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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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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

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**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

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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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Welcome!
We ♥ helping you understand the Navy!

Members: 1615
Latest Activity: Apr 19

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 Dodie on April 20, 2010 at 5:59pm: Hi to everyone. I've been on the N4M website for a couple of weeks but just found this group. My son Matt is leaving for BC 10/5. He is contracted for the NUKE program. I will also be joing the oct family group:)

Comment by dillndrewsmom on April 20, 2010 at 5:04pm: Hello,, I am new here.. my son will be leaving for BC Nov 9th.. and has been in contact today by his recruiter about SEALS. I have millions of questions,, and will be back tonight after I get home from work .. Thanks for any and all information ' )

Comment by MandE'smom(Hi, I'm Mary) on April 19, 2010 at 9:43am: Aww...Thanks Angie. :)

I am playing a bit of catchup. I didnt touch my computer all weekend, so I am a little behind in my reading. I really enjoy this. I feel so embraced! It is a great comfort to see that others are going for this ride right along side me!

Comment by Arwen on April 19, 2010 at 12:27am: Jessica, what system do you use? I use Linux at home and Mac OS 10 at work, both with Firefox browsers, and neither has any of the features you describe.

Comment by Arwen on April 17, 2010 at 3:12am: This weekend we're getting a taste of what life without either of our boys will be like. Sean went on a school choir trip, he won't be back until late Sunday, so it's just Mike (hubby), daughter Erin and myself.

So far we've discovered we're going to have to cut back on our cooking – again. We discovered that Erin is VERY unhappy about inheriting both brothers' chores. When there were three kids to spread the chores around it was easy for all of them. Doing all three jobs, no so much. She was in tears last night over doing the cat box, which has always been her brothers' job.

We discovered that the animals are much harder to take care of with three people. Even four gave us options on who walks the dog this hour (we have no yard, we have to take her for a walk every time she has to do her business). Three reduces those options.

It's easier to decide what to watch on TV. With 5 of us it was too much, so Mike and I always dictated the TV schedule. With 4, we gave the kids more say, and one of them would always end up leaving because s/he wasn't interested. Being only 3, we seem to agree on shows more easily. I think taking sibling rivalry out of the picture has something to do with it.

Comment by idahojeep on April 16, 2010 at 9:35am: Congrats Moonblossom and we'll see you soon in the other groups!

Comment by Arwen on April 16, 2010 at 1:57am: Congrats moonblossom. Fair winds and following seas.

Comment by idahojeep on April 15, 2010 at 10:49am: They didn't even have a Home Depot when I left. I miss the coast sometimes - when it is 100 degrees here in the summer!

Comment by Arwen on April 15, 2010 at 10:42am: CC had a Starbucks when I moved here in 2008, on the corner of 101 and E Cooper, across from the Home Depot. Brookings actually has one too, but its inside a grocery store. :-/

Comment by idahojeep on April 15, 2010 at 9:03am: Jennifer congrats on the CTI for your daughter. My son wants to take the DLAB again. He missed by 11 pts but I think the test was more difficult than he thought it was going to be.