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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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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We love helping deppers, recruits, sailors, and especially their families!!!
- Don't understand the Navy?
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Then this is the group for you!!!
We enjoy helping family member with all information or just to pass the time chatting.
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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."
Discussion Forum
Nervous Mom
Started by AustinsMom. Last reply by LZ0183 Dec 21, 2023. 5 Replies 2 Likes
Leaving for BC in Dec 2019
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Comment by Kat Q on May 13, 2010 at 1:25am
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Hi Fleur, So happy that your daughter is home and resting. God Bless.
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Comment by Fleur de lis Mom on May 12, 2010 at 3:54pm
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Blood work was normal.. She is home resting, heads back to work tomorrow(no lifting). Now to make sure at the paper work is complete with the recruiter. They have a group meeting tomorrow.
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Just an update on my daughter. she's home. She had her gall bladder removed Sunday by laproscope. She has been in contact with her recruiter. She came home today. Her blood work needs to improve, more blood work tomorrow, and possibly another scope by the gastro doc. Thanks for the prayers.
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Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on May 11, 2010 at 1:56pm
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Angie I am actually sending off my youngest and only son. Will follow in his sister's path and go IS. Not one for big celebrations so it will be more on the quiet side with family and a few close friends.
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Fleur, so sorry to read about your daughter. She will heal quickly. I had mine out a couple of years back. Hope she is feeling much better.
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My depper had her gall bladder out yesterday. Mother's Day was at the hospital - it will be one to remember! She talked to recruiter and everything is fine. She has plenty of time to heal before August. She's been sick for a while and I think having it removed will do the trick. So glad this did not happen at BC...
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Angie, all the wonderful wisdom you have provided is so true. I am a returning depper mom. My first sailor went out last Sept and is currently in C school. I was on this site for about 6 months before she left and made many new N4M friends. I became very good friends with a Mom who lived in the northern part of our state, our daughters meet on FB so they would know each other at BC. We were so excited, our girls would know someone, we could follow them through BC knowing they were doing the same things. We would get the chance to finally meet at PIR. We were just so excited.Her girl went on a Monday and although mine went to MEPS on Monday she didn't leave for GL until Wednesday. Well the worst of all possible things happened. Her daughter was put into the last division and by the time my girl got there she had to wait almost a week for her groups to division up. We didn't even end up in the same PIR group. Her daughter graduated a week before mine.
So while we wait for our next child (19) to go off to BC we will have more of an understanding of the process and not have the expectations that everything will work according to our plans. They are truely in the Navy now and they are in control not us sidecar moms as Angie so aply put it. Thanks again Angie, you are the best in keeping us grounded and well informed. Happy Mother's Day all.
p.s. This past spring break I did make a trip to visit my N4M friend. It was wonderful. God Bless
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Angie F - WA:HM/ Pre Buds mom Thanks so much for the support. It will be a scary ride for me (and more so for him) but I know he will over come.
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There really wasn't any other choices at the time so he chose it so that he could get in sooner with the understanding that there might be a chance of changing. However, that did not happen. He is okay with it though.
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A lot of people didn't understand why my son chose the Navy instead of college including his father. It took awhile, but now they understand. I am so proud of his choice. His rating will be Corpsman (not to happy with choice but will go and give it his all).
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- Dear Future Shipmate - (This is a great letter)
- What to bring to Boot Camp and what NOT- Females Stuff Only
- What happens at bootcamp - Day-per-Day? (Up to week #6)
- ~ Boot camp for Dummies (with Pictures) ~
- Ways to Simulate Navy Life at Home -
- The POW/MIA Table at every galley and at the Navy Day Ball...
- Navy Recruiting Manual Enlisted 1130.8J - Updated to 27 June 2012
- ~ Medical Manuals ~
- Cheap Hotels for sailors (and families)
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