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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 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.

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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 19, 2020 at 11:27am: Hi all - Happy Thursday!

B&C closed escrow yesterday and couldn't be more excited with their new home! Thank goodness for the GI Bill ;-D

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 13, 2020 at 1:07pm: Today is World Kindness Day.

Comment by mariecb on November 8, 2020 at 11:29am: Daysleeper - it is a tough time dealing with medical care...keep up the good work you are doing. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 6, 2020 at 4:23pm: Daysleeper - B&C have their trip scheduled for Maui in January. I hope things are ok then for them to visit. It's a combined honeymoon, college graduation and C's 30th birthday. Fingers crossed!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 6, 2020 at 1:07pm: Hi all - Happy Friday! I've got my RED on!

mariecb - yep, it sucks that I can't ride my recumbent bike. I've been so good with it - 45 minutes every night and now nothing for 8 weeks - ugh! Not to mention no running around on the weekends (not that we could do much anyhow with the lockdown our county is in....but still!). Thank you for thinking of me and if you were close I would let you bring me dinner lol!

The good thing Daysleeper is I know this will end, it's just the timing really sucks - of course is there ever a "good" time to break one's ankle lol!

Comment by mariecb on November 5, 2020 at 1:20pm: B'sNM - I can't imagine what you are going through. I have another friend who broke her foot and I just brought her dinner last night. I know you are active like me and I worry about not being able to exercise because it is major to mental health plus getting good sleep! I'm thinking of you...wish I could bring you dinner!!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 4, 2020 at 1:10pm: Hi all - Happy Wednesday.

mariecb - I'm hanging in there...there was an issue with the bloodflow in my foot so my dr sent me straight to the ER (this was 4 days after I fell). After more test, ultrasounds, IV cat scan they referred me to a vascular surgeon. But back to ortho yesterday and now things are good so blood flow is back! Boot for 8 weeks - ugh. They did find during the ER tests that in addition to the fracture there is also a chipped bone in the other side of the ankle - so both sides are messed up lol! It's just a huge inconvenience and not to mention I still can't put ANY weight on it - hurts still but dr said it should start feeling better every day. It's hard to keep it elevated at work so that's what really hurts. And forget sleeping at night! But I'll get over it lol!

I'll sure be glad when 2020 is over!

On a positive note B&C are still scheduled to close escrow on 11/12 for their house - that's exciting news ;-D

Comment by mariecb on October 30, 2020 at 5:47pm: B'sNukeMom - I am so sorry to hear about your ankle. How are you doing?! Thinking of you and praying for speedy recovery!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on October 27, 2020 at 12:52pm: Well my relaxing weekend turned into a not so good weekend. Went to the Pumpkin Patch on Saturday (really just wanted to get out of the house for a few hours) and somehow I ended up falling (I'm not the most graceful lol!). Well I wrenched my ankle pretty good - ended up fracturing it (I really don't have time for this!). So now today I am finally waiting for my doctor to give me a referral to Ortho so we can do something about it. I'm not having a good time and I just want someone to look at it and figure out the next step! It's very frustrating - not to mention it hurts a bit lol! I'm still at work and luckily I have hubby's scooter to use from when he fell off the ladder 2 years ago. The scooter has been a lifesaver ;-D