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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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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Transporting Son's Vehicle Across Country
Started this discussion. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) May 15, 2017. 1 Reply 0 Likes
My son is doing his AB&C school in Charleston and now that he has phased up to Phase III he wants to get his Jeep from CA to SC.Does anyone have good information on reputable transportation…Continue
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- A little about me:
- I am the mother of three, happily married for 28 years, a lifelong, peace loving, mostly liberal independent who strives for a peaceful world of understanding and love. Grew up in the Midwest but all my married life in California. Been self employed most of life and have an artistic soul. I have three wonderful amazing children and a husband who supports us all. Never thought of a child of mine entering the military but our children deserve to choose their own path. I have had some challenges but my son is a kind smart and thoughtful young man who is solid and excited about his choice. He is fully supported by the family. We are very proud of him.
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- Waiting to leave for Boot Camp
- When I heard “Navy,” I...
- needed to learn more about it
- Our Navy experience so far...
- has been positive and maturing.
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Since you have a Sailor, you can change "Waiting to leave for Boot Camp" above to “Enlisted.”
If you get an error message, then look at the area/s in the error message and unclick all of the choices in the area/s and make choices closer to the question/s. Some choices may have changed since you joined.
You can make that change when you make the changes that I previously sent in a PM. PM's are found in the Inbox in the upper left.
Good luck.
Also, please edit your discussion at http://navyformoms.ning.com/forum/topics/transporting-son-s-vehicle-across-country to remove your name. We don;t post last names on the site as a matter of PERSEC. Click on the Link and then click "Options" in the upper right and then "Edit Discussion." Be sure to click the "Save" button when you have deleted your name. Thanks.
Since your Sailor will be in the Nuclear Field, you will want to join NUKE moms and you may also want to check out Nuke School Charleston and Nuke A School FAQ.
The Rating Information Card for NF can be found at https://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/enlisted/rating_info_cards/nukepower.pdf. (If you get the security warning, it is safe to go there.)
Your Sailor may have Prototype in Ballston Spa, NY; if so, join Moms/Dads/Families with Nukes in Ballston Spa, NY at that time. Some stay in Charleston.
Welcome to NAVYForMoms! You sound like a great mom with a wonderful family, and we wish your son every success.
Members are looking forward to meeting you and answering your questions.
Make sure to read our Community Guidelines, and recommendations 1 - 7 at this OPSEC/PERSEC page.
We ask that you not use your last name in your Username (even if it differs from your Sailor's) and not post photos with names visible on uniforms, for OPSEC reasons and the security of both you and our Sailors. Go to “Settings” on the main page to set your Username, add a profile image and complete your Profile.
Jump right in! Browse around the site and check out the groups and their Discussion Forums. Search for groups for boot camp, your PIR date, your Sailor's occupational specialty and "A" school, duty station or homeport and ship, and also your own state, region or home town, and interests from getting ready for deployment to care package ideas.
Be sure to introduce yourself when you join a group, and feel free to ask any and all questions - we were all new to this once, too :) We look forward to getting to know you and your Sailor, and welcome to the NAVY family!
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