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:
Events
**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:
**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
Latest Activity
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
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.
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
Badge
Corpsmen Moms and Dads
Information
For those of us who have children serving as Corpsmen, above and beyond the call of duty!
Location: Worldwide
Members: 676
Latest Activity: Jun 24
Established June 17, 1898, the 25,000+ active duty members of the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps provide health care to Sailors, Marines, and all those entrusted to their care on the battlefield, at sea, under the sea, and at military treatment facilities worldwide.
What to expect at Field Medical Training Battalion (FMTB)
Discussion Forum
A school graduation?
Started by plina. Last reply by plina Oct 10, 2017. 5 Replies 0 Likes
More Corpsman-related groups on NAVYforMoms
Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom Jan 13, 2017. 0 Replies 0 Likes
NEW TO THE GROUP WITH A FEW QUESTIONS
Started by becathena73. Last reply by Barbara Jul 12, 2016. 1 Reply 0 Likes
son in japan
Started by marcy. Last reply by DREW7062 Nov 23, 2015. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Graduation schedule for 2014/2015
Started by Irishmama. Last reply by Mother of Twins Mar 18, 2015. 9 Replies 1 Like
Comment Wall
Comment
-
Comment by mikes mom on December 24, 2009 at 4:21pm
-
seababyexpress- Thank you for your kind words ! I have two boxes ready to go out today and I hope he gets them for his birthday Feb 3rd .
This is my first deployment he is in Afghanistan .... I'm truly happy we have you and your experience .
God Bless to you and your family ..... Merry Christmas to all !!!!
-
-
seababyexpress- Thank you so much for your service. I am so glad that you joined this group of wonderful mom's and dad's. It will be nice to have your input and experience. Thank you
Mike's mom
-
-
Betty,
my son was deployed to Afghanistan about two months ago and I totally agree it is so nice to read what these ladies have to say. I just love the funny stories.
-
-
carol,
So true you don;t have to be deployed unfortunately ! It gave me goose bumps as I read about your news.
I'm glad that your son is safe.
Merry Christmas and God Bless,
Mike's Mom
-
Comment by Sharon P.M. on December 24, 2009 at 12:14pm
-
Good morning all! Just popping in to wish y'all a Merry Christmas! May all of our cubs be safe and warm and surrounded with friends!
I see many of you are going to be hit by yet another giant storm - keep safe and warm! HUGS! Sharon
-
Comment by TexasDocMom on December 24, 2009 at 10:37am
-
I went to sleep last night with the wind howling, a true Texas blue norther...dropped 10 degrees in about 5 minutes, the dog was very confused. From 62 to 52 in one trip out...and mom staying "hurry up...go pee!"
ruthella, I think we should start a discussion with all those ranks/qualifications and how they fall in a time line so it's there. Not to mention the real words for all those darn initials! FMF is not guaranteed, you have to earn it. I know my son spoke of one guy that left the Navy because he didn't qualify as FMF and didn't want to go bluesside, wanted to stay with the Marines if he was going to re enlist.
Gloria, I keep telling myself that when he starts that job full on, he'll find challenge and things he likes about it. I think the last class started Dec 3 but he was on "settling in" leave, the 10 days they get to find an apartment, etc. It's a 9 day course, he'll be an instructor. Five days are out in the field, in the Hill country, altho they do not do the course in the summer, which is alot closer to real field conditions in Iraq/Afghanistan. And it's 'medical personnel" they train, not necessarily just corpsmen or even corpsmen at all right now. It's a joint Army/Navy program from what I could read on the web site.
He got a big check from the Navy last week deposited in his account, double what he was expecting for making the move. He put it in savings, said " the Navy doesn't have you just pay it back if they screwed up, they just stop paying you until they have their money!" He called the pay master yesterday and they said it was all his, he could spend it. I think we're TV shopping after Christmas! I hope whoever told him that wasn't an idiot. ( can you tell I grew up in the Navy world?)
I need to return this beautiful scarf I picked up for my daughter, it's got a split right down the center, it's crochet, so I didn't notice it in the store, very soft, silky, a little sparkle...and I should do it today but I really don't want to go out! I work this evening for a couple of hours and tomorrow from 10-2, and then Christmas is here!!
Ya'll take care of yourselves!! Merry Christmas!!
-
-
Natalie- your right about wanting to hear their voices and yet we get on this site and what we do is type...lol To cute !
My son called his sister tonight to wish his best friend Jaxson ( his nephew) its his 6 th birthday....!
-
-
We're right in between two huge storms...one way or another we're getting rain...tornadoes in East Texas I heard.
My son is home. and the damn deployment word came up again. He's talking to the chief who handles deployments. He just doesn't want to be assigned to the Army, if he goes to Afghanistan he wants to be with a Marine unit. Geez, he hasn't really even started this instructor job yet! I hope it's not "boring".
I also had him explain to my old brain how FMTB and FMF works. FMTB is training, which I knew and FMF is a qualification. You can be a field corpsman without earning FMF credentials. I'm sure all of you knew that, but the terms were seeming like they were being used interchangeably and it was confusing.
-
-
Christmas decor looks so much more natural in snow. Thanks for sharing, Carol.
-
-
Active day on the board! those of you with so much free time, please come WRAP these gifts! and Kristine! an early gift for you! he must be gaining confidence in himself and his job, his buddies, doesn't seem quite so strange, it's becoming habit and more routine. Carol, I'm not going to say anything nice to you, it'll bring the tears, but you know...our hearts are with you this season.
I can still hear my little girl's voice (now she's 39!) as she snitched on Noah, our little neighbor..."noah's peein' off the porch again"...then go back to what she was doing. But no downstairs neighbors!! what a hoot!
Back to it...just burnt the last batch of peanut butter cookies, it's time to stop that and just wrap...and figure out how to make the door to this office disappear so no one wanders into it on Christmas day...
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
You need to be a member of Corpsmen Moms and Dads to add comments!