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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, 2024

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Comment by Vickyrun on July 26, 2013 at 11:40am: Good morning, TGIF! I hope you all have a nice weekend.

Comment by Anti M on July 20, 2013 at 2:26pm: San Diego is amazing. So much to do and see, so many choices of places to visit. Be sure your sailor knows about the MWR discounts, and the many places they can go for free.

Comment by LarLar on July 20, 2013 at 1:11pm: Hello

My daughter also just arrived at C School SD. I too am hoping to get out there to visit, maybe over the Christmas holiday. Any advice is welcome, figure it'll will take a few months for newly arrived Sailors to get into a routine and get to know the area.

Comment by Vickyrun on July 18, 2013 at 1:01pm: Donna, parents are allowed to attend A and C school graduations. Your sailor just has to put you on the list to get on base or met you somewhere. Most parents don't attend but if some do, the Navy makes it nice for them. I did not becasue I couldn't afford to travel but that is what I have heard from other Moms who have gone.

Comment by Concernedad on July 18, 2013 at 11:18am: Natasha, your son moving on to San Diego can be tied to his ranking in A School. Some sailors are stuck at GL for up to 6 months. It seems the Navy wastes quite a bit of the sailors careers with waiting and cleaning and standing watch.

Remember, no news is good news.

Comment by Donna on July 17, 2013 at 6:35pm: Christy, I think he is use to mids now, but I think he will be glad when he is done!

I talked to my son again about us attending graduation and he said he didn't think we would be allowed into the building where his will be held because of security, but he would ask. We will see....

Comment by Vickyrun on July 17, 2013 at 12:30pm: Natasha, yes it is normal. They are very busy.

Comment by Odi_Ship09_Div140 on July 16, 2013 at 5:18pm: Natasha - my sallor warned me that if something bad happened we would hear, so dont worry about quiet. Unless they get in trouble? The guys idea of communicating is not like ours! I wanted to attend C school grad but was told they are basically handed a piece of paper and it is no big deal. So my idea of travel was squished

Comment by Christy_Ship07Div242 on July 15, 2013 at 9:27pm: Donna, my son is in Dalgren doing mids too. What does ur son think if them?? He left from Illinois the end of May.

Comment by Donna on July 15, 2013 at 9:10pm: togo, My son says it is not a big deal, but I still want to go! We live in Illinois and haven't gone to go visit since he has been at Dahlgren because he is in class all night (midnights). It seemed like every weekend that he had free - we didn't! We did attend his A school graduation, and I am so glad we did.