Welcome to
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.

FIRST TIME HERE?

FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

Add an Event

**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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
PDF – 2.7 MB
PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

Latest Activity

greentree31 liked Navy for Moms Admin's discussion NAVYforMoms (N4M) Community Guidelines

yesterday

Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

N4M Merchandise

Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.

Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.

Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

Badge

Loading…

Get Badge

ILLINOIS N4M

Information

Who wants to make an Illinois N4M site with me? Calling all Illinois Sailor families.

Members: 402
Latest Activity: Apr 7, 2021

Discussion Forum

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of ILLINOIS N4M to add comments!

Comment by medic mom on April 3, 2012 at 4:07pm: Yes the 14th of April works for me. Bloomington would be fine also. Keep me informed.

Had a great 8 days with my sailor. Sad to see him go. Not sure.when he will be back. He was actually happy to be going back to CP. Guess he is really a sailor now. He kept saying he was ready to go home. Broke my heart and also made me feel good about his decision to be in the Navy. He is all done with FMTB training. Now the wait for deployment. Thankfully he will be with an artillary unit.

Have a great day everyone.

Comment by carols_kitchen on April 3, 2012 at 3:16pm: NM*II--is your sailor's girlfriend on the group here called "Girlfriends, Fiances & Wives" It may be of support to her.

Those of you in White Sox country, be sure you are on the Chicago Moms page. The link is on my page if you can't find it.

Comment by Cheryl Ship 07 Div 160 on April 3, 2012 at 3:04pm: Hi NM*ll You so nailed it when you said mixed bag of emotions. What a roller coaster and my sons only been gone for a week. You will get through it. When does your son leave? My son also left behind a girlfriend of a year and a half. We told her that she is more than welcome to come over for family dinners and game night, or to just come and hang out in his room. Write a lot of letters and keep busy during the 9 weeks. Thanks for the info on the WS navy night. We live about half and hour from Chicago and that sounds like fun. Good luck to your family, your son, and his girlfriend.

Comment by NM*Il on April 3, 2012 at 1:23pm: Thank you everyone for the warm welcomes. :) I live in the south subs of Chicago. As I've already said the count down is sooo close for BC departure for my son...we are ALL proud anxious, sad...you know the mix bag of emotions !!!! LOL. My husband and I are thinking about attend ng the White Sox Navy nite June 5th. there is info posted on the N4M site under events I think. Thanks again and if anyone has any info of support that I can give to my sons girlfriend of many yrs --------advise would be appreciated. <3

Comment by Pentwater98 on April 2, 2012 at 10:48am: Angie... April 14 in Bloomington would be perfect for me...

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on April 2, 2012 at 9:51am: Linda K Congrats to your sailor!

Kimme..sorry to hear that your sailor Dor'ed.....SWCC is a tough program...hopefully he will be able to try again in 2 years....my sailor is hoping to head back to the SEAL program after being off for about 2 years....he was injured and to be dropped.

Welcome !! pinkyxoxo and NM*Il...tell us alittle about your self and/or your recruits

Laura...Sundays don't work for me...we have church on other obligations that we do on that day.

Is there any one available to meet April 14th in Springfield or Bloomington? (I thought Medic mom you said you could?)

Comment by Kimme on March 30, 2012 at 1:01pm: Kind of sad news, my son DOR'ed from SWCC. He can always apply again in 2 years. In a selfish way I am relieved that he won't be doing such an intense and dangerous job. Also the selfish mom part is happy that he will be coming back to GL for his new schooling as a gunners mate. I like the idea of him being an hour away from home since I have a feeling after he graduates he will be on a ship half way around the world from me. It's such a relief to not have to keep my dad's poor health from our Pookie. Thanks for all the support and advice while I was debating telling the kid about his Gramps. Navy moms are by far the best moms, if I do say so myself.

Comment by Cheryl Ship 07 Div 160 on March 30, 2012 at 12:32pm: Thanks for the warm welcome! This is such an awesome site. So much information and comforting words. Hope to make it to a gathering real soon.

Comment by lauren on March 30, 2012 at 8:04am: Happy dance Linda k welcome to our silent family.
@NM*ll. Welcome to our family we are hear for you so any questions ask away there are some smart mom as here wha part of the state are you from
Since I have not been on in a while welcome to all new I might have missed

Comment by NM*Il on March 30, 2012 at 2:12am: Wow what an experience I'm having looking at ALL the sites available !!! My son will be going to BC real soon...excited, proud, anxious........