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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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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 carols_kitchen on December 19, 2013 at 5:58pm: Came home, and hubby told me to shower, change and get ready to go out for dinner tonight. Easier going out on Thursday than Friday for my birthday. Cheddar's, here we come!

Comment by carols_kitchen on December 17, 2013 at 10:05pm: She called me the next night and just bubbled over. I see on facebook that her Mom is researching venues :)

Comment by Donna on December 17, 2013 at 12:00am: Congratulations to your son and future daughter-in-law Carol!

Comment by carols_kitchen on December 14, 2013 at 6:46pm: He proposed today! Now we're waiting to hear whether he will stay in King's Bay, or if he can get a transfer back up to VA.

Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on November 27, 2013 at 1:56pm: Congrats to all those who advanced. Barb, congrats on your son's wedding, it was just a year ago on the 24th that Chaz got married. It just seems like our sons are so similar. lol

Comment by greenoak on November 26, 2013 at 1:42pm: My daughter made 2nd Class as well soo proud fo these kids!

Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on November 26, 2013 at 1:39pm: Just found out this morning that my son made Petty Officer second class, so very proud of him. Can't wait to see him Dec 28 he will be home for a week.

Comment by cathymgShip03Div367&ship11Div383 on November 24, 2013 at 6:30pm: For you mom's who will soon be sending your kids off to boot camp, I want to tell you that is was so hard for me to watch my twins both leave over the summer. One left 7/31 and the other 8/15, I had a difficult few weeks and it is hard when you can't talk to them, but take comfort in the fact that your pride for what they are doing is going to overpower all those other feeling when you see them graduate BC. Both of my boys are now in Pensacola for their schooling and I can talk to them pretty regularly now, but I am so proud of both of them and I can't wait to see where this takes them. Good Luck and know you have a lot of support from your family and your Navy family.

Comment by Cheryl Ship 07 Div 160 on November 20, 2013 at 4:00pm: Hello llanders. Welcome to the site :) I live in Joliet. I sure do hope you made it through that storm safe and sound. There is also a facebook page for local moms that is pretty new. Just had our first get together back in October and hopefully there will be another one after the holidays. Glad your here.