This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
FIRST TIME HERE?
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 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
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.)
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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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How did you find us?
I am so excited. :)
This is the best snowball ever! I’ve been so curious…how did you find out about our community? Some moms have told me about the http://www.nstc.navy.mil/rtcgl/family/index.html site… Is that were you found us... or was it through another source? Thank you!
UPDATE 4/20/2008: Hi Everyone! I brought this forward because I really want to know! :) How did you find out about us?!
UPDATE: 2/17/2010: Hello N4M's. We are interested in where all of our members founds us! Stop by and leave a message.
Thank you for making this community what it is today!
Elizabeth and Colleen
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Permalink Reply by DJ...JetJockeyMom on
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I found this on a Navy site.
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I was on the msn game site and there was a "commercial" for the website while my game was loading. Needless to say, I went to the N4M site instead of playing the game. I've been a member for a few weeks and really like it. Thanks for advertising "outside the box".
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I found this very addicting site when googling Navy moms. Funny thing... an hour after I first found N4M I opened my new Family Circle magazine and there inside the front cover a full 2page ad! And then... a commercial on the TV station that my daughter was watching... bizarre? I haven't been more than 12 hour between "sessions" ever since. Read on Moms... information is power AND comfort!
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I saw it on a bulletin board on the side of the road. I thought Wow how exciting..gotta check them out.
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first of all THANK YOU for creating this site!!!!!!!!!!
I heard about it through a TV ad and my family is mad at me because this site is ALL I talk about, everyone is so supportive and caring. I only joined in November but like so many other Moms I wish I would have found it sooner. Whoever the creator is must be one of gods angels with a keyboard and grafic knowledge.
Again thank you
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I found out about it in Family Circle magazine....my son forgot to tell me about it! lol
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I think Marines should be welcoms since they are a apart of our Navy. I know my uncle was a corpman to them out of camp lejune for 3 hrs and enjoyed it. My dad (retired navy) my dh (retired navy) my uncle (retired navy) have high reguards for them. Welcome Chris. I am sure you are full of knowledge too. THanks for what you do as well.
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I first saw a commercial on t.v. before my son joined. Then when googling Navy Moms I saw the link and remembered seeing the commercial.
I love you guys, this site and whomever developed it! I don't know what I would do without you all.
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Permalink Reply by Jody Gault on
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Hi there. I found out about the site from the commercial on tv and then, also, my husbands cousin whose daughter went thru Great Lakes boot camp over the summer. Our son's recruiter told us about the site but they didn't give us the correct information and told us it was navymoms.com (which is only to sell you things). Today was my first time checking the site out fully and signing up and I am so very very thankful that it is here. Karen welcomed me almost immediately. She seems like a wonderful person and I'm glad that she and so many other wonderful people are here to help and guide us 'newbies'. Our son graduates Jan. 30th and we plan to go along with our 13 and 14 yr. old daughters. Again many many thanks for having this site. It has really enlightened me and made me even more proud of our son! God bless.
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I just found out this month. There is a nice, two-page ad in the February 2009 issue of Family Circle Magazine.
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LDS-NavyMom,
Welcome to the website. It is a wonderful place to get all the answers to your questions and alot of very helpful moms, wives and girlfriends who are all living with the Navy through their loved ones. Welcome!
Barb K.
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My sons recruiter told me about this site about a month before he left for bc. I am so glad he did!!!
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