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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 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.

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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

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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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Challenge Coins

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A challenge coin is a small coin or medallion (usually military), bearing an organization’s insignia or emblem and carried by the organization’s members. They are given to prove membership when challenged and to enhance morale.Let's show them here.

Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin
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Latest Activity: Aug 16, 2023

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Comment by Misty from MN on October 30, 2012 at 7:31pm: Interested if you are seeing a coin for the USS Arlington in the near future...

Comment by Haup9 on October 26, 2012 at 5:34pm: Congrats Craig!!!!

I thought ship 2 was done tho......

Comment by DeuceDogMom on October 20, 2012 at 5:33pm: Craig, I received the Triton coin from PIRGifts today. It is really beautiful and I know my SR will love....She will be a Sailor when I give it to her! Thank you for all you and all the other Navy Moms and Dads do to help on Navy for Moms. I am so glad my SR told me about this site.

Comment by Tara on October 18, 2012 at 5:46pm: Thanks so much for all your help Craig and Lady H- I got my sons coin today and I'm so excited to see him in a couple of weeks- and thanks for the additional info I am passing it along to him:)

Comment by Tara on October 12, 2012 at 2:15pm: Craig or Lady H- I called His recruiter and he is a PACT Seaman- so which color would that be?

Again I am so grateful or all the help you have givin me-

Comment by Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 11, 2012 at 11:09am: Craig, Thanks a million! Ill have to dig up his contract and or ask him when we speak...these are nice collection starters :)

Comment by Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 11, 2012 at 10:08am: Craig thank goodness you explained that in "my" language...lol..(1st sailor, 2nd sailor)

I think I understand now...As far as his rate (rank) coin - I think he went in as E1 and his job, after A school is CTR...so lets say Im right on this (I'd have to ask him or look at contract to be positive) ...what other coin would that be? ...just curious

thanks again Craig.

Comment by Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 11, 2012 at 9:12am: my son is Ship 11 div 005 so the one i bought is

US Navy Recruit Training Command Challenge Coin ~ USS Kearsarge ~ Ship 11

was i wrong?

Comment by Jojo(Rich'smom)S11D005 on October 11, 2012 at 7:28am: i'm a little confused and worried now....my son is in bout camp...ship 11 div 005....i purchased the ship 11 coin...was i suppose to get him a job one with color related things on it?

Comment by Tara on October 10, 2012 at 9:33pm: Craig- after doing some research- if the jobs are firefighter,seaman,construction, and aviation - he Is a sea Recruit so would that be seaman?

sorry you must think I am a terrible airhead-