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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.

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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.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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EMPTYNESTERS

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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.

Members: 583
Latest Activity: on Sunday

EMPTYNESTERS

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 Kimberly on June 20, 2011 at 9:58pm: Wildfires in Texas-- pray for rain

Comment by carols_kitchen on June 20, 2011 at 2:40pm: My sailor's roomie, another sailor buddy, and our guy

Comment by carols_kitchen on June 20, 2011 at 2:37pm: And, remember, your Future Sailor's letters are about a week behind how they are doing at the present. Lots of Moms have worried because their recruit sounded down in the dumps, but was ok by the time the letter reaches your house.

Comment by Paymaster on June 20, 2011 at 8:31am: Mostele....Congrats on your sailor.

As to the comminciations, please contact his recruiter, they can help you get his address. Then once you do get his address run off some mailing labels and send them in a letter to you son..That way he will have your address.

Comment by mostele on June 20, 2011 at 7:16am: Hi Emptynesters - I'm a single mom, who's youngest is in BC right now. His division is 244, Ship 11. I'm anxious to see what the future brings for my SR. It's very hard because I did not get the box or the form letter, my sister did, as my son was staying with her for several months, dogsitting for her while she was traveling. All his stuff is there. My sister has been less than communicative with me in regard to details and I moved to a new city, not where my son grew up. My son always forgets my new address, so I understand why my sister got these things. I feel with this website I have found fellowship and home for the time being! Right now, I am just waiting for a letter or phone call from my SR.Any advice on how to get through would be appreciated!

Comment by Kimberly on June 19, 2011 at 8:45pm: Off here for a few days had a sisters weekend. Four girls loud and crazy. Daysleeper----we have a friend that lives on an island that is part of Hawaii. My husband loves it there and it has been hot and windy in Texas. Some of the fires are close to us now well about 5-10 miles away but the smell of smoke-- destruction like I've only seen on TV---Tenn mom how are you doing oh my veggies smoothies rock the fruit is much better

Comment by carols_kitchen on June 18, 2011 at 3:50pm: Full house again for the weekend. Our youth church group called us while we were in Virginia, and could we put up 2 college gals? Then, the day they were to come, was there any way we could also put up to college guys? This morning it stormed like heck, so we even got to cook them up a really good breakfast, too, and sit and talk more. Sunday we take them back to church so they can leave for their next week's youth gathering around the 4 state area.

Comment by Kimberly on June 16, 2011 at 8:58pm: Southern sector really? I'm watching way too much sic-fi. Haha

Comment by Kimberly on June 16, 2011 at 8:56pm: tennmom. We like in a small community still but as the metroplex expands we are closer and closer to Dallas I was Born in Arlington and I was raised in Ohio came back to Texas 33years ago all my kids are Texans. I bet your husband remembers the summers here--- no one could ever forget. Daysleeper where were you from before? Just general if you don't mind

Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on June 16, 2011 at 8:52pm: We are going to Great Lakes next Thursday, my son will be graduating from his A school for Gunners Mate. He is a grad and go and will be flying out to Va on that Friday or Saturday. We will be saying good by to him and I know it is going to be so hard for me, we have a special bond him and I. But, at the same time I am so very proud of him. I now know what my Mom felt when I left for the Army.