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:

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:

RTC Graduation

**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:

Latest Activity

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

Loading…
My son left for boot camp in November 9, and was set to graduate on 12/31. Well, the weekend before Thanksgiving he fell and injured his ankle. He has been in RCU for almost 6 weeks... Over the holidays he slipped again, so now they have put him in SEPS and he is coming home. He is getting a medical discharge, but said they told him his ankles were slightly turned and they should have caught it in MEPS. Has anyone else experienced this?

Views: 863

Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Remember when God closes a door somewhere he opens a window.  I'm sure it is really hard and I'm sorry. 

Probably not because that condition  existed prior to his enlisting. When soon gets home he can go to VA for assistance.

Most recruits separated from Recruit Training Command are not eligible for additional benefits once they leave the RTC other than the pay that they had accrued up to the point of separation.

I'd go to the VA and check too. Doesn't hurt. If it is a no then it is a no, but if you don't try then it is a no for sure. Things change all the time and each case is different.

Can someone explain the difference between the different SEPs codes? 

YES! Not with an ankle but with hearing test. My son went to MEPS in Jacksonville around April 16 and when he was there he did not pass his hearing test in one of his ears. Doc sent him to urgent care to have right ear cleaned and irrigated due to heavy wax build up. Came back and passed test. He was in DEPS until he went back to MEPS on November 22nd to swear in and ship out to Bootcamp in Great Lakes. One week later on is last day of Processing they medically discharged him for failing hearing test and doctor there said his ear drum was perferated! It is now going on two weeks and he still does not have an appointmentwith Legal. So yes, I believe they should have caught that at MEPS as well. Even though it had been awhile, nothing happened in between that time that would have caused a perferated ear drum.
I was medicals ncoic and I would never send a candidate to an urgent care just for that reason. Unfortunately he has no recourse except to reapply. Do contact his recruiter to see what his options are. Good luck.....
Thank you for your reply.

RSS

© 2024   Created by Navy for Moms Admin.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service