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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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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.

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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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Camp Lejeune and FMTB-East Moms, Families and Friends

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Camp Lejeune / Camp Johnson / Field Medical Training Battalion moms, family and friends - Welcome! Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is home to more than 47,000 Marine and Sailors from around the world. FMTB, the eight-week training course for corpsmen, is on Camp Johnson, adjacent to Camp Lejeune.

Location: Jacksonville, NC (and everywhere they deploy!)
Members: 146
Latest Activity: Jan 26, 2023

Learn about Field Medical Training Battalion: Field Medical Training Battalion East, Camp Johnson/Camp Lejeune official website then -> Students -> Welcome -> FMST

FMF Qualification: http://navyformoms.com/group/fmf-corpsman-moms/forum/topics/what-it-takes-to-earn-the-fmf-qualification

Field Medical Training Battalion East on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FMTBeast?ref=br_tf

Overview of Camp Lejeune, the largest Marine Corps base on the East Coast: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/usmcbase/ss/Lejeune.htm includes driving directions, main phone numbers, Inn of the Corps, housing info.

VIDEO: What to expect at Field Medical Training Battalion East DVIDS video by Sgt. James Skelton, Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools, March 2016. "This video is a guide on what to expect during the eight-week course that transitions corpsmen into the Fleet Marine Force."

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Comment by HvnlySno (S11, DIV 276) on November 6, 2011 at 9:16pm: Everything is already paid for....his orders were not what we were expecting. I just wanted to know if everyone elses Sailors were expecting Christmas off. That's all my question was. No worries about the boyfriend vs so thing...I get that alot! This is a Navy for Mom's site after all! Lol!

Comment by HvnlySno (S11, DIV 276) on November 6, 2011 at 5:12pm: Thank you! We've talked about me just coming to NC to spend time together. He's not my son, but my boyfriend! So this trip was for my kids to get to know him a bit. But some alone time wouldn't be a bad thing either!

Comment by HvnlySno (S11, DIV 276) on November 2, 2011 at 2:40pm: Been planning a trip to see my Sailor before he goes to CL...he finds out that after he graduates 11/29 they send him straight there & no Christmas break! His class won't even start till the first of the year! Is this what everyone is finding happen? I'm really disappointed & frustrated! Not to mention my kids! Any info is welcome. I'd search through the posts for this info...but am at work. So using my phone on break :). Thanks everyone!

Comment by Kym Ship 11 Div 118 on November 2, 2011 at 9:24am: Cub called again last night, sounded so much better. SOOOOOOO much like his Dad, gets really anxious nervous quiet and almost grumpy with new things, Should have known. :) Very talkative, almost 45 minutes. Says he goes back to CL after FMTB. He is excited about Thanksgiving, His grandparents are going down to visit him.

Comment by Navy Mom on October 31, 2011 at 5:32pm: Talked to ours on Saturday. Also sounded a little down. He is actually happy about the lights out and quiet at 2200. He was so tired on Friday night he couldn't even stay up and watch our Cardinals win the World Series!!! :)

Comment by Kym Ship 11 Div 118 on October 31, 2011 at 4:23pm: Talked to my cub last night. Said lights out and quiet at 2200 hours. Can text after that but no talking. I am guessing they will be too tired for much of anything. Cub sounded pretty down, maybe a little unsure of the next step? Said he would be going to other places for more training later...not sure of time frame.

Good to hear his voice.

Comment by mamawalrus on October 31, 2011 at 12:39am: HI all... got an address from him today.. wont be sending alot but will send Thanksgiving and Christmas cards for sure!

Good Luck to them all tomorrow and I know they are all ready to start this up.

Comment by Scrappy1(Carol) on October 29, 2011 at 8:47am: @mama, mine relocated a few times (don't know if that is normal or they were just lucky, haha) so it would make it hard for the mail to catch up with them. They have early days, long hours and still pull watch. You can text but they may not respond right away.

Comment by Navy Mom on October 27, 2011 at 9:46am: Don't know the address but was told a while ago by him that they really don't want mail while they're in training because apparently they get razzed a lot.

Comment by mamawalrus on October 27, 2011 at 1:11am: I got a text today that they got boots LOL Hurry up and wait LOL LOL

Do you happen to know the address there yet? Are they all in the same area per say?