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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 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.

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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 Karen (KC's mom) on April 15, 2009 at 6:11pm: Wow, GO USS Bainbridge!! Never heard the news yet, thanks for sharing the info. Have fun working on the afghan Joni! I used to crochet hats for the homeless. I should try to find that pattern and crochet hats for sailors especially for next winter..

Maybe I've asked you already but are you in the group for sailors in p'cola Brenda? Yes, I do like that one down below too Brenda. Sometimes I think i look like the brown haired girly in the mornings...LOL!

I love birdies! Thanks for the pic comments again.

Comment by Karen (KC's mom) on April 15, 2009 at 4:32pm: glitter-graphics.com

Comment by Karen (KC's mom) on April 15, 2009 at 12:28pm: Joni & Brenda,
My son has about 18 days for leave this time but it's normally 12-14 days. I can't wait!! I guess it's different for everybody depending on what your sailor's situation is.

When did your son graduate from PIR Brenda? I can't remember how long after PIR when we had received our dvd. Maybe within a couple months time.

Thanks for the pic comment!

Have a great day ladies!

Comment by Karen (KC's mom) on April 14, 2009 at 6:43pm: My son is due back very soon from his first deployment...WOOOHOO!!

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Comment by NevadaSierra on March 24, 2009 at 9:35am: I love 'putting both feet in stupid'. Thank you! I am known in the family as the 'Portugee Man of War'; not only for my quick temper but my energy and loyalty to my family. It get's me into trouble quite often.
Ladies, I don't know a hurt so deep as a mother's heart hurts. This is a GREAT place for you to be. Learn what they are doing and ask questions. Feel confident that the people here are walking right beside you, and most as they read your posts are holding you in their thoughts and prayers-recognizing where they have been just as where you are.
My sailor has won the award for super glue on communication. Some day, he will figure it out-then I'll have my turn and heaven help him - maybe my temper will have mellowed by then.~s

Comment by NevadaSierra on March 17, 2009 at 9:47am: I just wanted to drop a note of THANKS to all of you! The four hours stress test went well for my husband (Dan). We will know the results of the pictures of his heart in a few days. My angel blessings to each of you~s
Thank you for asking about Brianna. As far as we know she is recovering. Very scary for us especially when we can't be there to try to be of help. However, it is very reassuring that they have a 'strong group of friends' for support (the ombudsman told me this in an e-mail). We won't bother them with calling or e-mail to respect our dil's request; and also to give them all the chance to relax, rest and recourperate when they can. Our sailor is still deployed, so I am sure this is very hard on our dil.
Owen's trip on the USS Hornet with the Scouts was AWESOME! Great for Pa and him to do. ~s

Comment by NevadaSierra on March 13, 2009 at 9:52am: Good Morning:
Well, the doc said that the spot on Dan's lung had not changed in two years - so no worries; and he is good with that. Thank you for your prayers. Monday he has the four hour test in Sacramento. Then maybe things will settle back down. Thank you all! My angel blessings~s

Comment by NevadaSierra on March 4, 2009 at 10:39am: Hi Everybody: I know that this may be early - but our computer is a little cranky - we would appreciate prayers for our Brianna. She is 14 months old, and will have her cleft pallet surgery next Tuesday - the 10th. Thanks - my angel blessings ~~S {her Oma}
Vicki, my heat is sad for you for your loss of your kitty. Hang in there, and have some peace that you were a wonderful person for kitty. Our pets give us so very much - my angel blessings to you~s

Comment by NevadaSierra on February 23, 2009 at 12:25am: Hi Vicki: You are in my prayers! None of us are perfect - well, I'm not - and glad of it! I have learned a lot here, and a lot of what you have said resonates with me. Our sailor has been in six years - and I know next to nothing. I just found the site a couple of month's ago. It does help to read here - I am trying to find a ship's news letter, etc. Maybe you can too. Do you know about one? Your Ombudsman will know. They have a site here -Meg and Regina are AWESOME! We are no where near where our sailor is - and have next to no communciation. I pray an intecessory prayer every day for his family - the they will accept whomever God sends into their lives. It helps my heart.~ you are in my prayers~s

Comment by kim ann on February 22, 2009 at 5:32am: Vicki, just come on in here and vent, you are one strong 'cookie' . And how do I know? Because you raised a spendid sailor, and the love for him and the Navy shows. I will be having deployment issues upcoming, so I know I am not looking forward to it either. But....I have N4M! What do my sailors have? I guess about a couple hundred fellow crewmates! I feel for you, really I do. So just come on back when the tears let up a bit so you can see, or even if they don't. We have ears to hear, shoulders to lean on.... :0{