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

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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.

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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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A place to come to for Navy Moms & Family Members who find themselves with an emptynest. A place to share our thoughts..comfort each other and give advice.

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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!

A place to come to for Navy Moms & Family Members who find themselves with an emptynest. A place to share our thoughts..comfort each other and give advice.

RED CROSS CONTACT INFO:

In the event of an emergency within the sailor’s family, where you feel the sailor must be notified and considered for Emergency Leave, you must notify the American Red Cross through the national headquarters in Washington, DC (1-877-272-7337) or via their website www.redcross.org.

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Comment by mamabeans on March 17, 2012 at 5:39pm: so is it nuts that since he turned a teen I completely avoided going in his room but now I go in there just to sit or to read? Someone get the funny jacket ready for me....

Although on a good note, I met with a local Navy mom today and we had lunch. It was SOOO nice to have her tell me in person its all gonna be alright. And I only teared up twice! I am such a big baby!

Comment by velvetlace on March 16, 2012 at 6:17pm: Daysleeper- Thank you so much for the recipe. I will try it for sure. It sounds yummy!!!!

Mary

Comment by velvetlace on March 15, 2012 at 5:00pm: TennNAvyMom- We shall see if my Cub gets leave or not soon. I can only hope. It seems like such a long time ago it was that I saw him. I knew this was going to be hard, but at time, it is tortuous. I had to go through this with my father never seeing him when I was little. I just keep telling myself that it was my Cub's decision, so I have to be happy for him. I am really proud of how hard he has worked and his motivation! That is the upside!!!

I think my Cub was take a promotional exam today. I hope he does well!

Mary

Comment by velvetlace on March 15, 2012 at 4:57pm: Hello Ebigirl-

I sent you a private message. I am so glad to see you here, but I am very sorry for all the terrible things tha tyou have had to go through. Not fair. I sent you my email address.

Mary

Comment by mamabeans on March 15, 2012 at 6:27am: I am going to PIR. His gf is not going. I feel so depressed lately. Thank goodness I have my husband now (just got married a little over a year ago). I have no idea how I would have done this single. I have tried several times to go into his room but just the smells of it make me cry and break down. I seriously think I am losing my darn mind!!!

Comment by ebigirl on March 14, 2012 at 10:00pm: Hi Velvetlace, your's is in Florida? Man, that is a very long ways away. Because mine is in the Reserves, he is stationed here in the Everett-Tacoma area!! I consider myself very lucky. He has been doing his weekend drills at Joint Base Lewis McChord which is Army and Air Force. He got married in late August and they are doing great. I'll send you a private message soon! Great to hear from you and knowing where your son ended up!

Comment by velvetlace on March 14, 2012 at 4:34pm: @ebi- Hi! It is so good to see you here. My son is now in Jacksonville, FL. He finished his corpsman school (A school) in San Antonio in the middle of August. He came home for a short visit, and that is the last that I have seen of him. He is trying to get leave in a couple of months.

So glad that your son loves the Seabees. When I was growing up, we lived in Ventura, and we would go to Port Hueneme for commissary and BX. So glad to see you here!

Mary

Comment by velvetlace on March 14, 2012 at 4:31pm: @imgiggin- Good luck. I was unable to leave and go to Sacto to say goodbye to my son over a year ago when he left. Probably just as well since I would have broken down and cried in front of him, and I did not want to do that! If you have any questions about the process, they are a lot of ladies here that have gone through the roller coaster ride that you are now on. It is hard, but it will be so worth it !

Comment by velvetlace on March 14, 2012 at 4:02pm: @Daysleeper- Have a good rest! I have never made corned beef and cabbage. My husband is part Irish, so I bake a lot of potatoes around here. I have been buying the Irish Soda bread. Do you have a good recipe for it?

Mary

Comment by velvetlace on March 14, 2012 at 2:08pm: @Mamabeans- Welcome! I totally know how you feel. My Cub has been in just a year as of last week. I had a dream the other night that he was around nine or ten years old, and we went into to toy store. He wanted this very large and expensive dump truck. I fumbled around in my purse, and I finally found my credit card, and I purchased it for him.. Then I woke up and realized that my little boy is grown up and so far away in the Navy. It makes me sad to think about it. But, I feel like he is pursuing his dream, so I should be happy for him. It is better than him just doing nothing, though I wanted him to complete at least his two year college degree since he was close. Oh, well. Someday, he will come home again. Are you going to the PIR? It is so worth it!

Mary from McKinleyville, CA