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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 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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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 Tuesday

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 Pammie (?) on October 14, 2010 at 10:39am: Hi Everyone, I have been an emptynester since August 4th 2010. Not very long. There was one night about 10:30 in the evening and I was on the computer and to both the dog and myself the house sounded just like it did when he would come home from his job he had before he left for boot camp. The dog jumped up and ran barking to the front door with me close behind. It left us both missing him like crazy. Now we are past the PIR and spent such a wonderful weekend with him. He has gotten to call a bit more and that has been nice. Hope to see him again soon.

Comment by carols_kitchen on October 13, 2010 at 3:10pm: Welcome mom of two . No, it's not easy. Don't know how long you have been an emptynester, but even today I had to send a text to my sailor just to say hi. We had mac n cheese and peas at lunch at school, and that was one of his favorites.
Take care, Carol

Comment by mom of three on October 13, 2010 at 1:30pm: Hi everyone. What a wonderful group. I thought I'd be ok but it's not that easy. Thank you for the opportunity to be able to talk about all these feelings that come with our children being away from home.

Comment by carols_kitchen on October 8, 2010 at 7:19pm: Welcome indeed, lupeido. We are glad to have you with us.

Comment by lupeido on October 8, 2010 at 7:00pm: Hi everybody, I was just reading all of the comments and decided that this is exactly the place for me...so much in common with Jasons proud mom. It's comforting to know that I am not alone with all that I am feeling.

Comment by carols_kitchen on October 5, 2010 at 3:22pm: Glad to have you with us, MKL K'BUNK ~ Mom Of Bill So, both your eldest son and his girlfriend are in the Navy? Enjoy your college son when hs is home!

Comment by Rhonda(EMmom) on October 2, 2010 at 9:36pm: Has anyone read that book, When the Eagle Invades the Nest? I was thinking about getting one but thought I'd ask for an opinion on it.
Redfly-- We are young empties also, it is very difficult to let all the commotion go. I miss all the kids, but they do stop by to see us once in awhile when they are home from college. I always make sure there is a stash of homemade cookies in the jar for them. Hang in there, save a bit of money and do a little something for yourself. It's well deserved!

Comment by Redfly on October 2, 2010 at 8:21pm: thank you for listening..... :)

Comment by carols_kitchen on October 2, 2010 at 8:11pm: Redfly, we are glad to have you here. I know when our son left, so did his multitude of friends who spent the nights here, ate here, played loud games on the gamebox downstairs, etc. It took a while to get used to it--and our dogs were also lonesome for all the company.
We will be here.

Comment by Redfly on October 2, 2010 at 7:43pm: My only son is going into the Navy in January and I am having such a hard time. My entire life, like other Moms on here, has been devoted to him and as I sit here counting the days down, I can't imagine my life without him and not even having him in the house. Come January, I will be an emptynester. I am not ready for that. To Jason's Proud Mom, I understand, my friends still have kids at home and when they start to complain about something with their kids, I tell them to enjoy every minute. I can't imagine why people want to be emptynesters. The house is so alive when the kids are there.... :)