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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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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

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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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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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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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 PAM (GM MOM) on June 16, 2011 at 8:47pm: Tenn Navy Mom my son will be at Dam Neck I believe it is at or near Va Beach. He will be there for 3 months VLS C school, and then he will be in San Diego, Ca on the USS Cape St. George.

Comment by Maria ( 9/132 - HM- 04-2011) on June 16, 2011 at 6:49pm: It does get hot here and this year is no different. 101 right now and tomorrow is supposed to be hotter.

Comment by Kimberly on June 15, 2011 at 10:37pm: I found myself thinking the other day 3reasons NOT to live in Texas June,July and August

Comment by Kimberly on June 15, 2011 at 10:36pm: Texas is hot in the summer. I live in the southern sector of Dallas by Waxahachie off i35s

Comment by Kimberly on June 14, 2011 at 9:56pm: Anyways as I was saying my garden is weeds and I was pulling those weeds I got stung by a zillion red fire ants!!!! What is up with all the stinging things in Texas. I've lived here 32 years and OMG. I had to jump in the. Pool 3times to get them off. Finally I just started whining I can't do this garden blah blah blah. I'll be back out there tomorrow

Comment by Kimberly on June 14, 2011 at 9:38pm: Daysleeper MY GARDEN IS WEEDS. I

Comment by Kimberly on June 13, 2011 at 9:50pm: I've had company and we put our smoothies on hold --- I feel it yuck-- all will be back to normal Thurs. I lover company but it really messes with our routine OMG I am getting OLD.....,.

Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on June 13, 2011 at 6:16pm: Just got back from Great Lakes seeing my son. It has been so nice having him within acouple of hours from home. I have made the most of it while I could. Sadly he will be leaving there in 2 weeks for Va. I guess then I will really feel like an EMPTYNESTER, I think I am alreally starting to feel it.

Comment by carols_kitchen on June 13, 2011 at 9:37am: Last day with our sailor boy. He earned a special 4 day chit after re-enlisting, and chose to spend it with us. We have enjoyed every moment of it!