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:
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.
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Comment by gstutzman on January 29, 2012 at 1:30pm
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We are from elkhart indiana
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Comment by Tracie (Jacob's mom) on January 29, 2012 at 1:26pm
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is anyone here from northwest Indiana? In the Valparaiso area?
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Comment by Kaye S. on January 24, 2012 at 12:04am
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REMINDER! "WESTIES" DINNER TOMORROW!
Indianapolis Navy Moms Monthly Dinner
Tuesday, Jan. 23
Social time at 5:30pm / Seating at 6:00pm
Olive Garden Restaurant in Avon
10243 E US Highway 36
(317) 273-0889 / www.olivegarden.com(This month only, we're meeting on a Tuesday. We'll meet on on
our usual 3rd Monday the remainder of the year.)
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Wow my thoughtsb are with you ladies that have girls in the military. Ii had a son in the marines in Iraq twice and now a son in Navy boot headed for nuke schcoolbut I can't even imagine sending one of my girls. God Bless their journey.
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Agh! finally got used to my daughter being in the Navy and settled into A school. Now I get to ship my son off to Army boot camp tomorrow. I am an Airforce brat and all the men in my family (and my husband's family) have served in one branch or another but it doesn't make it any easier to send both my kids off to the military world. Not sure what to do with myself next week...I still have a 3 year old great nephew who lives with us and a 7 month old puppy but things will be much quieter here from now on.
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Comment by Truly a Dreamer on January 19, 2012 at 1:55am
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Thanks Marine Navy Mom, I have no idea how all this works, I watched the videos about Boot camp and what to send and not send to my daughter, and I had another account my daughter and I set up before she left and we made each other friends, but it keeps telling me my e-mail didn't exist so I made a new account. I'm frustrated so far with the website, but I will give it a chance. Thanks for helping with the info. It's nice to talk to someone who knows what it like when your child is in boot camp.
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Hi, I am new to Navy moms. My daughter left 1 week ago and I just got the box. I really miss her. I haven't got her address yet. Anybody know how long that takes?
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Comment by DramaboysMom on January 9, 2012 at 1:57pm
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Link to the news story about the fallen Guardsmen from Indiana.
http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-north-judson-soldier-killed-in-action...
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Comment by Pat on January 9, 2012 at 7:08am
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Welcome gstutzman, r11210, wvik and any other new members to the Indiana group! If you are close enough to Avon...check out the calendar for the monthly social and dinner at one of the restuarants along the hwy in Avon on the 3rd Monday. It is a great time to ask questions, meet others, and share stories.
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Thoughts out to our other military families who lost their boys in Afghanistan this weekend. One of the moms on another N4M group I am in is the mother of one in Army, one in Navy, one in Guard and one in AirForce. One of her boys was in the vehicle just ahead of the one that got blown up. The devastation that he feels along with these parents we can not imagine. So as you are heading out to church this morning, keep them in your prayers.
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