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
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.)
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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
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Comment by Navygirlmom on January 22, 2013 at 2:56pm
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Hi Indiana moms! My daughter leaves for bc in one week from today. She and I are both getting nervous....She has been really excited to get started up until now but is now getting nervous. I know she will be fine but she is making me a nervous wreck!!!
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Comment by SailorMomSteph(ship13/div139) on January 9, 2013 at 8:53pm
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Hello! Im an Indiana Mom, just joined N4M as my son leaves Feb 6 for bc. Kaye, I was told to let you know that Bunker QB sent me!
I live in Avon and would love to meet more IN moms and share this new experience. I am so new to all the procedures, policies and "what to expect". One thing is for sure, Im so proud of my son's choice but am not sure I'm ready to let him go!
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Comment by Kaye S. on December 11, 2012 at 7:16pm
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This holiday season, keep a "candle in the window" to show you're thinking of military personnel who won't be with loved ones, and to keep them in the minds of those who live around us.
"Putting a candle in a window is an ancient practice. Throughout history, fire has meant warmth, security, food, and a barrier against the unsafe in an untamed wilderness. The glow from the family hearth has come to represent these very feelings.
In most cultures, a candle in the window was used to signal a family's loyalty to a loved one away traveling. To the traveler, it was a signal flare during bad weather and indicated someone was awake, awaiting their return. It also began to show a ready welcome of any traveler needing warmth and safety." **
Let our service people know that your home is their home, and someone there is thinking of them and waiting for their return.
(Please use an electric or battery-operated light, to prevent fires. **History text copied from www.americanfamilytraditions.com)
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Comment by ennanaej on December 8, 2012 at 5:37pm
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Thank you to Pat who invited me to join Indiana Moms. I had no idea there was such a group. I am looking forward to being a part of this site and hope to learn how best to serve my son, and his endeavors in this path!
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Comment by Sharri on December 7, 2012 at 8:08pm
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So, there is hope! Where did you go to school? I work in the College of Nursing at US I but know some U of E people too.
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Comment by Reid's Ma on December 7, 2012 at 7:59pm
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Been there with the divorce thing too. just rem'd. the same yr. he went in the Navy, I went to my 40th HS reunion and met an old friend--and married him. See? all kinds of possibilities. Keep the faith. Love E'ville!! went to college there.
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Thank you for the encouragement. I am amazed at the resources available and the responses I have received already. I am looking forward to forming some of my own friendships along the way. I am recently divorced and am feeling particularly alone in this. I can see that there is a lOt of support out there. Just being informed of the process and how things work will help a lot.
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Sharri, stay connected to this site; surf the net for info. It will be a great growing experience for him and the family. This is my son's 8th yr. after not quite finishing college.... it's been all good. I'm in Anderson.
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I am in Evansville. My son just joined this week. He is 18 but is still in high school, so he won't leave until summer. I am really nervouse because I know nothing about military life and Ben had never talked about military until about a month ago. It will take some time for me to get used to the idea. I am anxious to learn more.
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Since no one has responded to this month's Indy Moms' Dinner, it's been cancelled. Sorry for the late notice, but was hoping to have a "last minute" person.
Let me know if you're interested in scheduling one for next month... k.
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