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.)
N4M Merchandise
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.
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
Badge
March in Afghanistan
That's right Moms! We are going to the mountains of Afghanistan in March. Our group is 300 Marines (15 females) They are HMH-465 Det A.
We have some baseball fans in our adoptees SO since we are entering spring - spring training that is - our theme for the month is BASEBALL! In addition to their requests let's give them some baseball goodies to celebrate the start of the baseball season. Some suggestions: baseball cards, shredded Big League Gum, shredded jerkey, peanuts, popcorn, cracker jack, sunflower seeds. Stats on teams, pennants, game day programs, sports magazines, - whatever you can think of!
Pillowcases are always appreciated and don't forget those cards and letters!
Their requests:
k-cups for Keurig coffee maker - Timothy's caribou and Irish Cream are their favorites,
Orville Reddenbocker popcorn
corn nuts - all flavors but ranch is their favorite
bite size candy bars and M&Ms
smart Food's cheddar pop corn
magazines - workout, bow hunting, field & stream, boating
salt & pepper shakers
body soap and shampoo
chips (Tostitos and Munchies)
tuna
nature valley crunch bars
Of course, feel free to add to their list. They have refrigeration and a microwave. There are 15 females in their unit.
Our mailing dates will be March 21-28th. I'll post the address in the address group soon. And I'll be getting a count of boxes and pillowcases as we get closer so I can warn - er, notify, our contact, hee hee!
Views: 826
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on
-
Nancy, that was just THE greatest idea having schoolchildren decorate pc's. Can you send me a PM about how you went about it? I'd love to take it to a middle school (gr. 5-8) that I've had my eye on to ask them to do something fun for us and have them do some.
I must have missed your idea in the thread somehow. Sorry to make you repeat anything!
I'm going to try to print out the pics to take with me to show the teacher. I've gotten lots of computer lessons from my son (the older more patient one). So I think I can manage that...
Thanks Nancy!
-
-
Permalink Reply by carols_kitchen on
-
Nancy: Those pillowcases and notes are absolutely precious. What did you use on the pillowcases--it looks so clear--is it a
fabric pen? Those will be treasured. thanks :)
-
-
Permalink Reply by Jacqueline on
-
Nancy--OMGosh, those are priceless!!! The kids have it correct! (we do need to do some major behind kickin) LOL
-
-
-
LOL LOL Kick their behinds ----- dang right !! LOL LOL LOVE IT
Nancy could you send me that (so people can read it well) I want to post that on FB :) ha ha ha I have a few active duties that follow me and they will ADORE it
-
-
-
Well, that letter made me cry and the pillowcase made me laugh out loud! Very cute indeed!!
-
-
-
Molly, I will take a clearer picture of that one in particular for you. Did you want the letter pic as well? I will send them to ya.
-
-
-
I am so excited!! A photographer who is very well known on the Olympic Peninsula donated 354 beautiful postcards. People frame these, they are so pretty!! I will bring some to our packing party on Saturday. Maybe we will have time to write more notes to our Marines. Once we learn of our next adoption, I will then pass them out to family and friends for their messages.
-
-
-
Jacqueline, please bring lots of them. Our April mission has been announced on FB. We will be doing things slightly different than last time. I am much more organized this time round. We will be making sure we write notes. I have some postcards and note cards for us to write messages on as well.
-
-
-
OK I have the socks , bio freeze, red bulls, and salt and pepper shakers boxed and ready to go from all of us, and I have a box from me also going. LOVE this MARINE group :) yeah
-
-
-
Nope, you're not a dork. There really isn't a major adoption for April, just focusing on the cards and letters for the GW. Next adoption is in May.
-
-
Permalink Reply by Pat L. in IL on
-
Krista, The address is in "MAS We Ship Love" and I checked and you are a member.
-
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
