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
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The heart and soul of the Navy-the cook! Let's swap stories and exchange info about our loved ones being a CS in the Navy!
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Comment by therevbev on February 3, 2016 at 1:17pm
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Elizabeth Armstrong - Hi, and welcome to the rollercoaster ride of military parenting! While it is kind of scary at first, you WILL soon become an expert at letter writing, box packing and counting down deployment days! Wow - while my son loves CS on an aircraft carrier (1 10 month deployment down already), I know that CS for subs is a whole other type of duty. I'm sure someone here is experienced with that. Don't hesitate to ask questions! A lot of us have our settings so that anything posted here arrives as an email so we don't miss much. I should let you know that there are 3-4000 members to the Navy for Mom Facebook page. Since it is closed you have to ask to join and they check that you do indeed have a Navy member in the family.. Like here, because it is closed it can only be seen by other members.
Again, welcome to the ride. It actually can be fun to track all the places they travel to etc.
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Comment by Lizzyanne on February 3, 2016 at 1:10pm
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Ok, I'm new. My son just took his test and is going to be a CSS. I'm scared for him choosing this "career" he has no prior experience in this. I don't know what to expect. He will be leaving the end of April. Anyone have any words of encouragement for me?
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Wow. Japan. Both of my sons (the eldest is a US Marine vet) would love to explore that country! The Marine even tried learning the language ... but both of mine were and are based in San Diego. (Now the Marine is in cold, frigid Wisconsin) The CS is on a carrier doing retrofit, so he's not cooking at all - just cleaning, painting, scraping, scrubbing.... I think he wishes he were cooking some days.
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Comment by MAMA_C on January 12, 2016 at 5:50pm
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therevbev-Thanks for the encouragement I'll pass it on!. It seems he trying to fill his off days with interesting things, like exploring Japan and teaching himself Japanese then there is his photography until he goes aweigh.
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MAMA_C - Now that my CS has been in for nearly 2 years and finished a 9 month deployment I can tell you that EVERY navy job is monotonous most of the time. He says that everyone tends to find the job you're good at and KEEP YOU there. He does enjoy the changes and looks forward to the special meals, deployments bring incredible international ports between the boredom. Tell your son to use this to prepare for the possible in the future. Become the BEST omelet maker the chiefs have EVER seen!
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Hello Moms, my son can't wait to get on aweigh. He is on base now but upset he stuck cooking one thing for hours at time. Today it was omelets. It's time like this is thinking is this what wants to do his entire stint in the Navy. He so accustomed to doing different task. Times like this I pray a little extra. CS work hard and long hours. I can image the monotonous can wreck his patience.
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Comment by HuskyMom on January 3, 2016 at 11:38pm
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Hi Freaeasabrd!
My son is also stationed on the USS Connecticut!
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Comment by Freeasabrd on January 3, 2016 at 8:36pm
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Hello to you all. I am new to this site. My sister is retired Navy and told me about it. I'm trying to find out some information on my sons sub, if he's on it or another sub TAD. I have no idea. He was home on leave in Sept then he went back to Washington. I heard from him for about a week and then nothing since. He is stationed on the USS Conneticut.
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Navymon2015 - sorry I didn't get back to you, but I has hoping that a CSS (sub) mom would be able to help specifically. My thoughts are that he will either be at Great Lakes still, waiting for a class in VA to open, or will be in VA by Christmas. I don't think the A schools actually "break" for the holidays, but I am not sure. If he's still at Great Lakes, I suspect he'll only get the day (possibly the weekend) of liberty and won't be allowed further than 50 miles from base.
Hope that helps some, or you have reached a sub mom. Have a good Thanksgiving.
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Neveremptynest - welcome to Navy life! Hold on tight, the ride gets bumpy! Feel free to join us over on Facebook if you are able, there is A LOT more activity over there. Also, you can look for Moms in your state or area, etc. My son's been in about a year and a half and has already finished a 9 month deployment to the middle east on a carrier. Life moves fast in this lane. Again, Welcome.
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