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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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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.

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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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AECF - FCs and ETs

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For families that have a loved one serving the Navy as an FC or an ET. This is the place to share and learn more about their jobs and schools. For subs - look for the SECF group.

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Latest Activity: Aug 6

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Comment by Anti M on April 30, 2018 at 9:06am: Welcome Pauleg. Do be sure to join the boot camp moms group, they have great details on what to expect step by step.

I was an ET, so was my husband and my acquired kid just re-enlisted and has been accepted into the LDO program, and will eventually move from enlisted to officer.

Comment by Jack's Momma on April 30, 2018 at 8:42am: Hi Pauleg welcome we are pretty new at this , our son graduated in Dec from BC and is still at TSC finishing A school, your daughter will do just fine. We are here to encourage you along the way.

Comment by Pauleg on April 28, 2018 at 6:49pm: Hey guys. Brand new to this. Daughter started boot camp this week. She signed contract for aecf . Her mom and I are missing her, but very excited and waiting for first contact to send her some encouragement.

Comment by Lena on April 20, 2018 at 6:48pm: Hi everybody, we are going to visit our son (he is in C-school Dam Neck base).

I've never been to Virginia before. Where to go? What to see? Is it better to fly to Norfolk airport?

Any recommendations are highly appreciated.

Comment by Bandmom on April 19, 2018 at 9:59am: Anti M, My son has found another NRAD that has been in for 10 years. He is so excited to be able to talk to someone that actually has been through what he is going through.

Comment by Bandmom on April 19, 2018 at 9:57am: Congrats! Jack's Momma, another step taken,

Comment by Jack's Momma on April 19, 2018 at 9:31am: happy to report our son passed and has almost his first week of A school under his belt. he has new quarters again but seems happy to be doing something different. Night school suits him.

Comment by Anti M on April 11, 2018 at 9:25am: That makes sense, the Reserves is always a little bit different. And yes, the months right after the holiday stand down are also a bit wonky when it comes to leave. It makes sense in context!

Comment by Bandmom on April 11, 2018 at 8:17am: Anti M, My son is not regular Navy, He is Naval Reserve Active Duty which might be why his was a little different. He also Graduated from A School in February, so he had just been home for Christmas. Some of his friends also went from A School to C School without leave, but will be getting leave after C School. My son will not get leave until this fall, right before a long deployment.

Comment by Sam's mom on April 10, 2018 at 7:10pm: My son graduated A school in March and has a hold right now in Great Lakes. That gave time for his wife to move up there. They leave in October for C school then to his ship February 2019. Right now he has a job working in his old ship and he too was promoted to Petty Officer right after A school. Sadly I could not afford to go see his graduation.