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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
N4M Merchandise
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
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Navy.com Para Familias
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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Help with holiday travel costs for junior enlisted in specific areas
https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/military-benefits/2017/1...
Active-duty service members E-4 and below can receive vouchers and gift cards worth hundreds of dollars toward holiday travel for themselves and their family members via Operation Ride Home, now entering its seventh year.
Applications for the program, which is run via a partnership between the Armed Forces YMCA and Jack Daniel’s, are available for download here. The program has helped more than 5,700 military-connected travelers, included 2,669 junior enlisted members, with expenses since its launch, according to a news release.
Program officials award either airline (up to $400 per ticket) or motor vehicle ($100 gift cards, one per traveler) aid on a need-based system, per the release. Service members must be stationed near a participating armed Armed Forces YMCA location, or serving in Alaska or Hawaii, to be eligible. Participating locations are:
- Altus and Lawton-Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
- Camp Pendleton, San Diego and Twentynine Palms, California.
- El Paso and Killeen, Texas.
- Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
- Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
- Hampton Roads, Virginia.
(Unsure if you’re close enough to qualify? Click on the Frequently Asked Questions link here for the full list of eligible installations.)
Families members also can apply if their service member is deployed or otherwise prevented from traveling by military duty. Commands will help program officials choose the beneficiaries.
Other restrictions: Families must be driving more than 350 miles to be eligible for the $100-per-person gift cards, all selectees must sign liability waivers, and prior Operation Ride Home beneficiaries may apply again, but aren’t guaranteed to be selected.
Jack Daniel’s donated $100,000 to this year’s efforts, per the release. For more information or to donate to the program, click here.
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