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:
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.
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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
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Current admins Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom and TexasDocMom
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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!
Started by MelonieM. Last reply by CorpsmanMom Jul 15, 2018. 1 Reply 0 Likes
FMF camp lejuene
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Comment by Sharon P.M. on August 18, 2009 at 7:47pm
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Welcome Margaret! Your son has much better timing than mine did, my FL boy had PIR on Dec 24th and then spent the entire freezing winter in GL at A school. He's in VA now for C-school and much happier with the weather! LOL
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I don't what button I just pushed but my whole screen went blank! Uli - even without the picture I knew what you meant by "river fruit" We live on the Pithalachascotee (sp?) I never get that right, we call it the Cotee for short. On my shore it's kind of brackish, along with fresh water fish we see otters, dolphins, rays and manatees swimming past our dock. I would say we are about 1.5 - 2 miles from the mouth of the gulf give or take, takes about 10-15 minutes of low wake speed to get to the open gulf from my dock.
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Uli - come on down, plenty of room and fish! I'm actually hoping Frank will take the guys fishing and they get to eat the fish they catch, it always tastes better when you've caught it yourself! Plus it gives huge bragging rights when they go back to base LOL!
Ruthella - Oh dear God you just gave me the laugh I needed today "my new dead dog" have been a weepy mess all day, that did give me a chuckle. Some of my wieners love the water, some not so much, they all love exploring the beach and rolling in whatever dead smelly thing they can find! A dead fish is apparently Ralph Lauren perfume to a doxie!
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Welcome Lisa! Your son sounds like a great guy, good job mom!! :0)
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Ruthella - I will not be sharing that info on the weiners with my husband! That is my excuse for not living on a boat - LOL! What would I do with my weiners?! We take them out on our boat all the time but that's a different story, it's just for a day! I have 6 of my own and also do foster care for DARE (dachshund adoption, rescue and education) so there's usually at least 8 at the house at any given time. This week has been a sad one though. We decided after 9 months of not having a large dog (our 14 yr old dalmatian passed in Nov) that we were ready to have another, well we adopted a lab mix puppy from a rescue last Saturday. On Thursday she became ill and has been at the animal hospital since being treated for Parvo, she passed away last night. Needless to say we are heartbroken. I have spent the past 5 days bleaching everything including our yard to prevent any of the others from getting it. Wow - I just rambled on there didn't I? Sorry!
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Ruthella - you are to be congratulated on staying married! That's awesome! I just know that with my boys, good lord just when I would get to liking a girlfriend, they'd be broken up and on to the next! LOL I think there are too many distractions these days.
BTW - you are living my husbands dream. He would kill to live on a boat, me - I think I would kill him if we lived on a boat! When ever he brings it up I tell him to go on down to the dock and live on the boat, I'll hollar for you when dinner is ready and you can come back up to the house. He sees no humor in that! LOL
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Gotta be honest here, I kind of think LD21 was actually the girlfriend and not the mom, in all reality, what mom out there really thinks a 17 year old is going to wait for her boyfriend for 4 years to marry (that sounds like a broken-hearted girl to me)? Having raised 2 girls and 3 boys, not a one is married to the person they dated at 17! I dunno, maybe we do it differently down here but I have a gut feeling it was the girlfriend asking all the questions and panicking. The world may never know!
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Alli - you have a great attitude and outlook, you are right, it is a transition for all involved! I am a firm believer in life is what you make of it, you've given your kids a good solid background and it's a wonderful journey watching them spread their wings and fly solo! Be proud mamma! :0)
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Not so sure there will be any cookie baking going on in this house any time soon, it's too darn hot! My son has requested a fish fry complete with hush puppies, coleslaw and cheese grits and my carrot cake (wants his buddies to have what he refers to as our red neck food) and of course steaks on the grill one day as well and an Italian dinner too. They will be here from Thursday night until Tuesday afternoon so I'm sure there will be more requests! LOL
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Sue - you get to those pictures whenever you have time, no rush! Glad you're son is getting home too!
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