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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 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

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

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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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Great Lakes A School Q&A

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The purpose of this group is to allow family of new sailors assigned to school at Training Support Center Great Lakes a chance to voice questions to a Student Division Commander

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 2332
Latest Activity: Mar 12

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Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on March 3, 2009 at 11:11pm: Thank you Hoppi aka Angie for all the great info you provide for the "thirsty" loved ones out here. I'll check out this link....Vee

Comment by Bill S. on March 3, 2009 at 8:42pm: HI Joan, welcome aboard! Laptop, mmmmm, yes and no. The library has wireless service for free but it is VERY slow as a lot of sailors use it. Our son got a wireless card for about $60.00 a month but it is not as fast as dsl and they all have download limits. Cell phones work ok for the most part but there are a lot of dropped calls, still it is their life line and they would all go crazy with out them. If you have ANY ? please feel free to poke me! Bill

Comment by Bill S. on March 3, 2009 at 7:09pm: Hey Kelly, It would be my pleasure.

Comment by Bill S. on March 3, 2009 at 6:19pm: Sorry, his is in for GM. Bill

Comment by Bill S. on March 3, 2009 at 6:18pm: Greetings all, Will, thank you for posting here. It is of great help. I do have a question about the length / time line of the holds. My son PIR on 01/09/09 and has been in 4 different ships and has moved 3 times and is currently on hold for ATT. He graduated SCC on 02/11/09. ANY idea when ATT will start and a possible date for A school. All the waiting is beginning to take its toll on him. Thanks and Godspeed to our sailors. Bill

Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on March 3, 2009 at 1:22pm: Good morning everyone...and to Will thank you for finding that "nail."

Military Mom - have a safe trip this weekend!

Everyone have a blessed day....Vee

Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on February 27, 2009 at 9:21pm: ooooops! "tearing ouR hair out". Sorry for the boo boo

Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on February 27, 2009 at 9:21pm: Will, thanks for all your wonderful answers which keeps all of us from tearing out hair out. You enjoy your evening with Battlestar Galactica and have a great weekend. Vee

Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on February 27, 2009 at 6:32pm: Hi Will..love your idea for "Navy for Dummies." I agree with Karen-Amber's Mom, and Kelly**Jake's Mom** on their idea. Take us through the process they go through from BC to A school and what are they doing while they are waiting to class up. And, what the procedure is once they get in A school.
You are the greatest, Will..keep on "sweating" for us out here....Vee

Comment by kim ann on February 26, 2009 at 12:34am: Not everyone may have symptoms. Why, not long ago, I knew of a patient that passed a stone the size of your thumb nail, and NO symptoms until...lets just say until the stones "final journey"- yes, he past it on his own! (Purple heart if I ever heard one deserved!) He did not have one iota of a symptom. Sometimes even xrays can't catch them, esp. if nonopaque stones.