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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:
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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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For Navy Mom's in Massachusetts
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Latest Activity: Jan 14
Discussion Forum
ADOPTION FOR NOVEMBER 2016
Started by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna). Last reply by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) Nov 11, 2016. 3 Replies 1 Like
October 2014 Adoption --- GITMO
Started by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna). Last reply by Johanna Oct 7, 2014. 1 Reply 1 Like
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Comment by Barbara on December 2, 2016 at 1:22pm
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Happy Holidays!
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Comment by Joniana (Helen) on December 2, 2016 at 1:01pm
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Hello MA Moms! You may not have heard but the management of the N4M site has been changed to a new PR firm for the Navy. A Nuke Mom has been working with them to prevent them from shutting down the whole site. However, with a new server and other technical stuff I don't understand, the overall membership will now be limited to 100,000. They have started deleting old accounts from the groups where they have not actively participated in about a year, so it's very important to post something/anything here if you tend to just follow, rather than post. Happy holidays to all!
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HI,
I am new to what is involved with this, but I am willing to pitch in and help. I am good for either day, but I am not sure where this is and if it is close to where I live. I think you can send me a message of where it is and I will respond with where I am. I am so excited to be able to do something! I feel completely useless and helpless otherwise. Please just let me know.
Thanks
Mindy
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Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on November 8, 2016 at 12:02pm
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Hi Tammy!
I just posted in a discussion above the November adoption. I know November is a short month with Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner next. So while we may not get a big group together to pack up some boxes, maybe we can plan a party for whomever can make it to at least get us started again.
Looking at the calendar, it looks like only the week-end of the 19-20th MIGHT work. So which day shall we aim for? Majority rules. Either Saturday, November 19 or Sunday, November 20. We will take a poll starting today.
Tammy do you want to be the hostess for this one? You have my email addy, I think, or you can just send me a PM through N4M.
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HI Rhody! I am in for a packing party!!!! Please let me know what we do next?
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Comment by Rhody Navy Mom on October 26, 2016 at 3:50pm
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Hi Donna, looks like we are all back! Would love to participate in a packing party! I can offer up my house, if needed! Hope your well, Tammy
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That is great!!! I am glad to hear you have many wonderful men and women in your life. It is nice to meet you!
I am sorry to hear about your parents and husbands passing.
I have 3 kids. My son, who hopefully will be graduating from the nuclear program in two weeks. A 14 old and an 11 year old daughter. They keep me very busy.
I hope other's will join in as well!
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That is great!!! I am glad to hear you have many wonderful men and women in your life. It is nice to meet you!
I am sorry to hear about your parents and husbands passing.
I have 3 kids. My son, who hopefully will be graduating from the nuclear program in two weeks. A 14 old and an 11 year old daughter. They keep me very busy.
I hope other's will join in as well!
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I am Donna. On Molly's, sometimes I'm called NYPD. My son is now a detective for the NYPD. He was a rookie on 9/11. Once things quieted down, many of the PO's and FDNY members went out to Amityville and enlisted in the Navy Reserves -- "to take the fight back to their land."
Last year he made Chief Petty Officer (which I know no longer exists now ... but who knows, they may bring it back!) He has been deployed twice and I pray he doesn't have to go again, but if he does, well, then he does, right? I just know that a deployment now would be very hard on my granddaughter since she is 5 and would understand so much more. But we are military mommas and this is the life we live.
I also have a younger son who is currently living, working and going to school in Boston.
My Navy/NYPD son is married and also has a 2 year old little boy. A namesake to my late husband. And that is my family.
Some of the Mommas may not know this yet, so you will be first Mindya, but I am seeing someone. He is a wonderful man and we are working to see if our relationship will develop into something permanent.
And that is me in a nutshell! It is very nice to meet you! I hope that you and all the mommas will jump in and introduce themselves to each other.
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Hi Mindya! It is nice to meet you. I'm glad you are interested in a packing party, we used to have them often. But then some of our members dropped out when their children left the Navy & others moved away. I was one of the "ringleaders" you could say. I did move just recently to RI, but I'm still a MA Momma at heart. But, I lost my parents within 5 weeks of each other, then just when I felt like I was getting more normal again, my husband of nearly 42 years died suddenly (Agent Orange exposure from Vietnam). It has taken me over 3 years to feel like I'm living again which brings us to here.
Most of us who are involved with packing parties are also members of a group called Molly's Adopt a Sailor. You can find it on the Group Tab.
It will list the adoptions at the top under discussions and it will give you an idea of the types of things that our adoptees ask for. There is an adoption going on now for Marines in Romania for the month of October. Anyone can just jump in and send an individual box if that is something you would like to do.
We LOVE to get together so we need a little lead time to set a place, date & shop for items.
By no means, do you have to buy some of everything on a wish list. We all shop the sales, COSTCO, Walmarts, etc. Then we gather, pool our goodies, pack boxes and fill out paperwork. Our hostess provides a place to meet and something to drink and then whoever wants to will bring a small amount of snack to share.
And, THAT, is a packing party Massachusetts-style!
If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a message. Either someone else or I will jump in and help.
Same goes for any questions re:Navy momma life!
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