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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.

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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 September 16, 2010 at 5:55pm: Mama, is he going to FMTB or is this his first duty station?

Comment by CL FMTB Mom on September 16, 2010 at 2:54pm: Our son is in A school at GL and just received orders that he will be heading to CL later this year. He is still very excited about what he is learning. Any advise for us new parents of CL?

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on September 15, 2010 at 11:03pm: Alligators at the beach?!? http://www.mccslejeune.com/beach/index.html See the notice in the righthand column... Oh Melissa! .....

Comment by mikes mom on September 15, 2010 at 4:45pm: Ladies please listen to Ruthella she knows what she speaks ... Please check out the group that Marcy gave you the link to... We all belong to it and that is where I got all of my support while my son was deployed...

Comment by Tamijzr07 on September 15, 2010 at 4:40pm: ugh , sorry my typing pretty bad :)

Comment by Tamijzr07 on September 15, 2010 at 4:39pm: Susan, I'm right behind you. My son just graduation A school today and will be heading to CL soon. My worry factor jumped right up. But after chatting with the folks on corpsmanmomsanddads I felt so much better. It will do you heart good and I know this group will make you smile. Were here mama bear :)

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on September 15, 2010 at 2:57pm: Susan, Ruthella is so right, you will find so much positive support at our group, please come join us (and any other corpsman moms who haven't yet). http://www.navyformoms.com/group/corpsmanmomsanddads
We have fun, too! Sometimes the conversations take all sorts of turns but the basis of strength for each other is always present.

Comment by vettespace on September 12, 2010 at 12:07pm: Hi Susan, and best wishes to you and your son on his current deployment. My son was just awarded his Gray Belt in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program and will be busy with additional training before he leaves GL and heads to training in CL and 29 Palms before heading back to CL. Looks like his deployment is scheduled for 7 months starting in the the spring, so hopefully that will go by fast! The 3/2 is nicknamed the "Betio Bastards" after a World War II battle in the Pacific... it's a history lesson just following each step of my son's navy career.

Comment by vettespace on September 11, 2010 at 10:40am: Anyone with a corpsman in the 3/2? My corpsman is headed that way in early Nov. to start training for a spring deployment.