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Navy For Moms

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

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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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Questions about Boot Camp

My son leaves on Jan 9. I am so excited but have a lot of concerns at the same time. Any tips any mom that has been through this can tell me would be greatly appreciated. So glad to find this website. Thank you.

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Comment by RJNavyMom on October 24, 2017 at 1:10pm: Hello! Welcome and congrats to your Son. I would advise you to spend as much time with him as possible before he leaves. My Son just graduated back in September and is now at "A" School. The thing that helped me was to write to him everyday! Everyone on this site was a God send as well. Lots of important information was shared that helped me make it through those eight weeks. Best Wishes to you both!

Comment by Phoenixmom on October 24, 2017 at 1:34pm: Missomd I would go to this website it gives good info

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Comment by Phoenixmom on October 24, 2017 at 1:36pm: Can recruits take anything to BC with them?

Recruits should go with what they have on their backs, their cell phones, and not much else. (See Things to Do in the Last Month Before Your Future Sailor Leaves for....)

What will the first day be like at BC?

See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC and Ship/Division--How it Works.

How long is the "I'm here!" call and when will s/he be able to call again?

See Phone Cards and Phone Calls.

Here are some more things to read also. Hope this helps

Comment by Missomd on October 24, 2017 at 2:11pm: Thanks so much everyone. So exciting that I'm getting good info already. It's so appreciated.

Comment by Phoenixmom on October 24, 2017 at 2:50pm: You are more than welcome, if you have any concerns or questions please reach out, I will be more that happy to help. Best wishes to you and your Family!

Comment by Grandma D on October 28, 2017 at 8:10pm: My granddaughter pick the Navy and it was a total shock to me but she was in ROTC and I can tell you when she put that uniform on she turned into a different person. My daughter cried a lot too but when you get to graduation and she walks out in that Navy uniform you will be prouder than you can imagine. They are different. We took another girl along with us who none of her parents came to graduation and we had a great time with the girls after graduation and a lot that they wanted to do was sit around in our room and use their phones haha.

Comment by Grandma D on October 30, 2017 at 1:55pm: Well mother make sure he gets plenty of sleep before he goes because the first 72 hours at boot camp can be a real shock. When he lands at O'Hare he will have to turn his phone off when he gets to the USO so tell him to call you when he lands in O'Hare and he can talk to you then and all the way up until he enters the Uso. Do not let him take any extra things that he does not need because they will make him send everything home. The only thing they get to keep their their wedding band. I was shocked when I found out they took all the girls into the room put a box in front of them and said you have one minute to strip get everything off put it in the box is going home to your mom. I ask my granddaughter did that bother you and she said let's put it this way Grandma at this time nothing embarrasses me. Haha you will cry a lot for the first two weeks at least. His call home if it's like our granddaughters she was crying and she said I'm here I'm safe my clothing or coming home and I'll call in a couple weeks good bye. You will wait quite awhile for their address and I think they purposely do this because they really make the first days which are called P days or processing days extremely busy and difficult because they are looking for those that are not going to make it. I think they sever ties with family so don't expect a letter for about 3 weeks. The first letter could tell you I made a mistake I should not be here I'd like to come home and then the second paragraph might tell you something they're doing or studying. Be prepared it's not Unusual they pretty much all sound the same in the beginning. Write to them everyday. You might start their letter the day they leave and date it and then just everyday continue on with the date and a few more lines because my granddaughter said it was wonderful at mail call to hear my name get called. Do not send him anything like musical cards are cards with glitter. Nothing that separates him out in any way. We got our granddaughter a musical birthday card and fortunately we did not send it because that would have been very bad very embarrassing and she would have gotten made fun of. Our granddaughter's first call home after about three weeks she cried the whole 7 minutes and you know what she looked radiant at graduation and now she is in A school in Texas and she is loving it. Mom you are going to make this. Stay on this site especially when you can connect once your girl is there with her division because you will make friends that are real Navy family

Comment by Grandma D on October 30, 2017 at 1:57pm: Get on YouTube and put Navy boot camp and you'll find out everything you need to know because even the Navy has a YouTube you can watch

Comment by Missomd on October 30, 2017 at 2:05pm: Thanks so much Grandma D. So much good information. This website is great!

Comment by Phoenixmom on November 7, 2017 at 2:33pm: Missomd just checking in to see how things are going with getting your son ready to leave in Jan. Hope all is well!