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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

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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Central Florida Navy Moms

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For Navy Moms and families of Central Florida

Members: 97
Latest Activity: Nov 20, 2022

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Comment by ClerMom on April 2, 2014 at 6:04pm: Hello! I'm from the hills of Clermont! My son just got to BC on Monday 3/31. I'm new to all of this and would love to meet some of you ladies!

Comment by ermklm1022 on February 17, 2014 at 3:33pm: Paula such a small world. What year did your son graduate? Did he go to private school here in Mt. Dora or public? There are two other women I've met online from our area one in Oviedo the other Deltona. I've had coffee with the mom from Oviedo. We are planning to have coffee again on Friday along with the mom from Deltona. You are more than welcome to join us. SB in LM (if you know what this means. Not sure if we can post information such as cities and places we would meet on the group)

Comment by Paula on February 17, 2014 at 3:29pm: Hi ermklm1022! My son is currently in Norfolk, but we lived in Mt. Dora for most of his childhood. Now in Maitland. Just the other end of the 414 extension. This is a great site to help you get through boot camp and beyond. Glad you found it!

Comment by ermklm1022 on February 17, 2014 at 2:59pm: Hello all! Mount Dora Florida in the house! So glad I found this group! My son is in bootcamp! so I'm a new Navy mom! Would love to know who else is close to little Mt. Dora! Have a great day...

Comment by JLmom(Lisa) on January 8, 2014 at 8:58pm: Soleil, is he on a ship ? If so do you have his ship email address? When my son is underway and no other form of communication we send emails through the ship system, it might take a day or so for him to respond since communication to the outside world is sometimes shut off due to where they are. Right now I have him here but tomorrow he will fly out to head back :( but he is amazing when it comes to keeping in touch even if it is just a "hi, I'm still alive and I will talk when I can, love ya'll"

Comment by Soleil on January 8, 2014 at 11:43am: Hi, Lisa! Thanks for answering! Although I am a longtime Navy mom, I am new to this site and am a bit stressed out over my son's deployment because I can't reach him.

Are you able to stay in touch with yours? Any advice for me?

This cold snap we're having has been annoying--had to run out and cover my plants. I have a few tropicals and some veggies needing protection. Hope you stayed warm!

Soleil

Comment by JLmom(Lisa) on January 7, 2014 at 7:06pm: Soleil, I am near Deland and my son is aboard the USS Ashland, stationed in Japan.

Comment by Soleil on January 7, 2014 at 6:45pm: I live in central Fl on the East Coast, near New Smyrna Beach. My son is an ensign serving on the USS Boxer.

Are any of you moms nearby? Would love to meet you!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on June 26, 2013 at 5:55pm: If you live in the areas of Florida on the pic below please join us for a Meet and Greet on Sunday afternoon. The Meet and Greet will be held in Gulf Harbors in New Port Richey FL. Come as early as you want and stay as long as you want. You will need to join my FL Meet and Greet facebook group or private message me to get the details and address. I am so excited to meet many of you and see some friends from last years meet and greet. There is also a scrapbook make and take class that you can sign up for if you would like to come to that as well :) If you have any questions please let me know. Here is the link for the facebook group, join us there and then click on events for the details or send me a message. Thanks, see you soon :) https://www.facebook.com/groups/147079298773780/

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on May 3, 2013 at 11:07pm: Does anyone in this group live in the central FL/Gulf Coast area? New Port Richey, Tampa, Clearwater, St Petersburg, Orlando? Would you like to come to a Navy Mom Meet and Greet On Friday May 10 at 7:00pm at Rusty Bellies in Tarpon Springs at the Sponge docks? I would love to meet you all, hang out, and talk about our Sailors. Feel free to bring someone if you like. Also please join my FL facebook group so you can stay connected to other FL moms/families and find out about other meet and Greets in the future. We will be there again the last week of June/first week of July and will host a Meet and Greet Party then as well and host a Navy/Military Scrapbook Make and Take party as well. I love meeting my Navy Mom friends :)https://www.facebook.com/groups/147079298773780/ Feel free to send me a friend request here on N4M's and/or on facebook if you are interested in meeting with us :)