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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 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.

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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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.)

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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 Kyle's mom on March 9, 2011 at 11:55am: Tina - it all depends on their rate. My son went through NACCS (Aircrew Candidate School) and is currently in "C" school. Then he will go through "A" school, FRAC and SERE. Probably take a year or so.

Comment by Tina - socalnavymom on March 9, 2011 at 11:01am: So do all SR's go to A school from BC?

Comment by Tina - socalnavymom on March 9, 2011 at 2:35am: I have a question... what exactly is "A school"?

Comment by Kimberly on March 8, 2011 at 8:14pm: :)

Comment by carols_kitchen on March 7, 2011 at 5:14pm: Welcome AdirondackD. I had the day off, and just met with some bootcamp parents whose only son leaves in 2 weeks. Talk about timing--their only daughter just got married last week!

Comment by AdirondackD on March 7, 2011 at 4:50pm: My daughter leaves in October for boot camp, she is my youngest of three girls. I live on a mountain on a dirt road alone after she goes. What can I do to become active in supporting the military and Navy specifically our Sailors.

Comment by Mrs. Shalamar (Ship 11 Div 115) on March 6, 2011 at 10:28pm: Navy 25 ~ that is a wonderful story and I believe a gift from above too, God is Wonderful and so are his angels (your husband) This makes me want to do the same for kids and moms everytime I am able to see my daughter her PIR is April 1~ thanks for sharing

Comment by navy25 on March 6, 2011 at 12:11am: HI NAVY MOMS YOU KNOW HOW GREAT THIS SITE IS I'LL TELL YOU-JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO I GOT A GREAT SURPRISE VIA TEXT MESSAGE FROM ONE OF OUR NAVY MOMS WHO I MET DURING OUR SONS PIR BACK IN OCTOBER 8 2010 AT GREAT LAKES-SHE TEXTED ME SAYING HI GUESS WHO I JUST HUGGED AND I SAID WHO? SHE RESPONDED YOUR SON I GAVE HIM A BIG HUG FOR YOU I STARTED CRYING HAPPY TEARS BECAUSE SHE REALLY MADE MY DAY I HAD SPOKEN TO MY SON BRIEFLY EARLIER AND THIS WAS A GREAT ENDING TO MY DAY SHE LATER SEND ME 2 FOTOS VIA CELL PHONE OF BOTH OF OUR SONS THEY WERE TOGETHER IN THE SAME UNIT IN BC IM STILL TEARY EYE BUT SINCE PIR US MOMS HAVE STAYED IN TOUCH ON AND OFF AND I CONSIDER HER MY FRIEND AND I ONLY PRAY OUR FRIENDSHIP LAST FOREVER I MADE SOME GREAT MOMS ON MEET AND GREET AND WE STILL KEEP IN TOUCH PLUS OTHERS FROM THE DIFFERENT GROUPS ON THIS GREAT WEBSITE WHO I HAVE NOT EVEN MET SO THIS IS A POWERFUL WEBSITE AND ONE OF LONGLASTING FRIENDSHIP BECAUSE US NAVY MOMS ARE THE VERY BEST-MY LOVE TO ALL AND I HAVE NO WAY TO THANK MY BUDDY CHRISTINA FOR GIVING ME A WONDERFUL SURPRISE TODAY ( funny thing today March 5th was the day I met my son's Dad (im a widow) back in 1977 so I guess it was a gift from above)SHE WAS VISITING HER SON AT GL AND THEY BUMPED INTO MY SON AND SHE THOUGHT OF ME RIGHTAWAY. GOD BLESS MY NAVY FRIEND AND HER SAILOR SON AND ALL OF US NAVY MOMS WHO MISS OUR CHILDREN SO VERY MUCH.LUV,MARIA NAVY 25

Comment by carols_kitchen on March 5, 2011 at 7:50pm: Welcome dreamcruisecvp. Our dogs get talked to a lot since their boy is gone.

Comment by carols_kitchen on March 5, 2011 at 10:38am: Welcome to Lisee

Blanche, my heart is with you. Instead of just saying you are fine, could you say you would appreciate if they could mail a card to your sailor? Also, come join us on the Prayer Wall or Molly's Adopt a Sailor.