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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.

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 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.)

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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 NancyS on July 4, 2012 at 9:30pm: Thanks Debbie! I bet civilan clothes will seem a little different to them!

Comment by NancyS on July 4, 2012 at 3:23pm: Thanksmom-- what a great opportunity (and responsibility) our children have! I know that my SR is excited.

Denise- thanks for the information. I was looking for local places to eat and Giorandos was mentioned a number of times. It will be so good just to give him a big hug!

Happy 4th of July everyone!

Comment by NancyS on July 3, 2012 at 10:44pm: I"ve been reading about Rimpac-- that's quite an exercise! I wonder if any of our sailors get to work with people from other countries. Of course now anything about the Navy I absolutely zero in on!

9 days until PIR!!! The only thing he has told me is that he wants to eat at a local restaurant. I have found 3 of them on the internet that look pretty good. Also I'm taking him boxers, his phone & computer to hand off at the airport. He heads to Pensacola for A school. Any other suggestions of what to take him?

Comment by Sherri (mom of Kirsten) on July 3, 2012 at 12:24pm: Jane, MM mom - my daughter is also in Hawaii for Rimpac, she is on the Nimitz and they just got there yesterday.

Comment by amandamomof4 on July 3, 2012 at 12:12pm: Thanks for the welcome, I have been reading about your get together and may try to come. My son's 18th birthday is the 20th so we may be celebrating that milestone over the weekend :)

There is definitly some good information on this site and I am glad I found it. It eases my mind to have more of an idea of what will be going on with him and his training. I think he is going to do great, he has been waiting for his life to start for a while.

It is also great for us ladies to be able to support each other through the process.

Comment by amandamomof4 on July 3, 2012 at 1:09am: so it looks like most of the action on here is through the comments, so I wanted to say hi. My son recently signed a contract for SECF and is leaving for boot camp in Oct. I am so excited for him to move toward his future.

Comment by ethansmom on July 2, 2012 at 7:26pm: Always a Mom..thank you for the offer ..but i live in northeast mesa and will drive out our rm 202 fwy and enjoy the ride knowing i get to meet fellow moms soon.

Comment by ethansmom on July 2, 2012 at 7:25pm: Hiya again .. Got my box today .. I was sad seeing his handwriting and all contents did make me cry . No note but some boarding passes and a what to do at airport pamphlet.curious thing for me is 2 boarding passes both In his name and thru united . But one was chicago to Minneapolis at 10pm that night which is coincidentally same time he called me to say hed arrived .. Wondering about that ? But looking fwd to PIR letter ..might breakdown and call recruiter !joined PIR group 8-24 in anticipation :)

Comment by NancyS on June 30, 2012 at 1:58pm: Great news Susie -- that's just great!

Ethansmom -- we're here for you! Anytime! The first weeks are the toughest and I thought it was a time for us to adjust as well. I have 2 weeks to go until my SR's PIR date (well really 1 week and 6 days) and I can't believe it! You can do it!

Comment by ethansmom on June 30, 2012 at 1:20pm: hiya..not sure where to rsvp..but im coming to biltmore.and i get emails daily from this group on my iphone and am glad to read the Susie son is finally on the mend.i cant imagine how it is to have a sick child so far away...but i believe God is great !..im a mess since mine left for bc on 26th..still waiting for box..and then PIR letter etc..i am going to start writing upbeat letters if it kills me so i can have them ready to mail.not saying i miss him will be HARD for me..with all these household triggers i cry often.but i will whipout my positive side for letters!..see you all soon..and for once i want i time to fly so 8wks arrives!