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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

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**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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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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6,000 Members- Oh, My!

Wow. WooooooowwwwWW. WOW. (Yes, I shouted!)
Today is a ~~good~~ great day. Wait. It's been a great week! We've reached 6 thousand members and um... 800 plus of them have joined us since Monday 10/13.

So what in the world?
Why the huge burst you ask?
Because we are awesome! :) Hehe. That and we had a huge event in NYC. And at the same time we went national in our campaign. So our ads are now playing from coast to coast. And of course, I notice your word or mouth efforts when I see your family and friends join. :) And also there are things like this that need to be noted also.

I am usually pretty quick and responding to e-mail and questions and greeting new members- but I am asking everyone to be patient with me as we get through this awesome growth. :) As most of you know, for now, I am the only admin, but my team is working hard to give me a ~~partner in crime~~ err- a co-worker.

I wanted to ask you all a favor also... If you see a new member from your state, or maybe your sailors are doing the same thing... or whatever- Could you help me greet the new members? I mean... let me break it down for you...

10/13: 62 New Members
10/14: 112 ""
10/15: 90 ""
10/16: 97 ""
10/17: 103 ""
10/18: 114 ""
10/19: 115 ""
10/20: 95*** so far at 5:07 PM Eastern Time.

So- With that... I need your help!

Sending my best-
Catherine the Admin

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Comment by Irene McClure on October 20, 2008 at 6:02pm: That's Great!!!! I saw one of the commerical's about Navy4Moms on t.v. it looked great.I talked to a mom the other day and she was telling me that there is a group for kids ages9-17, to start getting Navy trained. They are called Navy cadets.The mom is suppose to be getting in touch with you about the program.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on October 20, 2008 at 6:16pm: I would invite everyone to the Navy for Moms cafe' but clearly it would be overbooked with this size group!
Congrats CC!

Comment by Pat L. in IL on October 20, 2008 at 8:30pm: Oh wow, I missed it! 6,000!!!! Congratulations, Catherine!! Pat

Comment by carol on October 20, 2008 at 8:55pm: I think that it is just AWESOME. I am one of the new members on Oct. 16th. I had just gotten my first real letter (actually two in one!) and as I was wiping the tears up I saw a commercial for the site. Thank you all very much. It helped.

Comment by carols_kitchen on October 20, 2008 at 9:43pm: It was a pleasant surprise to find myself "chatting" with someone today who was over the 6000 number. I'm gong--what happened--was it a Rip Van Winkle and I slept through a ton of new Moms? No, it was the real time and real event. Thanks Catherine for all you do!

Comment by kayj ship 2 div 927 on September 5, 2012 at 2:33pm: All of these post are from so long ago. Has the group dissolved since the Bataan is back from deployment? My daughter is now a sailor on thr Bataan since Labor Day 2012. It would be nice to know she had someone to help her out a bit.