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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 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
PDF – 2.7 MB
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.)

N4M Merchandise

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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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Camp Pendleton Corpsmen Moms

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Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is home to Field Medical Training Battalion-West and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.

Group Admin: Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom

Location: San Diego County
Members: 187
Latest Activity: Nov 15, 2022

Camp Pendleton, FMTB-West, and NHCP

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is home to Field Medical Training Battalion-West and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.

Base access information with video

Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton is a beautiful new 42-bed teaching facility near the main gate that provides outpatient and inpatient care for active-duty service members, their family members, retirees and other eligible beneficiaries. Additional care is available at Naval Medical Center San Diego.

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Comment by vettespace on April 24, 2010 at 9:23am: Margaret, your son sounds a lot like mine. Having grown up in AL, this past winter in GL for Corpsman school about killed him with snow shoveling and the cold. He too likes the San Diego weather, although he's already gotten sun burn since he arrived a week ago. I'm sure he misses sleeping until noon as well.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on April 24, 2010 at 8:07am: Kate, Welcome to the group! My son just classed up this week. He said that he is tired! They wake up early, but, since he's not a morning person, anything before noon is early!! lol.
He graduated A school in Feb. While on hold they will work in the hospital. My son worked in the urology dept. in the morning and had PT in the afternoon.
My son loves the weather in San Diego! When he left GL, there was still snow. Being from Texas, he was ready to get out of all the cold and snow and go to sunny southern California!
Again, if you have any questions, there are a lot of knowledgeable moms here!

Comment by vettespace on April 22, 2010 at 8:00pm: Debbie, pass along to your son our CONGRATULATIONS! That is definitely reason to be proud.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on April 22, 2010 at 5:48pm: Debbie, Congratulations! I know you are proud of him!

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on April 20, 2010 at 2:26pm: I talked to Laurence yesterday. He said that they were divided into platoons. He said that they were divided by last names. He also said that they still have not been fitted for their marines BDUs. He did mention that he is very ready to begin! I wonder how long into the training he will be this excited!?!?!? lol But, then again, this is what he has been wanting to do for as long as I can remember. Growing up, all he wanted to be was a Marine Medic.
Ruth, thanks for the advice on mailing packages. I saw some cookies at the store that looked home baked. I might have to buy some since I can't bake them myself.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on April 19, 2010 at 6:32pm: Thanks Ruth! My son has been at CP since the end of Feb.and once he was asked to go out in the fields for two nights. The corpsman in the end of training needed target practice. He and 19 others were the targets! He thought it was fun. It also gave him an insight as what he will soon be doing. We use to camp all the time, so he was familiar with sleeping out under the stars.
As for cookies. I think I will get more thank you notes if I DON'T bake any! Everything I bake either turns out burnt or has an odd flavor.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on April 19, 2010 at 5:00pm: mom4sons, I remember all our tears and joys we shared as we helped each other through BC. I feel like it all over again, but like you said, at least they have phones this time! I have already been told that there will times when they are in the field over night and they will not be able to talk to us. I have been promised that I will be told in advance when this happens. He knows how much I worry!

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on April 18, 2010 at 11:43pm: mom4sons, I am so glad he made it to CP, yet I am sorry to hear about his back pack. Please let us know the outcome.
Laurence said that they have briefing on Monday and fitting for Marine uniforms one day this week.
I just hope that all our cubs are ready for the next 7-8 weeks!

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on April 16, 2010 at 4:33pm: mom4sons, Laurence said that they were going to be fitted for all the uniforms they need. It will be like in BC. Everything they need will be issued and then deducted from their pay.
He said that they all moved to the FMTB barracks. They are open barracks, but according to Laurence, better than BC. He also said that after they start they will be placed in groups, but didn't go into detail. I guess, we shall see once everything starts.