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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.
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:
**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).
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**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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I am making myself sick over the thought of my only child leaving the house, on his 21st birthday, to become a Navy recruit. I literally can't stay out of the bathroom because of the way I feel about him leaving. I don't want to cry in front of him, but I have a few times. I am trying to be strong but I think by holding it all in, I'm literally making myself sick. I can't leave the house for more then a few minutes because my stomach is so sick.
He leaves tomorrow for Detroit and then on Wednesday for Great Lakes. I seriously think I need meds to get through this. I'm calling my doctor tomorrow. I'm already a heart patient and really can't take this kind of added stress. And I'm totally being selfish, which really makes me mad (at myself, of course). I am a giver and always have been, so for me to cry like this is STUPID and selfish and that adds to my anxiety.
Our son is 21 (on Wednesday). He graduated high school in 2012 and has had a stay-at-home job (recording music) since graduation. That means he and I have been together for the last three years, every day. I can't imagine how quiet my house is going to be now and how lonely I will be. I don't sleep much. Five hours max a night and my son always keeps me company long after my husband goes to bed at 7:30 each evening. (The song "Lonely Days and Lonely Nights" just popped into my head. LOL!)
So just venting and trying to talk this all out....even if just to myself. I know it's childish, silly, selfish, and even mean to put our son through my inability to suck it up. I can't do this to him and need to somehow act like the strong, resilient woman I know I am. I'm just going to miss the H, E, double hockey sticks out of him. How did you all get through it?
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Linda, you have to be strong for him and yourself while he is away at boot camp! He will make it through it just fine! The one thing you can do for him and yourself is start writing him positive letters everyday and mailing it everyday! You will never know how getting a letter from home can be during such a strenuous life changing time he will be having soon! Praying all goes well for you and your son, and your anxiety problems subside!
Linda, Girl, I feel ya!! I was where you are but I made some GREAT friends here in my Boot Camp group. Now, three years later we still keep in touch. It really got me thru. Please feel free to hit me up anytime if you need to talk. I think you'll find many women here would volunteer the same. Will be remembering you in my thoughts and prayers...
Hi, My daughter left for boot camp Jan. 20, i had a total hip replacement the day after she left.. Also she was suppose to leave April 28th and then she got called and was leaving in 6 days. Not much time at all with her, i was a mess... out of work for 3 months only talked to her 3 times 2 for 30 seconds, and once for 3 mins. And i wrote every day they can only write once a week. So she was so happy, never complained, loved every minute of it.....Please make sure u go to the graduation also go to Sarge's meet and greet the night before... it's awesome... the day of graduation make sure u get there really early.. They love when they open the door and they here all the cheering, they practice that the whole time there r there. They have liberty for a few hours after graduating depends where they r going to A school... If they r staying in Chicago... they have more time than if they leave... Go to Gino's pizza in Chicago its awesome....Any question's PLEASE contact me... been there and done it....Lots of prayers and it's going to b OK .he will love it. just keep on writing to him every day they need and love the mail. Stay safe Sarah's MUM
Oh ya send lots of picture's they love that send nothing else..
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