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:
Events
**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:
**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
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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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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.
Discussion Forum
Our home officially became an empty nest on March 29th
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Depression of husband
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Bursting with pride BUT.........
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EMERGENCY MESSAGES VIA RED CROSS
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Sending 2 off to Basic in less than 3 weeks between them
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Comment by Karen (KC's mom) on January 15, 2009 at 3:34pm
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Serena, not sure why you weren't able to be added over at the other group but yes, this is a good group.
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I used to crochet hats for the homeless. Not sure if I still have that pattern around and I don't normally crochet and just know the single & double stitch.
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I like the blue bulb idea too. I'll have to check and see what bulbs I have. Above the top shelve of my bookshelves the lighting takes night light bulbs on a dimmer switch. During the holidays I've put red & green ones.
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Okay, you all are making me cry now....where's the Kleenex?
Sue, don't forget to send some candles along with those cupcakes. :-)
And that's a great idea, thanks! My son's birthday isn't til end of Feb but I need to start getting a package off to him real soon. His ship never received all of their Holiday mail yet....hopefully by next Port.
Oh, maybe you know but are you aware there is a group for Moms with Only One Child??
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Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 12, 2009 at 2:53am
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Karen, you and I are just about in the same boat....lol. My first holiday without my only son. The ship cut off all communication so I didn't even get to talk to him on at Christmas. This is Matt's first deployment and we just celebrated the halfway mark! Everyday is one day closer to homecoming.....:)
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Just dropping in to say Hello and hope everybody had a good holiday season. This was the first time my one & only son was away during the holidays. I was able to talk with him over the phone at Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve other than that we are able to communicate by email if the system isn't down or if my son isn't to busy to write. First deployment is tough! Almost to the halfway mark though. One more day closer to homecoming!
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You all have great ideas of what to do in our SPARE time. Of course, being on disability I have a lot of spare time. I had to quit working in 2007 and am doing a lot of computer work, love geneology so I'm scanning all the old family pictures and inserting them into my geneology software for all the family to enjoy. We also have a one year old granddaughter we love to babysit. Hubby and I have her spoiled to the hilt, but we figure that's what we're here for!
I got my new camera for Christmas and I love the picture a day idea. The local travel guide picked up one of my pictures that I had posted online so I'm feeling pretty talented about now....lol Living in Tucson gives us the opportunity to garden year around. Laura I don't know if you're interested in gardening but it sure keeps me busy. Of course I move at a pretty slow pace, so the rest of you can probably do twice as much in the same about of time...lol
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Comment by abbyblue on November 19, 2008 at 9:49am
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bring that boy home where he belongs,sing a song for the road is long sing a song for that boy sailing along a way from my lonely song i sing and pray the sea brings that boy to me from the longing sea,i miss mine so much be strong the words above are just something comes out of head when i get lonely
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