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
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Mom's of Navy Daughters
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a support group for mom's w/ daughters who are considering the Navy or already enlisted
Website: http://www,navyformom.navymomsdaughters
Location: USA
Members: 515
Latest Activity: Jun 10, 2023
Discussion Forum
New to the Navy
Started by jacksmom. Last reply by jj66 Apr 25, 2016. 7 Replies 2 Likes
BOOTCAMP PIR 11-8-2013
Started by Tiffany's Mom Ship 09 Div 427. Last reply by Rachelle Mar 27, 2015. 19 Replies 2 Likes
Mothers...warn you Navy daughters!
Started by shermur (ship 12 div 121). Last reply by shermur (ship 12 div 121) Feb 22, 2015. 15 Replies 2 Likes
This is all new and scary
Started by Carollynn. Last reply by Carollynn Mar 9, 2014. 11 Replies 0 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by Irene McClure on September 21, 2009 at 2:33pm
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When doing RAP-make sure you get the paper work done and get the credit-you know how paper work can get suffled around here and there. It can happen anywhere.
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Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on September 21, 2009 at 7:08am
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Katie was on break during Christmas from A School from GL for her DC school. She had to use her leave and actual borrow some (I know there's an official name for that, but I can't remember at the moment.) Katie was able to do the 5 days of 'RAP' duty between A school and her shipping over to Japan.
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Comment by Anna on September 20, 2009 at 10:16pm
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Thank you Pat!!
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A message for NavyMomXXXY and Catherine W,
A new mom on the Daughters group 2 is looking for moms whose daughter's are officers. Her daughter is currently in NROTC in SCSU and she is questioning continuing in the program because she is getting some real negative input from one of her professors. I told the mom that both of you have officer daughters and maybe she should talk to you two.
If you are interested in reading her post, she is on page 5 or 6 of the comments.
Hope all is well with everyone!!!
Anna
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Comment by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor on September 20, 2009 at 3:23pm
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Thanks, Pat. I rarely get on the Main page so I would miss it. Appreciate your keeping us posted.
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Pat, I did join the Nimitz group to follow what you are doing and for ideas of how to help. I would really find it helpful if we had a discussion topic here where you posted progress and kept us up on what's going on. We could also put ideas in it. Two reasons I would find it helpful. One, all the Nimitz things are in one location and it is easier to go back to find a note if needed. Second, I belong to several (too many) groups. Several times "My Groups" page indicates that there has been a recent response. I have to go to the group to see if it is a reply to the "adopt" discussion. Just a thought.
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Oh, I love living near the water. We live on a bay now. It was beautiful today. It was windy and the whitecaps were all over.
ThanksMom, my stomping ground was not too far from Herndon. My "home" town was a small place called Waterford. We had land north of Leesburg until a few years ago when we retired. We realized that it was big city and we loved a rural area so we sold it to build our house up in Maine. Actually, I think had I realized that we were going to inherit the whole place, I would have kept the house in Florida although neither of us cared for the hot weather. We do recognized that someday we will not be able to keep up in the winter. That's another day!
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Hi everyone! it has been sometime since I have been here. After 14 months my daughter got to come home.We had so much fun.We stayed busy the whole time-we did give her some rest time too. I took lots of pictures. I am working on them. Hopefully I will have them on here soon.
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Good Evening everyone. It's nice to see everyone here!
Marianne, I used to live in Annapolis and loved it. I also like all the visits we got to do when my son was in VB. I think I really like living nearby the water.
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I grew up as a service brat. At that time, dads were in the Navy and moms followed them or waited until they returned home. When I was quite young, I decided that being married to someone in the Navy was not easy and swore I would not. I didn't but I did marry a gypsy. My kids said that we didn't have spring cleaning, just spring moving.
I can't imagine trying to juggle two naval careers. Shoot, juggling two careers period is hard, even without the moving and deployments. Marriage under perfect circumstances ... is there such a thing?? ... is difficult and requires work.
My personal bias is that the first few years in the Navy, or any other service, should be spent growing up, enjoying the world. Time should be spent figuring out who you are and who "that other person" is.
Marianne, where did you live in the DC area? The closest thing I had to a home base was in Loudoun County. I still have family there.
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