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:

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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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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Concha
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Profile Information

A little about me:
My profile is on Linkedin under Maria Olah-Sandoval.
My background is in public school education. I am an elementary school teacher. I'm also starting a freelance artist business. My specialty is portraiture. I am willing to donate portraits of any individual who gave their life in service to our country. Requests can be sent to my email.
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...
Everyone I talked to said they encouraged their own kids to join. That made me believe that if a parent would wish that for their own child then it must have been a good experience.
Our Navy experience so far...
It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.

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Pensacola, Florida "A" School

Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:30pm 2 Comments

Hi,

I would like to join a group with sailors in the "A" school in Pensacola, Florida. Perhaps who also entered in Dec. 2012.

Concha

Professional Photographer PIR pictures

Posted on January 3, 2013 at 10:08pm 12 Comments

Does anyone know if we can have copies of the pictures taken at PIR by the professional photographers that were allowed on the floor during the ceremony?

Any recommendations where to take a sailor to eat that's open on Christmas Day?

Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:47pm 2 Comments

I'm staying at the Navy Lodge. Do any of you know where is a restaurant that's open on Christmas Day?

Can I take him his cell phone and a jacket to keep after PIR?

Phone calls

Posted on December 2, 2012 at 6:18pm 2 Comments

I have missed every phone call from my son and I am very frustrated. Can I know more or less when they are allowed to make phone calls so I know I need to be on alert and pay more attention to the phone?

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At 9:11pm on February 23, 2013, lemonelephant said…

Hi, you may wish to edit your info above to remove your real name. See OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes To Your Profile) (clickable link) for more on that.

At 5:46pm on November 9, 2012, Navy for Moms Admin said…

Welcome to NAVYForMoms!

You will find this site very helpful and full of members who are eager to answer your questions. Browse around the site and check out the forums, groups, blogs, photos, videos, and even the other member profiles!

If you haven’t already, please make sure that you review our
Community Guidelines to learn the “Do’s and Don’ts” of the community. Also, check out this Internet OPSEC Safety Video and this Survival Guide for NavyForMoms Newbies that was created by one of our members.

Enjoy your time here! I look forward (along with the community) to reading more about you! :)

-Colleen

 
 
 

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