United States Navy. She was supposed to have a sponsor but no one ever returned her emailed request so she flew in "blind" not really knowing what to do, where to go. That was a long couple of days waiting to hear if / when she made it safe and sound to the Navy Base. Now we wait for a bit and she will be flying off to meet up with the GW ship and travel back to USA and hopefully end up on the GW in Norfolk VA sometime in November, 2015. So I am very new to this as my daughter just had finished A School and this is her very first Navy assignment to Japan.
What do I need to know while she is there??? She is going into Tokyo tomorrow on a sightseeing mission I think...
How often can she call me ?? Is she on Hold now until she leaves ??
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Comment by mtnmom on May 29, 2015 at 11:55am
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Good morning all;
I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. On Memorial Day, I was with my local Blue Star group. We helped raise over 1400 US flags, donated by families of the veterans interned in the cemetery. I will try to attach a picture. It was a beautiful day to honor our veterans.
PS" I'm the one with the gray hair and shirt.
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