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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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.)
N4M Merchandise
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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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Corpsman Moms
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Lots of Corpsman moms around! Share your experiences here, your wisdom and your support of one another! All are welcome! HM 'A' School moms/dads/loved ones, please also join us at
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/hmhospitalcorpsmanaschoolinsanantonio
Current admins Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom and TexasDocMom
Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it . You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!
Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/corpsmenmoms
Location: All over this world!
Members: 1064
Latest Activity: Dec 30, 2024
Please check out the information at the links below the photos.
HM 'A' School moms/dads/loved ones! Please also join in at
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/hmhospitalcorpsmanaschoolinsanantonio
Anderson Hall is in San Antonio, on the campus of Fort Sam Houston...the place where future corpsmen learn their trade. "Doc" Anderson served with the Marine 1/6. (He also went to Basic and to FMTB with my son. TDM)
Fleet Marine Force (top) and Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist qualification pins
Shipboard corpsmen working underway
Click on links (in bold and underlined)
The HM Rating - the only enlisted medical corps in the Navy
PLEASE REVIEW these Operational Security guidelines: OPSEC and an easy to remember version
RELATED N4M GROUPS:
HM (Hospital Corps) A School in San Antonio - If your sailor is headed to or is currently at A School, this group is the best place for you to ask questions and get info right now. Medical Education & Training Campus, San Antonio, Texas (METC) is the "go to" non-N4M official site for information on Hospital Corps A school in San Antonio.
Moms with Kids in Iraq/Afghanistan If your corpsman is deploying to the "sandbox," please join us, you'll find folks with open arms, lots of support and the same fears and questions you have.
FIELD MEDICAL TRAINING BATTALION (FMTB) is an eight-week course in advanced medical training, small arms training, and the Marine Corps way of life. Official sites:
FMTB - EAST Camp Johnson at Camp Lejeune, NC. Links include a Life at FMTB slideshow, study manual, lots more, click here for what to bring, car and mail info, etc.
FMTB-East on Facebook has photos, info about upcoming graduations.
NavyforMoms FMTB groups: Camp Lejeune Moms and Camp Pendleton Corpsmen
FMF qualifications and FMF: Sailors earn respect
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (Virginia) and NMC/San Diego
Navy Individual Augmentee (aka "IA") and "Navy IA" iPhone app
Fleet and Family Support Program Facebook Page
Absentee Voting Assistance
Defense Center of Excellence For Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Help for TBI and PTSD for active military, vets and their families.
Real Warriors This site has phone apps, emergency numbers, 24 hour hot lines to help a vet or a family struggling with PTSD, TBI and other issues when they return home from deployment.
VAWatchdog.org If this site doesn't have the link you need for your Veteran, there isn't a website for it. Amazing.
Navy Reserve FAQs Got questions about the Reserves/your reservist? here's the spot!
FACEBOOK LINKS:
METC Facebook Has photos!
Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program Facebook page. Graduation dates, photos of each class.
Facebook Support for OPSEC A good page to share with your sailor and to keep up with yourself concerning online and social media OPSEC.
Dogs on Deployment One-Stop Resource page for military members to turn to for advice and direction to all pet-related needs. They also are looking for fosters.
NAVY NEWS: http://www.navy.mil (official Navy site); and Navy Times - weekly newspaper published by Gannett, subscription $55/yr.
Navy facilities in the U.S. - interactive map. Clicking on the name takes you to the website for that location. There is also a link to a list of ship homeports.
Search U.S. Navy social media sites here: http://www.navy.mil/navyDirectory.asp
Graphic novel "The Docs" for deploying corpsmen
CARE PACKAGES: USPS # - 800-610-8734, say "Order supplies" and then ask for the Military Pack. They'll send you six priority-mail large boxes for military, tape, and labels, all for free. You can order cases of 10 and 25 online sent for free, too; choose quantity under "select format" at right on that page. Send up to 70 lbs for $13.45. Questions and inspiration: Care Package Ideas
TO ANY MOM WHOSE CORPSMAN IS DEPLOYING TO A WAR ZONE - look above and find the link to "Moms with Kids in Iraq/Afghanistan"...go read, go lurk, post when you're ready. We know your fear, your thoughts and tears and joy and laughter.
RETURNING WARRIOR WORKSHOPS - For sailors returning from mobilization or Individual Augmentees from deployment, here is information and the 2013 schedule of workshops around the country: RWW 2013
Discussion Forum
Don't miss graduation from Great Lakes!
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Comment by AngiePNMx2 on November 12, 2009 at 9:26pm
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Hi all I am not getting any notices in my e-mail box of comments posted..Has any contacted Elle??
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Comment by Sharon P.M. on November 12, 2009 at 12:41pm
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Carol - my son is pretty much an all kinds of music fan, we just happened to go to a Kenny Chesney concert together with my older son! Thank goodness he wasn't thinking about the My Chemical Romance concert we went to together to name the dog! LOL!
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Good morning all! I hope everyone had a peaceful, thoughtful, grateful Veteran's Day! Have finally downloaded a couple of pictures of the new puppy so here's my favorite thus far - BTW, we have named him, ready for this...Chesney! Sure y'all can figure that one out! LOL BTW, it was my sailor's idea!
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Anna...I buy a NEX gift card so that they can get what they want or need, then there isn't any tax and I also get a small gift to put with it i.e. cd, movie,etc. My oldest appreciated it last year plus it was easy to take back to his ship with flying and such
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Comment by TexasDocMom on November 9, 2009 at 10:45pm
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Anna, welcome to my world, every year starts the "what does he want for Christmas?" thing...This year it's easier for me, he and a buddy are in their first apartment and need stuff. Does Christopher need a new phone? or laptop? car need tires or brakes? a stuff bag or laptop bag? T-shirts from home, favorite team? My son always got his eyes tested when he was at home at Christmas, and we got him his contacts...but now he's had laser surgery so that's out. I got him a small photo album that fit in tight spots with family and dog pictures in it. Gift certificates for Chili's, other national restaurants...
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This post is for the "new" moms, those that have sailors in boot camp yet - been meaning to write it for days now and just keep forgetting to! Last week marked my son's 1 year anniversary of leaving home for boot camp, in fact Saturday was the 1 year anniversary of getting our "box" in the mail. And yes, I refused to wash my son's stinky hoody that he wore for 18+ hours while traveling, etc to get there for at least a week under my pillow (was better to have that stinkiness of him than nothing) Boy was I pitiful! But the past year has truly flown by and I am amazed daily at all that my son has accomplished, the Navy has been quite good for him. I thought I would burst with pride at his PIR and each and everytime I see him he's more man than boy now. So newbie moms, hang in there, it's an awesome ride and your sailors are as proud of you as you are of them!
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Thanks for the update Ruth! Yeah, the storms do tend to weaken with the colder water and there is also a cold front pushing in that is supposed to help shear the tops of the storms off. It's been a quiet season this year, hopefully this will be the last one we have to contend with!
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Ruthella - you still up around the panhandle? Batten down them hatches woman, looks like the tropical storm is heading up that way! Been very windy down here and tides are running a little higher than usual but I think that's about all we'll see from it. BE SAFE!
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OK - can't find my cord to transfer pictures to my computer but will look again tonight (house is in total kaos as hubby has decided to gut my bathroom and remodel it all by himself) This should be one heck of an interesting week! I don't think he has a clue what he's gotten himself into. Anyway - as yet un-named puppy is absolutely gorgeous and lovable and the puppy breath is devine! Now, if we can just get him to actually sleep at night rather than howl life will be good! Promise to find that darn cord tonight to share pics!
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Cheryl - adding my prayers as well, sounds to me like your daughter-in-law is one tough cookie having beat breast cancer, and will beat this cancer as well!
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