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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

Events

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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: Feb 18

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Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on December 17, 2011 at 1:55pm: Leanne, you are correct. SNUFI does mean: Sailor Not Under Formal Instruction. My son had a SNUFI job too while on hold between (A) and (C)school.

Comment by Leanne on December 17, 2011 at 11:15am: Hi GoldnG8r...I know there are about 9 Sailors switching to IT. 25 total switched to a different rate. My daughter is possibly going to switch. Whatever she decides I know she will be fine. At the present time she is enjoying her SNUFI job as base photographer. It comes with nice perks....no watches and a parking spot. Too bad she doesn't have a car...haha.

She was home for about an hour yesterday and off she went to a friends college graduation and maybe I will see her today.

Merry Christmas all!!

Comment by Odi_Ship09_Div140 on December 16, 2011 at 11:43pm: Son made it to his sister's! They are happy to see each other and relaxed. He is in such a positive frame of mind, put in his dream sheet and should finish A school next month.And next Friday we get to go see them. Hope and prayers for safe travel for all

Comment by togo on December 16, 2011 at 2:36pm: @ Luv1031- that is great. Boy I would love to be that close.

@BR549 - my son graduated BC two years ago in January. He was on hold for a while in GL, went to VA and got his orders for SanDiego in October. He is now on his first deployment. I know GL isn't the most popular place. lol

Comment by togo on December 16, 2011 at 12:17pm: I know my son was at GL and then Dalghren for C school. He had a long wait before he could go to C school. I just think it's always backed up.

Comment by Leanne on December 16, 2011 at 11:16am: My daughter heard that same 7 month time frame for holds. Nothing is ever certain with hold times. Too much free time is not a good thing for our very intelligent and bored kids. :)

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on December 16, 2011 at 10:13am: i hope so! otherwise i may have to take vacation to go see her (and i don't have paid vacation)

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on December 16, 2011 at 12:28am: i hate the idea of my daughter just sitting in GL for 7 months, i was really excited about her wanting dam neck, it's only a few hours away.

Comment by Leanne on December 15, 2011 at 11:26pm: It is amazing they pay so many Sailors to basically just hang out in GL for so many months. She said she may not get orders until March. By March I'm sure she will be very glad for those orders.