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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.

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

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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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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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Arizona Moms

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Navy family and friends from all over ARIZONA!

Location: Arizona
Members: 276
Latest Activity: Oct 23, 2020

What's happening in our beautiful state...

AZ Navy Moms Lunch, Macayo's, August 3, 2014

AZ Navy Moms Lunch, Chili's, October 19, 2013

Arizona Navy Moms Lunch Macayo's Tempe, June 2013

NEXT COFFEE MEETUP IS APRIL 2ND, 2017!

Monthly Navy Moms & loved ones get together usually the FIRST SUNDAY of the month, 6:30 pm, at the AJ's at 1836 S Val Vista Dr in Mesa for coffee and chat - always fun!

Blue Star Mothers of Maricopa meet the second Monday each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Maricopa Chamber of Commerce conference room, 44870 W. Hathaway Ave. #5, Maricopa AZ 85139.

Post others in the Comments and we'll add here.

Please introduce yourself so we can add your town to the list!

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Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on July 25, 2009 at 9:32pm: My husband was to ill to travel to our Sailor's PIR and when I returned home I gave him every detail I could remember. As I was finishing up the story he says, "The Navy always put on a good show." (He was in the Army!!) It has now become our family joke....
Since our Sailor's PIR I have had the opportunity to see several other Naval ceremonies and they are almost just as moving as PIR. :)

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on July 23, 2009 at 6:05pm: Lindsay, that is an amazing feat! We have a condo in Tucson that we do that with. I think your area probably has more winter visitors thaan us.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on July 22, 2009 at 8:23am: Have you considered furnishing it and doing short term vacation rentals?

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on July 20, 2009 at 7:53pm: Welcome Candie! Glad you found N4M's. Did you join the boot camp group yet? Lots of support and info in that group. Try and watch that video I just posted, your hubby may be in it.

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on July 20, 2009 at 7:10pm: If your recruit/sailor is currently in boot camp here's a very interesting video the Navy just released:

http://www.navy.mil/swf/mmu/mmplyr.asp?id=12890

Comment by Lois C T(momma T) on July 12, 2009 at 8:32pm: Hi Arizona moms, I just met a lovely young lady named "Cara"( ?sp), she is in R.I., she was stationed with my son in Iraq, she said her mom's name is "Leigh"(?sp) is on Navy Moms and she lives in Arizona , if you are out there would love to chat!!!

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on July 11, 2009 at 2:10pm: but it's monsoon season so we might get some rain!

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on July 10, 2009 at 7:28pm: mine does 5 minutes, just 3 or 4 times a day.

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on July 10, 2009 at 3:38pm: BTW we have a group on here for DEPPERS.

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on July 10, 2009 at 3:36pm: I'm attending the zone meeting here in Tucson at Reid Park.

Recruiters and DEPPERS like watermelon or cantalope or grapes. Veggies and low fat dip.

Stay away from anything with a lot of fat as some are watching their weight and the recruiters stress healthy food.

Zone meetings are help monthly are local parks to help DEPPERs with physical fitness, weight ins and marching. Gives them a feel for boot camp. They also get a chance to talk to recruiters one-on-one about any concerns. Here in Tucson I was asked by our zone supervisor (Chief Petty Officer who is the boss over all the recruiters) to attend the zone meetings and talk to the DEPPERS and the DEP parents. It's a nice way to invite them to join this site and to answer any questions they have and show support. I really enjoy it.