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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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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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Any Navy Wives in Camp Lejeune, NC?

Started this discussion. Last reply by waiting4chris Dec 13, 2010. 2 Replies

Hello! I'm going to be moving in to married housing with my husband, a corpsman at Camp Lejeune, early next year. I would love to hear from anyone who has lived in that area, and especially if you…Continue

Tags: north carolina, camp lejeune, NC, life, housing

Unfamiliar Territory

Started this discussion. Last reply by waiting4chris May 31, 2010. 5 Replies

Okay, so first off I just want to apologize for my ignorance. I asked a lot of questions in the months leading up to this and did some reading on the Navy website, but there are still many things I…Continue

 

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At 10:11am on May 18, 2010, Mary, Proud Mom of Nick said…
Hi waiting4chris. wanted to welcome you to the site and let you know that we have a large group from GA here that we invite you to join us at GA Navy moms. However I just read your blog and I know you and your guy must be very disappointed. Because of the reasons that are denying the Top secret clearance - it is unlikely that the decision will change. I wonder if this will keep him from a secret clearance as well? There are a couple of types of clearances and if you are disqualified from the clearances that will knock some job options out of his path that coupled with the overmanning situation of the military today. Clearly he did well on his ASVAB test and I hope undesignated is not the best they have to offer him at this stage. I'm sure they will look at every opening available based on his scores and his clearance situation, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there is a job that will make him happy.

We used to live in Yokosuka during some of our Navy days, our son was born there and it delayed hjs clearance but it was approved. He was hoping for orders to japan as we love the country but none were available so he is in Hawaii and will at least be seeing Japan when the ship deploys.

Wishing you and your boyfriend well, please keep us posted on what they offer him. It is challenging to find a good job in the Navy right now - I hope it all works out for him.
At 1:43am on May 14, 2010, BunkerQB said…


TO NAVY FOR MOMS.
Join these groups to get started. Just click on the links.
1. New Moms Stop Here group. Think of this group as your orientation station. We have experienced members who can answer questions and point you in the right direction.
2. Depper’s… in but not yet . is a group for those just waiting for bootcamp to start (Delayed Entry Program)
3. Boot Camp Moms group. Is your son/daughter already in bootcamp? This is the group.
4. OCS Graduate Moms or the NROTC Moms. For those going to be an officer or going to NROTC?
Read this blog on how to use the N4M site.
Welcome to New Members
Learn to use the “Search” function. Search in blogs, forums, discussions in previously posted threads BEFORE adding a NEW blog/discussion. Finally, it takes time to learn how to use this site. Be patient.
Check your page (Click on MY PAGE) & status box (INBOX & FRIENDS) regularly .
Best of luck, BunkerBee and AbbyblueOK (from the New Moms Stop Here Group)
At 4:09pm on May 13, 2010, Navy for Moms Admin said…
Welcome to Navy For Moms!

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 featured 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 OPSEC Internet Safety Video

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

Elizabeth and Colleen
 
 
 

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