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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.

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

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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.

Format Downloads:

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

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Navy Speak

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

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ILLINOIS N4M

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

Members: 402
Latest Activity: Apr 7, 2021

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Comment by TLC72 on February 16, 2014 at 9:35am: Well, I made it through the first night of his first deployment! Now if I could only make the weather get better. I think time would pass much quicker if I could be outside.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on February 16, 2014 at 8:33am: Yeah Navy Moms!! Nice pic and thanks for sharing!

Comment by Sanmor on February 15, 2014 at 6:34pm: Our awesome cosy Navy Mom lunch today at Panera Bread in Peoria. Great time

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on February 14, 2014 at 11:02am: Are we still on for Lunch tomorrow?

Comment by HuffyMom23 on February 11, 2014 at 9:54pm: Thanks for your input on the taxes. Both of you are correct in the sense that you don't have to file the Illinois taxes, but internal revenue recommends that you do file the form M. My husband called them and they said by filing this form, you are showing something to them. If they don't get anything from you for a few years then they said you might get audited. So we are filing the form for our son just to be safe. Again, thanks to both of you.

Comment by TLC72 on February 11, 2014 at 9:48pm: No harm either way I guess. Something for me to keep in mind next year :)

Comment by Sanmor on February 10, 2014 at 11:16pm: cool Tracy. I just know that my husband was born and raised in IL, did 20 years navy, son almost 4 years navy, and never have sent in anything, no need. No IL taxes taken out, no need to file, beauty of being from IL.

Comment by TLC72 on February 10, 2014 at 8:49am: Our tax preparer told us that they still need to be filed whether they pay IL taxes or not. There is a section specifically for military pay. Ether way, we went ahead and filed them.

Comment by Sanmor on February 9, 2014 at 10:45pm: Huffymom you DO NOT file IL taxes when in the military. You file NOTHING to the state. IL is one of the few that have the exemption to the military. He does not pay il taxes so no filing needed.