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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

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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.

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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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 carols_kitchen on December 9, 2010 at 9:13pm: Welcome to Lisa and Betsy. Sometimes those four walls just seem so bare. We really missed the kids who all stayed at our house, ate up cheap spaghetti, and played video games downstairs. The older dog went nuts at the front door whenever anyone drove down the street playing a loud car stereo.

Betsy, I cannot imagine having the hubby 2000 miles away. We had a hard enough time when my husband was just 80 miles away till we sold our home. Our sailor was just 3 years old at the time. He would cry and have me drive him through the town trying to find his "best friend" until he calmed down.

Take care.

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on December 9, 2010 at 6:51pm: Hello Everyone, I'm Betsy. I am/was a SAHM (for the last 5 years) to 5 children. My youngest son will graduate on Dec. 17 from boot camp and I just can't wait to hug him and hold him. I also have 2 daughters who are in college about 45 minutes from home, an older son who just graduated from college and has come back home to live for a few months (but is moving out in March, 2011). And, last but not least, the oldest of my children is my daughter, who is married and gave me two of the most beautiful grandchild ever, but lives 2000 miles away. My husband also works 2000 miles away, while I hold down the fort trying to sell our house in the Southwest. I spend a lot of time by myself. I look forward to sharing stories with you all and getting to know you.

Comment by carols_kitchen on December 9, 2010 at 6:36pm: On my way to a Chamber of Commerce meeting, but MUST welcome Vinsmom1991 .

Comment by carols_kitchen on December 9, 2010 at 4:34pm: Welcome to navymamax3. I'm going to have to sort through my emails and see if that is everyone. I hope you find a way to help each other through the holidays and deployments here.

Comment by carols_kitchen on December 9, 2010 at 4:32pm: Wow--what a busy page today. Welcome to SDPam.

Comment by carols_kitchen on December 9, 2010 at 4:27pm: Another welcome to LoLo Ship 03 Div 024 .

Comment by carols_kitchen on December 9, 2010 at 4:26pm: Welcome to new member TysMom02 904 .

Comment by navymom9875 on December 9, 2010 at 2:01pm: Wow, navymamax3, your post reflects my feelings today exactly. I've been trying to force my self to put up Christmas decorations and bake cookies but it just isn't the same anymore. My oldest is in OCS and will be home on Christmas Day and my youngest is in college and will be home for the break - so I really don't have anything to complain about. However, it just isn't the same and never will be again. You're right that is just sucks.....we can't do anything about it, we just have to make the best of it and count our blessings.

Comment by navymamax3 on December 9, 2010 at 10:44am: It was a wild ride. Five kids that is.. my three older sons joined the service, two in the Navy and one in the Army. Now.. the baby.. joined the Navy, set to graduate basic 12/22/10. My heart was ripped out when he left. We are a close family and recently my two oldest sons told me I was the best mama and they were happy to call me friend basically. I feel the same way. Sometimes I sits... and sometimes I sits and cry. My husband works away from home so I am alone a lot. I try to keep busy with my work, and thinking of my work.. but the bottom line is.. I miss being a mama to my kids. I have 8 grandchildren and no one lives near me. My oldest, a daughter, lives with her family two hours away. Victory, I get to see her this weekend. We will shop until we drop and that will be great girl fun. Just wanted to give my story. Someday my hope is that my children will come "home" and we will all be a close family again.. close in proximity that is, because no matter how far apart we are.. we are always close in heart. It still hurts and it still sucks to be truly a grown up with no children at home. argh.. have a great day everyone! ;-)

Comment by carols_kitchen on December 8, 2010 at 4:00pm: Ahh, Kaye, thanks and welcome. I actually took it over a few months ago, as the Mom who had started it no longer had a loved one in the service. I just could not let it go unattended. And, you ever wonder why the Hoosier who lives in Illinois is also taking care of the Missouri page???? Yep, same reason.