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.)
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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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: 1063
Latest Activity: Sep 18
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
Started by nikki. Last reply by CorpsmanMom Jul 15, 2018. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Sharon P.M. on January 13, 2009 at 5:54pm
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Those shirt things were a pain in the butt while my son was home! We hit every single men's store we could think of and they all looked at us like we were crazy asking for them! My son got back to base on Jan 3rd, got settled in and went to check the base out and found them there! We had a good laugh about that, we spent hours looking for them here! LOL My boy kind of blew through basic with no homesickness, I was feeling really proud of him but I have to tell you, when he got back to base on the 3rd he got a big dose of it! My older son was home for the holidays as well and of course it was non-stop fun while they were home, when he got back to base it hit him like a ton of bricks, I think not having any direction until Monday morning was the problem, he had the rest of the weekend to miss everyone and not enough to keep him busy. It broke my heart to hear it in his voice. Good news though, he's doing just fine now!
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Hi Rita - I kind of thought it was unusual, my son was the yeoman for his group, not sure if that had anything to do with it either but he earned his E-2 while in basic as well. He has his cell phone now and if I don't get a call every evening I get a text at least, he's my youngest and the last to leave home, I think he's more worried about me than I am for him!
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I can tell you that I sent almost the same exact mess. when my son left - still no clue what 1/2 the abbreviations mean but I'm learning too! LOL Did your son'r recruiter tell you that you can call him and he should have a mailing address for you within 2 days so you can send your son mail without having to wait to get his first letter? They can look it up on the computer for you! My son said getting mail from home was what keeps them going, he even had me writing to some of his buddies that weren't getting any mail.
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Yeah, PIR is graduation, and it was so cool, my son had his on Christmas Eve! It was snowing and being the Floridian that I am I felt like a little kid, we even built a snowman at our hotel after the ceremonies before we headed to airport to go home - lol! We got lucky, he got to have leave over the holidays! The phone call will come and it will be a short one, the thing that will probably really drive it home though is "the box" they ship home everything he left with in a box, no note, just clothes, i-pod, whatever. I got "the box" within a few days. Thought I'd cuddle up with his hoody but OMG wasn't thinking of how long he had it on until it went into "the box" lets just say it was ripe. I was actually pretty surprised how often he got to call home, seemed like almost once a week, always on Sunday and right around 3 in the afternoon, not sure if that was just his unit or what?
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Samantha, Lori is right, Pensacola area is beautiful, you will love it!
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NavyJakesMom - Congrats and hang in there! Are you planning on attending PIR? I did and it was such a proud moment! My son is at GL for A-school now, hasn't classed up yet to the actual Corps school, think that happens next week. They are currently taking classes on finance and personal behavior and what not. Says aside from the freezing weather (he's a FL boy) it's not too bad and he's meeting some really great people.
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Lynda - my son has a friend that is stationed in Japan and she LOVES it! I know it's hard to think of them so far away, I just keep in mind what an awsome adventure to be on! I wish I had the spirit these Sailors have when I was that young, or this old for that matter! LOL! I have applied for a passport though, you just never know!
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Wow - I didn't even know they were allowed food in their rooms! I can't imagine a sailor being a slob, when my son came home for the holidays I about fell over when his bed was made every day! Is there only the two of them in the room? There are 3 in my son's room, I would think if 1 was being a problem the other 2 would take matters into their own hands to make him comply!
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About the phase 1, phase 2 weekend leaves - my son siad that there are rumors flying that phase 3 is going to make a comeback, that's where they can leave base for the weekend without checking in, I know it sounds aweful but I hope they wait a little while on that one! I'm a FL girl and it was soooo cold for PIR, I'd be happy to wait for it to warm up just a tad before heading back there for a visit! I know, I'm a whimp!
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Hi all - I'm Sharon, my son had PIR on 12/24 and is now at Great Lakes for Corpsman School! One of his roommates is graduating at the end of the month and he's been a great help to my son. What an awesome group of sailors!
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