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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.

FIRST TIME HERE?

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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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USPS large priority-mail, reduced-rate military boxes delivered to you free! Also: Customs Form info.

Call 800-610-8734, say "Order supplies" and then ask for the Military Pack. They'll send you six priority-mail large (12"x12"x6") boxes, tape, and labels, all for free. They're marked "America Supports You," have a place for writing in the name and FPO/APO info, and are discounted $2 below the regular priority box rate. Send up to 70 lbs to an FPO/APO address for two dollars less than the regular rate.

You can also go online here and order cases of 10 or 25 online to have cases of boxes (no tape or labels) sent to you free. Choose quantity under "select format" at right on that page. Here's a good link to info, including addressing packages to FPO/APO addresses: https://stamps.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/774/~/overseas-...

You'll also need to complete a customs form for each box, available at the post office to fill out by hand, or complete it online here. You don't need to get super-specific about the contents. You can write the ship name or PSC and FPO info on lines anywhere under the recipient's name - here's a sample of the "old" form from a few years ago but the idea's the same :)

From USPS.com:

Inside Dimensions: 12" x 12" x 5½"
Outside Dimensions: 12¼" x 12¼" x 6"

Some key benefits:

When used to send to APO/FPO/DPO addresses, $2.00 less than our domestic pricing.
Box features the “America Supports You” logo and APO/FPO/DPO addressing block.
Commercial Base prices are available for postage paid through Click-N-Ship service at usps.com, authorized PC Postage vendors, and other authorized postage payment methods, and the rate is even lower.
The U.S. Postal Service offers free Package Pickup from your home or office at a time and place convenient for you. To schedule Package Pickup and for other pickup options and availability, visit usps.com.