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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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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
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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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IL Navy Moms
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Hello Illinois N4MS Memorial Day is vastly approahing, are they any Moms interested in meeting again?
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Can someone point me i nthe direction of the facebook group?
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Comment by carols_kitchen on March 21, 2010 at 4:32pm
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Welcome to our newest members this weekend. This summer means trying to find regional homespun meet and greets in your area! Put your thinking caps on.
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Comment by T-Lynn on March 21, 2010 at 4:07pm
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Happy Srping - its here !
No more snow - green grass - young green leaves - tuplips - even GREEN weeds are popping out! And you bet I am even happy to see those GREEN weeds.
Hope everyones day is beautiful Hugs TLynn
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Have some chocolate and a movie.
And I;m doing the laundry - she went through my stuff and found what I hid :)
Havea good evening
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T-Lynn--if the laundry fairy moved in, why are YOU doing the laundry???
For only two of us now, I sure did a lot today!
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I didn't mean to cause a problem - I just was excited about your talent. Hope I didn't get you in trouble. I personally cannot do some of the computer things - I have a disease that prevents me learning things. It's called " computer I -tist" In other words I FEAR my computer. I have tried to print items or pictures and it will say to me -
" are you sure you want to delete" or " you have successfully deleted" and then I hear my older son say - " Mom how many times have I told you - let me do it".
So to the Navy Moms Officials - sorry .
Hey - I think you should share about your talent. Taking wonderful photos is a gift.
Need to get off - I have to do laundry - the Laundry Fariy moved in.
Hugs TLynn
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Ok - Have to ask: How do you make your own photos into post cards?
I would love to do that. ANd then wouldn't that be great to receive a Personal Post card of your sailor from the different places he / she is visiting ?
Hey Vicki - I just thought of a Fun side Job you could create - Navy Post Cards! There might be some sailors and even us Moms that do not have the equipment or the time to make the post cards. But you can- and make a profit from it :)
I would love to send my sailor ones of the pet turtle - the Monarch Butterflies hatching from the crysallis - the Hawk that the Easter Bunny last year. ( Not making that one up - the female Red Tail Hawk did eat the Easter Bunny!)
Well - it's an idea. I be a first customer :)
Maybe after the move - havea good one today. TLynn
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Same here--sent you a private message. You are in our hearts.
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Then wishing you a safe move.
That your new path will be lined with gold and roses
But just keep sharing here - it will be like recieving a post card from FLorida :)
I love post cards
Hugs to you TLynn
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You still an IL Mom. Stay please :)
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First day of spring is tomorrow, and some of you will get snow (sounds like north of Springfield.) We just got updated weather that shows only rain for the weekend. Glad we are not west of Kansas City or up by Denver!
Hey, it's been crazy at work and I've been coming home exhausted. Hope I haven't missed any messages to respond to.
You all take care!
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