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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 Emilie on January 19, 2011 at 8:56pm: Hi Everyone - urgent request, my son is moving to CL and is driving in this weekend - does anyone have a place they like to stay?

Jacksonville or Camp Lejeune or something neat near by called something I don't know hahahahahh

Thanks for any help - possibly Raleigh but it seems to be a bit of a drive.

Comment by mikes mom on January 11, 2011 at 12:53pm: Wow, Christine how lucky are you : ) Us moms always love and enjoy spending any extra time with our sailors....

Comment by Emilie on January 9, 2011 at 4:23am: Docmom prayers to your son and those with him. Dan's Dad - Mine will be there in late January and is looking forward to it. I think his class for FMF will start in March so his graduation will be around end of April early May and I suppose he will get assigned if he does a good job. He has done a good job in his corpsman school but is looking forward to doing some physical stuff.

Thank you AKCorpsmanMom! No luck on the Military paying for this one. First time you have to get it there yourself unless you have a significant other. So.......surprisingly expensive to go from one coast to another. I am guessing we will go with the driving idea - here's to seeing the US and more adventures!

Happiness and best wishes to you all

Comment by docmom on January 8, 2011 at 8:38pm: Emilie

We actually drove it to my son who is a corpsman with 3/9 just deployed from Camp Lejeune. We live in PA.

Comment by Dan's Dad (John) on January 6, 2011 at 2:12pm: Em- my son is stationed at CL with the 2nd Marines. He thinks he'll get his FMF pin after his deployment.

Comment by Emilie on January 5, 2011 at 12:54am: Hi John - mine is looking forward to it. Is your son now an FMF or does he do another job? Mine is suppose to be stationed with the Marines after he is done is that what yours is doing. Kinda confused still as you can tell.

Has anyone shipped a vehicle we are in Washington State our sailor will be in Camp Lejeune for a few years. Any good advice on this one?

Comment by Dan's Dad (John) on January 4, 2011 at 11:02pm: Hello Em. My son graduated fmtb in October. He actually enjoyed it.

Comment by Emilie on January 3, 2011 at 8:17pm: Hello, new to all this. My son is about to be a corpsman and will be headed to CL in February, I believe he will class up with the field training in the middle of March. Any info about life at Camp Lejeune and Field training would be appreciated. Thanks for your time! Em

Comment by waiting4chris on December 13, 2010 at 1:32am: Hello everyone - I just wanted to drop a quick line of introduction. I'm a Camp Lejeune Wife, rather than Mom, but I'll joining my Corpsman to live on base in January.

Comment by Corie on December 9, 2010 at 10:11pm: Thank You everyone for your advice I will make sure to tell him, He graduates A school in Jan sometime and then he is going to CL in till May sometime.