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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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.
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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 dymphe on
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Being of a certain age, it took me a while to "get with" the whole internet thing. My children kept telling me to try Facebook. It has been the best thing I've done. Through FB I found my sailor's ship page, the ombudsman befriended me and on her page, I found navyformoms.
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Permalink Reply by CrewMom on
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Son has applied to the Naval Academy, after attending crew camp there last summer. NOT ONE COMPLAINT about getting up at 5:30, running down to the boathouse and rowing before running back to campus for breakfast. He came home talking about wanting to apply there for college. Still has a long way to go thru the channels, but if this is what he wants I hope it comes thru for him...Long story short, after he came home I started doing research and came across this site!
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Permalink Reply by mom23sons on
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I found you with a GOOGLE search!! :-) I was searching for blogs or threads where I could mull over my son's recent decision to join the Navy!! :-) I was looking for some more insight from others and BINGO I have struck it rich here!!
I would like to compliment the site.....I have read some and am so impressed with the love and support that is given here!!
I am completely supportive of his decision, just very curious and wanted more info from someone that was not trying to sway my son. We have a great recruiter but sometimes you wonder if it's all completely true with no icing added!!
Thanks again for the AWESOME site.
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Permalink Reply by pinkaboo202 - Ship 07, Div 47 on
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I found my way here via Google. When my 17 year old son called me from the recruiters office two weeks ago and told me he was joining the Navy, I started searching for any and everything I could find about the Navy. I'm glad I found this site as most of my questions thus far have been answered right here just by reading through the posts.
I'm proud and totally supportive of my son's decision. I still have about 6 months to enjoy and baby him before he goes off to become a man....sniff, sniff. He won't be leaving for Basic Training until November.
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I found this community while doing a general US Navy web search on google.
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My son has wanted to join the Navy since 6th grade, -- I saw an advertisement for Navy for moms on facebook, and that is how I joined. My son has sworn in, and is a Depper. To go to bootcamp December 2010, unless they call him sooner. This site is wonderfull. Glad to be a part of it.
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Our son was the same way - he's wanted Navy for as long as I can remember (sometime in elementary school, too). Can't for the life of me remember what he wanted to be before he got the navy bug. It is a great feeling to see them reach their dreams and to be "happy" with his life. Nothing better than someone that loves their job and is happy with the choice he's made. Wishing your family and your son much success as he turns a new page in his life.
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Permalink Reply by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on
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My son's recruiter gave me a pamphlet about your group.
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I found out about "Navy for Moms" through my Postmaster at our local Post Office. He knew our son had joined the Navy and saw an ad in a magazine, tore it out and gave it to me when I went to get our mail, and . . . the rest is history. I thank him constantly because I don't even want to think about being without "Navy for Moms". Thank you to all of you!!
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Permalink Reply by Amanduh on
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i was trying to figure out when my husbands battlestations would be so i googled his division and ship # and a discussion board on this website popped up! it has been a lifesaver! i would have gone crazy if it wasn't for N4M!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Nancy (MAA Mom) on
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I had done a google search for "bumper stickers for Navy Mothers" and on a bumper sticker site I saw the url of N4M on one of the bumper stickers they had for sale. So glad I found it. http://www.zazzle.com/navyformoms+gifts
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