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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

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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 Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on August 6, 2011 at 3:19am: No way can you be sad when you get to see your boy, even just for the day! PIR is phenomenal, wouldn't miss that for the world. Plus the relief of knowing where he's headed, and you can go see him there :) By the way Jojo, he couldn't be a corpsman on a sub, I realized today that only IDCs - "independent duty corpsmen" - are assigned to subs, and IDCs are E5 or above with have years of training.

Comment by ProudGMBarb on August 6, 2011 at 3:15am: I didn't realize that a recruit could sign up and leave for bootcamp without a contract stating what his rate/job will be. That seems a bit scary to me. Shows how much I know!

Comment by ProudGMBarb on August 6, 2011 at 3:12am: At PIR, we totally lucked out with seating. My husband was mending from foot surgery and was on crutches (fun in January at GL...walking on snow and ice !). So we were given a chair with a back on the floor right in front of the bleaches marked for our sailor's division. We could have reached out and grabbed him as he marched by!

There's really not a bad seat as long as you're sitting in the area marked for their division. I want to go to another PIR!!!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on August 5, 2011 at 11:59pm: Corpsman is good - but I'm partial :)

Our count is up to 54 tonight!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on August 5, 2011 at 9:06pm: I love picturing Jojo taking to her bed lol We told you all would be ok! ;-) This is so exciting, sending mom off to PIR, you'd better post lots of pics!

Comment by ProudGMBarb on August 5, 2011 at 8:27pm: Congratulations Dustin and JoJo! The adventure begins! Very exciting for both of you!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on August 5, 2011 at 8:06pm: Congratulations Dustin and mom!!!

Comment by Anita on August 5, 2011 at 7:56pm: Congratulations to him! I know how proud you must be!

Comment by Anita on August 5, 2011 at 6:05pm: JoJo - ditto what everyone said. Also, when I would hear from my son (via e-mail or phone), I'd ask his why I hadn't heard from him, and he would say, "Mom! I've been busy!" Little consolation, but I am sure your son is fine, too!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on August 5, 2011 at 4:45pm: Ditto what Barb said. Jojo (this is what I DON'T like about N4M, the BC group and too much info) - There are hundreds of sailors, RELAX!! :)