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Navy For Moms

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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

Events

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

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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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

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Mom's of Navy Daughters

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a support group for mom's w/ daughters who are considering the Navy or already enlisted

Website: http://www,navyformom.navymomsdaughters
Location: USA
Members: 515
Latest Activity: Jun 10, 2023

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Comment by blm on February 15, 2013 at 7:27pm: Brees Mom-It is so much easier when those start coming-mine always came on Thursdays and I couldn't wait to get to the mailbox!

Comment by Anna on February 14, 2013 at 1:23pm: Congratulations micracker!!! Glad she made it and was able to contact you!! Hang in there - bootcamp seems like it will never end because you won't get to hear from her very much, but it will get better!! Within a day or two you should be able to get her address from her recruiter. He/She has the ability to go online and find out what ship/div she's assigned to and can get the address from there. Good luck to her and to you!!

Comment by mlccracker on February 13, 2013 at 11:16pm: Just received a call from my daughter that she has arrived in Chicago! Wow, still can't believe she is gone.... Sooo excited for her! Such a proud moment watching her as she swore in this am. Managed to make it thru without any tears as she asked me not to cry.

Comment by SoCal Ohana on February 13, 2013 at 12:52am: Been one week - missed my FedEx delivery, but they will re-deliver tomorrow - cant wait! Also hoping for the form letter - many have gotten theirs :)

Comment by PrdNavyMom2Sailors on February 7, 2013 at 7:06pm: I know exactly how you feel Sara, my daughter is 20 as well, and started her 2nd year in December. She was on a 8 month deployment in the Abraham Lincoln, they pulled into Virginia this past August and the Abe will be in dry dock for about 4 years for her 25 year overhaul. The ups and downs of boot camp was rough but the N4M's website and all the ladies on the site are life savers, I don't think I could of got through it as well as I did without them.

Comment by SoCal Ohana on February 7, 2013 at 6:09pm: Oh goodness blm- if she were going away to Japan I certainly wouldnt have made it to the car! :) I was only able to be brave because I knew bootcamp is 9 weeks (give or take) and I would see her again soon!

Sara - gives me hope that it gets easier :) or maybe I will get used to it? My husband was a Marine so I understand the military lifestyle, but when its your daughter its a bit harder :(

Comment by Sara on February 7, 2013 at 5:45pm: when i read post from all the new navy moms it brings back so many memories. My daughter is 20 and she has just started her 2nd year. She has already been on a 6 month deployment on the USS Eisenhower which is leaving soon for another long deployment. She was able to come home for like 2 weeks over Christmas which was great. It has been nice having her in the states so we text and talk often, and im hoping to get to Norfolk before deployment. This past year has had its ups and downs but she sure has grown...N4M has been so helpful this past year and hoping for another great year

Comment by blm on February 7, 2013 at 3:47pm: SoCal-but i didn't start crying last time we dropped her off at airport for her her trip back to Japan till I got in the car--so I call that progress. Not any easier to let her go just a bit more control of emotions--at times LOL

Comment by blm on February 7, 2013 at 3:32pm: SoCal. I wa s the same way at swearing in except there was only one other girl and and she was only navy. Only I didn't make it out of building

Comment by SoCal Ohana on February 7, 2013 at 3:23pm: Well it is official! She swore in and flew to BC yesterday! Got our Im here text at 12:30 this morning! The group she was with was mostly girls oddly enough, many of the boys had to stay back a day. It was so moving to see her swear in - but I was able to hold it together (tear in my eye, but still ok) until we drove away! So proud of my not so little girl!