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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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Japan Moms

For all the Moms(and Dads) with a Sailor in Japan

Members: 686
Latest Activity: Mar 13

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it .  You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

Discussion Forum

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Started by Wendy. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Sep 3, 2022. 4 Replies

Cell Phone in Sasebo

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Getting a cat to Yokusaka

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Comment by Anti M on July 26, 2016 at 11:05am

Kim ... that's a long flight with a baby in her lap.  Hopefully the flight is not full, which is usual for an international flight, and she can get a row to herself.  Nice if the baby can nap.  

Comment by DREW7062 on July 26, 2016 at 9:21am
Thanks Kim, well sad day for me this navy is like a roller coaster up and down, seems my son just got here and now tomorrow he's headed back to Japan. UGH! GuLP....
but was happy to have him for a few weeks.

MAGGS - how are you keeping you and your family in prayer
Comment by Kim on July 26, 2016 at 7:43am

My daughter in law leaves today for 6 weeks in Japan with my grandson.  He is 19 months old and they didn't buy a ticket for him.  I am really worried about this trip.  She is flying from New York to Sasebo.  I didn't get to see them before they left because my back is out.

Comment by Kim on July 26, 2016 at 7:39am

I touched the Care Package discussion for you to read.

Many pages back we discussed how long our packages took.  I think the longest was 28 days, the shortest was 4 days and the average was 10-15 days.  My son seemed to get packages quicker when underway (come with supplies), but others had the opposite experience.

I used a sealer things like fudge and boxes or cookie tins for things like cookies.  Someone saved Pringle containers.  I'm not that talented to get all my cookies the same size.  Many times my son got cookie crumbs.  He told me "cookie crumbs are the best". 

Comment by DREW7062 on July 25, 2016 at 11:36pm
Classycalicat- my son is home now been here 2 weeks getting ready to head back to Japan Yokosuka I'm getting sad but hopefully he can come back for Xmas. I want to send him goodies over there don't know how to wrap, etc. I'm sure we'll get an answer the ladies on here are great with getting answers to everyone.
Comment by Classycalicat on July 25, 2016 at 10:40pm

DREW7062 I would like to know the same thing. My son is there and I want to send him stuff from home but don't want any food items to be spoiled.

Thank you in advance

Comment by DREW7062 on July 25, 2016 at 9:29pm
Does anyone know how long it takes to get mail in Japan from the states and how do you send cakes, cookies, etched.
Thanks
Comment by DREW7062 on July 25, 2016 at 1:54pm
Amen KIM!!!
Comment by DREW7062 on July 25, 2016 at 1:52pm
Oh Maggs. I'm here for ya even if to just talk prayer for husband and all cancer patients~~~~~

Lord, we acknowledge that you are the King of kings and the Lord of Lords. We know that you are still in the business of healing your people and that you are not only willing but you are able to heal cancer and destroy every pain for those undergoing through chemo this day in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen. Father, make whole every dear one that is in chemotherapy now. Today, we ask for your healing power and we shall certainly not forget to give you all the praise and all the glory. Thank you for hearing this prayer in Jesus Mighty Amen
Comment by DREW7062 on July 25, 2016 at 1:38pm
MAGGS - PRAYERS COMING YOUR WAY~~~~~~

Father God in Jesus name w pray for all involved in this accident. Lord we pray your healing power of deliverance. Healing their wounds and taking pain and suffering away. We ask for your holy spirit to rest upon these people. To pray the power Of prayer for all involved. BLESSED BE THE NAME OF TH LORD. IN JESUS NAME Amen
 

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