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:

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:

RTC Graduation

**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.

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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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Leaving For BC June 24

Does anyone know how the divisions are formed?

Started by brojo

1 May 5, 2015
Reply by lemonelephant

Change in rating in DEP?

My daughter went to MEPS last month with the intention of signing up as a CS. They told her there wasn't an opening and was talked into sig…

Started by MommaK

10 Apr 21, 2015
Reply by lemonelephant

Wisdom Teeth

My son isn't leaving for BC until June, but he was told they would probably pull his wisdom teeth if he didn't have them out by then.  He i…

Started by cindycl

19 Apr 14, 2015
Reply by mommaH

Having trouble with medical stuff for MEPS...

I am basically asking "What do we do now?".   My hubby decided he wanted to join the Navy and started the process back in August 2014. At f…

Started by EmeraldLioness

0 Mar 30, 2015

My daughter leaves 3-3-15

I thought I would handle this like a champ, but I'm really starting to fall apart...

Started by ashley

3 Mar 5, 2015
Reply by ashley

My son Leaves for Boot Camp on 1/27/15

Hello All!  This is my very first post on N4M. My son leaves for bootcamp on 1/27/15 and I'm starting to get a little freaked out.  We are…

Started by JoJo'sMa

10 Feb 3, 2015
Reply by DynosMom

School records

My son (high-school senior) is STILL waiting for a medical waiver, but this question is for a coworker.  She doesn't want to join this grou…

Started by Veronica

2 Dec 29, 2014
Reply by Veronica

Leaving for BC on Dec 4, 2014

My son leaves for BC on 12/4/2014 from Pittsburgh, PA.  Any one else leaving on that date?

Started by NavymomMary

21 Dec 22, 2014
Reply by A navy mom

My son lost all of his identifications! Was scheduled to leave for bootcamp next week!!!

My son started a new job about 2 months ago and I gave him his social security card and his state ID for this job.  Well, he now doesnt kno…

Started by Tashena

0 Nov 15, 2014

Leaving for BC November 17th

My son will be leaving for BC on November 17th.  Does anyone know if we can send him stuff over the holidays?

Started by navy2014

1 Nov 2, 2014
Reply by Bert

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