Welcome to
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.

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

Add an Event

**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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
PDF – 2.7 MB
PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

Latest Activity

TVRNEM shared Unknown's group on Facebook

HM (Hospital Corps) "A" School in San Antonio

13 hours ago

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

Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.

Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.

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

Badge

Loading…

Get Badge

Duty Station NAS Oceana, VA Beach VA

Information

This group is for families who are stationed in Oceana or family members of sailors stationed at NAS Oceana.

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it . You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

Members: 130
Latest Activity: Feb 6, 2023

Fight Night, Oceana, 1944

Discussion Forum

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of Duty Station NAS Oceana, VA Beach VA to add comments!

Comment by m'smom on November 15, 2011 at 10:09am: Tina-Was talking to my son as I read your message. He said the NEX right outside the gate of Oceana is one of the nicer ones he has been in. Not that he has been in that many but at least 3 or 4 others. With his flying it may be more.

Comment by susanm(ZEKESMOM) on November 14, 2011 at 5:48pm: I heard from my son on Friday and he will not be able to make it home to North Carolina for Thanksgiving. I'm sure he would appreciate a good meal for Thanksgiving. This will be his second in a row away from home. Last year he spent Thanksgiving and Christmas in boot camp. This year he will be working the weekend after Thanksgiving. He was not very happy about that!

Comment by sjtina on November 14, 2011 at 3:14pm: Does anyone know if there is a decent NEX near Oceana. Trying to think a Christmas presents.

Comment by sjtina on November 14, 2011 at 1:58pm: Valtameri mine is deployed too.

Its a wonderful thing to bring a family in for a holiday.

Comment by m'smom on November 14, 2011 at 10:47am: Val-I just talked to son. There is a young couple from Michigan, they have a small child and they are not going to be able to get home. He is going to check with them and see if they would be interested. He hasn't heard of anyone else but will keep his ears open. Actually the wife of the couple is a member of this group. You might friend her, D's wife. I don't know how often she spies on us, but it might be worth a try.

Comment by m'smom on November 14, 2011 at 10:38am: I can check with my son. I know he and DIL are coming home but he may know of someone that isn't. Will let you know. Glad to see some people on here talking again!!

Miss you guys when we get quiet. We seem to all do it at the same time.

Comment by CeeCee on November 14, 2011 at 10:32am: Mine's deployed too and I also thing it's great......truly someone that really cares about our sailors!!!!

Comment by Valtameri on November 12, 2011 at 1:58pm: Do any of you have sailors who will be at Oceana at Thanksgiving and might be looking for a place to go for a family meal? I got an email from someone who does this for sailors and wanted to know if I had knew of anyone who might be interested.