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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).

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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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Duty Station NAS Oceana, VA Beach VA

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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!

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Latest Activity: Feb 6, 2023

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Comment by sjtina on July 16, 2011 at 5:14pm: Hi ladies. My son just arrived at Oceana Wednsday night. One thing he noticed was he needs a car. I dont know if any one on here has a sailor in his squadron, but he said everyone was really cool and really helpful. I guess being the new guy he has alot to learn.

Comment by Proud AO Mom on July 15, 2011 at 11:37am: @ CeeCee It's going to be 105 in Oklahoma today. He could come here to cool off a little, NOT!

Comment by Valtameri on July 14, 2011 at 8:14pm: Thanks CeeCee!

Comment by CeeCee on July 14, 2011 at 12:08pm: welcome aboard vaitameri.....my son is at Oceana when he's not deployed....right now he is on an AC Carrier until December......

Holly......where my son is at right now is 126.....I'll be he'd take the chilly weather of VA right now and be very very happy about it!!!!

Comment by Proud AO Mom on April 11, 2011 at 1:35pm: Thanks Cindy and CC.

He has arrived safely but he's not really thrilled about being back in the cold weather again. He surprised us all by getting married wayyy earlier than the Nov 2 2012 date they set before he left. So he's going to start looking for apartments. I tried to find some things on the internet to send him in email but the pictures are never any thing like the real thing when you look at them. He says he'll be back the beginning of June to take his bride and their belongings to VA.

I found out the name of his squadron is the Gladiators.

And that's about everything I know so far.

Comment by m'smom on April 6, 2011 at 12:46pm: m was so tired last night that I didn't ask too many questions. He sounded like he needed to go to bed and it was only 7 pm.!! I told him to find the mess hall and get some food in him.

I will ask more questions tonight! lol

Comment by m'smom on April 5, 2011 at 7:08pm: Cindy- Do you know which barricks he is in? Do they stay with other squadron members? M sounded very tired, but they made it.

Glad P has his boat. M was interested in what kind of boat. Told him I hadn't asked.

The buddy he traveled with has a wife and 11 month old baby boy. She was not on N4M's so I gave him the website info and my screen name. We will have to keep an eye out for her.

Comment by m'smom on April 5, 2011 at 9:17am: Ok two more on their way to Oceana. Prayers for their safe travel.

Comment by m'smom on April 4, 2011 at 11:03pm: M leaves in the morning. Doesn't get easier does it?

Comment by CeeCee on March 31, 2011 at 9:15pm: Holly, my son is also at Oceana....he has been there since August. He says it is a lot better than P'cola. He likes it very much. He went surfing for the very first time in September. He snowboards and said it's a lot like snowboarding but he like snowboarding better. He is stationed there but will be deployed on the Bush this sprring.