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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.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: 582
Latest Activity: Feb 17

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 January 24, 2011 at 8:49pm: Am I the only one who keeps getting locked out of navy4moms site-- I know it is a really small thing but--

Comment by carols_kitchen on January 24, 2011 at 8:39pm: welcome to Colleen in PA

We are with you in heart.

Comment by Colleen in PA on January 24, 2011 at 6:22pm: Hello Ladies, Just joined this group, I usually follow the Nuke moms. I am feeling a little sad tonight. This Wed. it will be one year since my son (youngest) left for boot camp. Seems so long ago. I just saw him over Christmas. My daughter is also Navy. She graduated Penn State May 2010 but she mostly lived in State college the past 4 years. Her ship just left today for a month or so, she is stationed in VA. My son is in Goose Creek, SC. My kids are grown up now and I'm still processing that they won't ever live at home again, they are on their own. Today seems to be harder to let go. My hubby went on the March for Life walk today and won't be home for a while. Just me and my dog for now.

Comment by Paymaster on January 24, 2011 at 4:44pm: Bonnie....When can you come to my house. I have a bedroom floor that needs to be refinished.

Comment by Paymaster on January 24, 2011 at 10:24am: Renick....Do you have a hobby? Do you knit, sew or scrapbook?

Lots of us dive into our hobby. I sew and quilt so i use my skills to help out sailors out on deployment. I make pillowcases for them. I also use the scraps from the piilowcase to make quilts that i donate to our local veterans hospital.

there are so many things that you can do out is small towns. Good luck.

Comment by Renick ET on January 24, 2011 at 12:46am: It's only been 5 weeks for me... he's only halfway through bootcamp. How do I get busy? I'm in a small town and am recovering from surgery as well. Are there any empty nest support groups on the internet?

I miss watching Sunday night football with him... he would lose interest and go in his room and leave the door open so I could hear him laugh on his computer games. I miss the stupid computer games even...

Comment by carols_kitchen on January 23, 2011 at 2:19pm: We actually went to differenct churches, as sailor boy went with his friends. Then, as he got to be 16 or so, hubby and I usually invited him out to eat, but he would want to take a nap. Ineveitably, we would get about 20 miles away, and the cell phone would ring. "Where are you guys? Darn, well, bring me back something to eat." Miss those silly phone calls.