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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

Events

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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Indiana Moms

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For Navy families who live in Indiana.

Admin: Kaye S.

Members: 317
Latest Activity: Jan 16, 2024

FACEBOOK PAGE: Navy Parents of Indiana

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Comment by Kaye S. on January 20, 2011 at 12:27am: GETTING READY FOR NAVY WEEK! (AUG 13-22):

I need to start hearing from folks who wish to be included in "invitation only" activities during Navy Week in Indianapolis. This might be dinners with high ranking officers or social events with sailors. Please message me your email address with a note that you'd like to hear about special Navy Week activities.

Thanks! k.

Comment by Kaye S. on January 20, 2011 at 12:24am: To those who attend (or wish to) the monthly Navy Moms dinner in Avon:

I'd like to send out a monthly reminder of the dinner details... So, please message me your email address. Thanks! k.

Comment by bsmom on January 18, 2011 at 9:45pm: Hi everyone! I am so glad to find this site for Indiana moms! My son is ship 03 div 082 and is due to PIR 2-18-11. Is anyone from northern IN?

Comment by ladycope on January 17, 2011 at 10:03pm: Hi everyone. My daughter is finishing high school this year and just informed me a week ago that she has decided to join the NAVY. Wow. I got proud and sad all at the same time! Seeing an adult in my baby's eyes. We are waiting to hear from the recruiter to set up a meeting here at home... what comes next?

Comment by ACTmom(ship 11 Div 054) on January 15, 2011 at 8:47pm: Thanks for all of the info everyone. Does anyone know if the airport has a limit as to how many people will be able to wait with our recruit?

Comment by nikosmom ( CVN 70, Seaman ) on January 14, 2011 at 11:16pm: I recently moved to Michigan after living my whole life in Northwest Indiana. my son Graduated from High school in Oct. and left for BC on Tuesday. I would love to be apart of your group, I travel back to Indiana twice a month for my Sea Cadet unit located in Lowell.

Comment by ACTmom(ship 11 Div 054) on January 12, 2011 at 11:22pm: Question for those of you who have already experienced boot camp. My son's PIR is Jan. 28th. I got a phone call from him last week and he told me that his orders had been changed to him being shipped out on Friday, and only having 4 hrs. for liberty now. All of this will be confirmed after battlestations. One of the moms on the community posted that since they will only have 4 hours, they will probably have to stay on base for liberty. Well, there goes all the planning of what we MIGHT do during liberty. Anyway, if he has to stay on base, what will there be for us to do? I don't know if we will be able to wait at the airport or not. Has anyone ever experienced this liberty before? I'm so upset! I really wanted more time with him! The Navy is going to emotionally break me! LOL! I still want it all to be positive and upbeat, but not really sure what to expect now. Any suggestions or ideas about anything? I really appreciate it.

Comment by carols_kitchen on January 12, 2011 at 4:04pm: Hi. Is any one in Indiana holding or interested in holding a SEWING PARTY or PACKING PARTY for a group of 1,000 Sailors and Marines for February? We are sewing 1,000 pillowcases (or tie-dying) as well as collecting requested snacks and other treats for some of our deployed gals and guys. I cannot release much more information than that until our January group is done shipping. If interested or if you need to know how to do one or both of these, contact me. thanks, Carol

Comment by Kaye S. on January 7, 2011 at 2:52pm: Is anyone interested in a Navy Moms dinner this month? Let me know if you're available; date would be Jan 17th.

Donnita, have you move away from us? Your page says you're in Michigan City now! Hugs, k.

Comment by Kaye S. on December 29, 2010 at 3:35pm: Hi, ya'll!

First internet access I've had for about 10 days... having a lovely time with son and new DIL! Time just flies by too quickly. We'll leave them here in Texas on Friday, as we depart for Indiana. They'll fly back to Seattle on Saturday. Hugs to everyone... be home soon! k.