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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

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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 Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on February 16, 2016 at 9:33pm: Too many condolence letters and donations to Fisher House sent in honor of HMs since my son joined. I don't know a parent of a corpsman who deployed who doesn't talk of some degree of PTSD their corpsman deals with as as result. Glad your corpsman has his mindset, yet also glad he has the opportunity to learn and grow within a medical setting at least for now.

Comment by Bronco14 on February 16, 2016 at 9:30pm: Gotcha. Yes he only has soft orders as of now, and his orders are for a hospital. He is bummed, I however am not too sad because it is so much safer than going green side. I'm happy he will still have FMTB training.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on February 16, 2016 at 9:13pm: FMTB isn't "orders" per se. It's just an additional eight weeks of training that most go through, either directly after A School and before their first duty station, or later on. He must have hard orders for his first duty station after Field Med. The need for greenside corpsmen isn't what it was ten years ago (fortunately, be grateful) so it's not surprising that he's headed blue side.

Comment by Bronco14 on February 16, 2016 at 8:44pm: Hi again ladies, hope all has been well! Thought I'd share that my sailor got his orders.... annnd he got FMTB, woohoo! However, he did get orders for Lejeune and not Camp P. Farther from home than we wanted to be but that is all well, as long as he got FMTB we are happy :) He did get orders for the blue side rather than the green side for after FMTB though... Has anyone had any experience with soft orders getting changed? I know it is an obvious possibility but I am curious how often it actually happens. Any helpful info is appreciated :)

Comment by Bronco14 on January 25, 2016 at 2:21pm: Thanks Tenn Navy Mom, pretty sure we might do something similar to that! I appreciate all the advice and information :)

Comment by Bronco14 on January 19, 2016 at 11:58pm: Yes makes total sense! We are considering both options, we would both really like for him to be able to live off base with me down in Pendleton (I'm from SoCal and have fam in the area) and we hate not knowing where he will be after FMTB.I figure if we are married by the time he graduates I can move with him to wherever his duty station is without too many problems... because we are unsure what time off, if any, he will have after FMTB and before his permanent duty station. Thanks for your two cents lol, always appreciated :) I think once him and I fiND out his FMTB orders and where he will be sent to after FMTB, I'll be able to breathe a little easier!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on January 19, 2016 at 11:34pm: Field Med is a pretty intense eight weeks, I guess it's just me but I don't think I'd try to throw a wedding into the mix! You'll have a little breathing room afterwards when you head to whatever his duty station is, why not wait till then. Just my two cents anyway, whatever it's worth.

Comment by Bronco14 on January 19, 2016 at 11:10pm: Hi again ladies! This might be a total long shot but I thought I'd ask anyway! I know the Navy grants chits for administrative leaves for sailors to get married. I found the paperwork and rules regarding the leave on the Navy's website... but I am assuming this isn't for sailors in school/training like FMTB? Anyone have experience with their sailors getting married during FMTB? My sailor and I have been talking about it, but we'd like to avoid a courthouse marriage if at all possible! Any info is appreciated. Thanks in advance :)

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on October 7, 2015 at 3:02pm: Because there's more to North Carolina than Jacksonville, fortunately! LOL https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/charlotte/the-most-beautiful-pl... I know that Beaufort is an easy drive; and they didn't mention the beaches at Topsail.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on October 6, 2015 at 5:56pm: Yes, this is the place! No, there aren't separate groups for regiments. You can find information about units at http://marineparents.com/units/search2.asp.

You can always navigate to that link by going to marineparents.com -> Your Marine During Service -> Marine Corps -> Unit Information Pages