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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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
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.)
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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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For those of us who have children serving as Corpsmen, above and beyond the call of duty!
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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?
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son in japan
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Graduation schedule for 2014/2015
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Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on October 9, 2014 at 8:49pm
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Aw John, gonna miss you! BUT - I hope you'll keep an eye on our group when members have questions and add your knowledge - all that experience is valuable!!! Please give Dan best wishes for his continued success. Someday when a good-looking PA is taking my BP I'm going to ask, does your dad have a boat and is his name John? ;)
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Comment by mikes mom on October 9, 2014 at 8:24pm
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John ,
What a journey we've been on ! Wow, please let Dan know we are all on his side he can do this : )
My son is still in and has another year to go.. My daughter though is now out of the Army. .thank goodness. .
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Comment by DramaSoul on October 9, 2014 at 8:06pm
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Dan's Dad (John)....I wish him the best of luck in his new endeavor! My son is planning the same thing at the end of his Navy experience.
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Comment by Dan's Dad (John) on October 9, 2014 at 12:37pm
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My son is now officially separated from the Navy. He is on his way to the University of Kentucky to become a physician's assistant! The Navy was an incredible experience for him, and me. He says he has mixed feelings about leaving but it was time. Fair winds and following seas to all the heroes still serving!
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Comment by Frogger1 on September 29, 2014 at 6:43pm
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Thank ya'll for the info, he loves history. I'm sure he'll be happy there. I know the weather will be cooler, that alone is a plus.
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Comment by IDCmom#1 on September 29, 2014 at 2:45pm
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My son's second Navy assignment was NMC Portsmouth. He was married to another sailor then and they lived in a fairly decent apartment very near the hospital. It has been so long, I can't remember to what clinic he was assigned.
If you are into history, what a great place to be stationed. I would love to spend an extended vacation there roaming streets and visiting historic sites.My first grandchild was born at NMC Portsmouth and the labor and delivery section was very good. I am assuming my next grandchild will be born there as well as my son will PCS from Camp Pendleton to Virginia Beach this Fall and baby arrives in April.
While still quite a drive from Pensacola, VA is so much nearer than CA. I am getting excited!
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OK Frogger1, two more things and that's it I promise!! LOL This link: NMCPortsmouth on Facebook; and they have an awesome smartphone app. Use your barcode scanner app to scan this and get it on the Google Play Store:
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NMCP and Admiral's Point; Stanley Hall (barracks), a view of Norfolk from the hospital; the Portsmouth/Norfolk ferry.
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Frogger1, that's great!! Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is an outstanding hospital, not to mention the oldest continuously operating hospital in the Navy (the original building, which is beautiful, is now administration). Your son will have a million-dollar view of the Elizabeth River and downtown Norfolk from his barracks. A barracks suite consists of two bedrooms, each with a private entrance, that share a kitchen and bath. The kitchen has a microwave, a small refrigerator, and a fold-down ironing board. It's about a minute walk to the hospital. If he doesn't have one yet, he will definitely need a car there. There is so much to do in the Portsmouth/Norfolk/Virginia Beach area, and about a three hour drive up to D.C. He can also walk to the ferry landing in Portsmouth and take the $1.50 across the river to Norfolk's Waterside area and McArthur Mall for shopping, restaurants and movies.
This is a good group for you to join: Norfolk Sailors Families and Friends, and here's info on the Navy Lodge when you visit: Navy Lodge Norfolk
Hey Marsha (mikes mom) - how's that for a start? :)
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Fogger - Marcy I'm sure will have a lot to say about Port smith : )
Congratulations !
My children use to be all on the east coast and now (thank goodness) they are all on the West Coast : ) only 2 hours by plane. .
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