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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

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Latest Activity: Mar 13

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Comment by tytulip40 on July 28, 2016 at 10:29am

Wanna touch base on the packages - ugh, mine from Ft Lauderdale to Atsugi usually take 7 days comfortably - sent two while son was on deployment on Reagan and he is still yet to get them - he's back at base now, so I hope he finds his goodie boxes soon. We spoke yesterday and he said he would get so sad when mail would come on ship and nothing was for him. It's a hit/miss.  Over the past year I've sent about 10 boxes and this is the first time it's ever happened - last Christmas he got his box in 4 days.  The two boxes in question are going on a month now since I've sent them. 

Comment by DREW7062 on July 27, 2016 at 10:38pm
Thanks everyone! Regarding the apps for calling home, well my son is gone Gulp! He's in the air now 5 more hours he'll be back in Yokosuka I'll email him and tell him about the LINE apps and Facebook. Now here's the question I've never been in Facebook and don't know how to use it. Guess I'll learn. But thanks again everyone.
Comment by 2tymeNavyMom on July 27, 2016 at 3:06pm

We use the "Line" app as well.  We can text or call for free.

Facetime on Facebook and Facebook Messenger are good as well.

Comment by Kim on July 27, 2016 at 1:44pm

My son and his wife use line.

I spoke to him 2 hours ago.  His wife and son just arrived in Fukuoka.  They are staying overnight in a hotel and her sister is picking them up in the morning.  The baby did not sleep on either flight.  There were no empty seats.  The baby just fell asleep, so she phoned him (on line) before crashing herself.  She will phone him after sleep to tell him the stories.

Comment by Kim (Proud Mom of Sailor) on July 27, 2016 at 1:09pm

OMG Maggs - will be praying.  I LOVE THE USO!!!!!

Comment by Kim (Proud Mom of Sailor) on July 27, 2016 at 1:07pm

Drew7062, my son and I use Messager from Facebook.  We can even use the video to have some face time. We have Samsung phones - not IPhones.  It doesn't cost any data if he uses wifi.  You can even use it on computers/laptops.  We love it!!!

Comment by scully_the_skeptic on July 27, 2016 at 11:32am

hey drew7062 - we use whatsapp - free text and phone calls and receptions is really good.  we have a marine in Okinawa and a sailor in Yokosuka - we use it with both of them and you don't need an iphone. just so happens we all have iphones.  Also, they use facetime.  hope it helps. 

Comment by DREW7062 on July 27, 2016 at 11:14am
Does anyone know of an app that my son can download where he can call home cheap or free. He has his iPhone with him from the states and he bought an iPhone in Japan as well. Thanks for any info. Well he's now in the plane back to Japan he should arrive in 13 hours UGH

MAGGS hope everything is well
Comment by Anti M on July 26, 2016 at 6:09pm

There's a reason I donate to the USO when I can.  Love them!

Comment by MAMA_C on July 26, 2016 at 3:57pm
Sometimes I feel like a fly on the wall. I just wanted to add that this tidbit. When my so came home from To Yokosuka for last Thanksgiving. He had a whole row to himself. He said spread his techy stuff out to use them. He thought he take nap first. However when awaken the pilot announced do one hour to landing in Chicago. So I just want to tell don't worry it should be a comfortable trip.
 

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