This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

FIRST TIME HERE?

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:

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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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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Navy.com Para Familias

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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CalNavyMom2
  • Female
  • Bakersfield, CA
  • United States

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A little about me:
Teacher and mother of six. My sailor is #2 but the oldest son
I am here to support my
Son/Daughter
Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy career?
Enlisted
When I heard “Navy,” I...
Was proud and encouraged it
The Navy offers opportunities that...
The range of opportunities to serve our country
Our Navy experience so far...
It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.

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At 11:12am on February 4, 2018, PedALqueen4ever said…
@CalNavyMom2 good morning Ma'am ... I got to meet several of many Navy Moms at Holiday Inn (Libertyville)/& the P.I.R. Friday 02/02/18 ....most were 090/& others of variety at the "Meet and Greet" dinner day before the big day ....
At 10:16am on January 25, 2018, NancyJo (NNPTC) said…

Navy moms have had a huge impact on me. I wouldn't know anything if not for them. This site has been great. I asked my son about the shiny side. He's an ELT and says he words closely with Reactor Mechanical which is the shiny side. I'm sure he knows your son. My son issues and monitors badges, among other things. 

I hope this deployment flies by but I know for our sailors it can get very long. My son is ready to be done with it. He misses his family and they miss him. I miss him too.

At 2:27pm on January 19, 2018, NancyJo (NNPTC) said…

Well, hi there, CalNavyMom2!

I actually only have 1 active duty nuke. The other is my ex-nuke SIL who served on the Stennis. Also, I don't know what the shiny side is? And I thought I had been around long enough to know this stuff! Anyway, while deployed they do work lots of hours and actually staying busy is good while you're out to sea. Less time for discontent and trouble.

This is my son's 3rd deployment and depending on how everything plays out will probably fly off the ship while they are still out and head to his next duty. He reenlisted a year ago, so this deployment finishes out that enlistment and in the spring when he leaves the CVN70 he will start his last enlistment. He's been in since 2010 so when he finally separates from the navy he will have more than 11 yrs in. but he is adamant that he will no reenlist again. They are ready to come home.

I love your family photo! How nice to have a big family. I love my 4 and always wanted more. If this is your son's 2nd deployment, he missed the 9 1/2 mo. deployment 2 yrs ago. Grueling. 6 months is long enough. 

I'm so glad you felt you ask me something. We moms need to stick together. I assume you joined the N4Ms CVN70 page? Not the chattiest bunch but sometimes good stuff comes along. My favorite page is the Nuke moms. Always something going on there. Is that where you got my name?

Good luck with the deployment. It's hard, isn't it? But I'm so proud of them all, too. They are doing something so important.

Take care, Nancy

 
 
 

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