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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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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

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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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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Permalink Reply by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on July 10, 2011 at 12:14pm

My son is in phase 2, Power School, so A school seems like a distant memory ... but this site is fabulous, many thanks for posting the FAQs. Any other moms/dads/gf's whose sailor is from Pennsylvania and in the nuke pipeline? Please reply via N4Ms nuke moms group.

Permalink Reply by ccczzzLA on May 11, 2012 at 2:04pm

Thanks for this info. It is really helpful.

Permalink Reply by jbkbmom on August 22, 2012 at 11:52pm

My son heads to boot camp in a couple of weeks. So glad I found Navyformoms!

Permalink Reply by Erika314 on November 2, 2012 at 8:23pm

My SR was just told he will be an EM... I am new to all of this... excited and scared...

Permalink Reply by JLMom on December 3, 2012 at 1:45pm

Thank you for the info! My daughter is in Boot Camp right now with a PIR of 1/18/12. I feel I am so clueless so this information is very helpful.

Permalink Reply by MParr on January 17, 2013 at 3:39am

Great information... this really helps us the plan as we approach PIR and our SR is becoming a Sailor!!!!

Permalink Reply by Sunshine66 on February 2, 2013 at 2:19pm

So glad I found this group as my son will be heading to GC in March and I have so many questions. A wealth of info here!

Permalink Reply by BoyWonderMom on May 2, 2013 at 10:34am

My son will be heading to GC in June, after PIR. I am clueless as to what he will be doin. Looking forward to learn what I need from this group, thanks

Permalink Reply by teach jc on May 2, 2013 at 9:34pm

I am sure I will have more questions! Thanks for the help so far

Permalink Reply by carolb on May 9, 2013 at 9:13am