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Navy For Moms

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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

Events

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

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
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

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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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Latest Activity: Apr 19, 2024

Welcome to the
MEPS & DEP group...
We love helping deppers, recruits, sailors, and especially their families!!!

Don't understand the Navy?
Haven't a clue what is about to happen?
Do you just want to share your joys or sorrows?

Then this is the group for you!!!

We enjoy helping family member with all information or just to pass the time chatting.

Glad you're with us!

It is very important that your future Sailor be physically fit prior to shipping to the RTC (these are new standards beginning 1/1/2018) and that he be able to pass an initial run test. See Navy Sets New Physical Fitness Standard to Start Boot Camp. "The initial run standard is evaluated on the 1.5 mile run of the first Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) at boot camp. The initial run standard for male recruits will be 16 minutes 10 seconds and 18 minutes seven seconds for female recruits."

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Comment by PT mom on March 1, 2017 at 7:41pm: Thank you for your support. My SR is on a plane right now on his way to RTC and the house is so very quiet! I am so proud of his choice to enter the Navy and so excited to communicate with him through this journey and to celebrate with him in 8-9 weeks.

Comment by DonnaCatLover on March 1, 2017 at 3:10pm: Yes totally agree with blackbirdmom. It does get easier. I honestly think the anticipation of them leaving is the worst. I do want to mention that getting the "box" was an emotional hit for me. It was like he had stepped out of his former clothes and former self and put it in the box. I needed to journal about that.

Comment by blackbirdmom on March 1, 2017 at 1:36pm: @PT mom - that first couple of days were the hardest, but it does get easier. I still had the younger kids at home, but the absence of our SR was felt. There are small milestones along the way, such as getting that extremely short phone call, then "the box" and then the form letter. The thing that helped the most was the first letter and the first real phone call. Before you know it, your seeing that your SR has gotten through the first week or two, and you are beginning to finalize plans for PIR. I agree with others about writing every day. I also will cut out funny stories from the newspaper, and make a copy, then write my letter on the back of it. Or I will print out stories about his favorite sports teams off. And posting here also helps. Hugs to you.

Comment by PT mom on February 28, 2017 at 9:45pm: Butterfly Mom and blackbirdmom and friends, My daughter and I dropped my son off at the hotel tonight, and tomorrow he will be sworn in at MEPS and then fly to RTC. My daughter and I cried together as I drove her back to her college and my heart is in my throat. I am so very proud of my son, but my world is so quiet without him here. I am grateful that this group is so supportive.

Comment by ButterflyMom on February 24, 2017 at 8:34am: Thank you for all the supportive comments! It is so great to have somewhere to vent right now. Husbands can only do so much! I know everyday it will get easier. I am very happy for my son because he is fulfilling his dream. I just have to keep telling this to myself!

Comment by DonnaCatLover on February 24, 2017 at 2:32am: Sandrab, I totally understand. I was feeling the same almost one year ago when my son left for RTC. He also had gone away to college and then decided to join the Navy. But my son is thriving which makes me so happy and I know your son will thrive also. I made a point of NOT telling him how much I missed him in the letters I wrote while he had no electronics but I did tell him how proud I was of him and how I knew he could do this. I also wrote out my feelings of grief in a journal so I could get it out. I did not want to be a Navy mom either but now I am a proud Navy mom and look forward to the times I get to spend with my sailor. Hang in there - it does get better.

Comment by lemonelephant on February 24, 2017 at 12:28am: Sandrab, welcome to this next part of the journey. I left info on your My Page that will help you to know what is happening and what to expect.

Comment by ButterflyMom on February 23, 2017 at 8:01pm: My son just left yesterday for RTC and I'm a basket case! I miss him terribly and think this is the worst time of my life. I have three sons and he is my youngest. You'd think I'd be ok, he went away to college, but at least there I could go see him and talk to him! Not looking forward to being a navy mom.

Comment by blackbirdmom on February 7, 2017 at 11:57am: We spent our day at MEPS yesterday, and our SR flew out yesterday afternoon. He was completely ready to go, and we were soooo proud of him. My planning for our visit to see his PIR is what will keep us going, and writing letters. In this day of constant communication, the silence is hard. I'm thankful every day for this site.

Comment by BaseballLover on February 3, 2017 at 12:41pm: Hi all...it is so helpful to read all these encouraging comments! I'm a new Navy mom. My son swore in on Monday, and will be leaving in September for BC. I'm so excited for him, but also incredibly sad that he's leaving! I have a feeling these next few months are going to be quite a roller coaster.