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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 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

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

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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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Japan Moms

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For all the Moms(and Dads) with a Sailor in Japan

Members: 689
Latest Activity: Aug 3

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it . You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

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Comment by sailorwifenmom on December 27, 2011 at 1:59am: Hi! I hope you all don't mind me joining your group. My family and I are in a bit of a different situation than a lot of people, I think. We aren't parents of a Sailor stationed in Japan, we're a Navy family (my husband is still Active Duty Navy) stationed in Japan with a Sailor son back in the States.... We're stationed in Misawa.

Comment by cookieb on December 26, 2011 at 9:25pm: My son left for Japan this evening - has a stop in Chicago, then a 13 hour layover in Seattle before his 10+hr flight. I hope the USO can take of him in Seattle. Bittersweet - I'm happy for him to begin his new venture, but sad for me because I miss his already. I think I will feel better when I know he lands in Tokyo and gets to Yokosuka. I do have to admit that him leaving for bootcamp was alot worse.

Comment by jeffiner-desert-wind on December 26, 2011 at 8:28pm: Thanks Anti M I didn't know that, very interesting and way cool.

Comment by Anti M on December 26, 2011 at 8:13pm: LOL at the bearded swallow, Navymom! They get two swallows, one because a swallow means the ship is near land, and one because the swallows go away but always come back; or one for 5,000 miles at sea, and one for 10,000. When the sailor retires the two birds are joined together by a blue ribbon, signifying he is home from the sea forever. We told my nephew he is behind on his birds!

Comment by JLmom(Lisa) on December 26, 2011 at 3:35pm: Well ladies...just got back from the Airport, the night before and the trip there seem to get easier BUT those last 30 mins or so still suck just as bad as the first time he left !

With that said....I have flight #'s and my computer and phone....Let the stalking, umm tracking begin :)

He left out of Jacksonville and landed in Detroit the same time we got home (22 mins ago) , takes off again @ 3:53.....

Have a great day everyone !

Comment by jeffiner-desert-wind on December 26, 2011 at 1:17pm: Oooh T-Lynn how extreemly exciting! I am suprised bt had a feeling that he was really wishing for a wife. My dil's brother proposed Christmas eve too and she said yes...I knew it. So hoefully her mom is able to do more f the wedding stuff and that there is a little time for you to breath from the last one. Ha ha.
Huggs to all who are saying good bye today. I hugged my dad good bye today. Tgreatened to hide his keys. It has been two years since we really spent time together. Even thiugh it would have been nice to have my brother over it was great to yace just Dad.
Cookieb huggs to you too. We are a wonderful bunch and someone always has the right answer fr your questions and if not we always have somethng to say, cry, vent and chat about.
JL sounds like your sailt s having the perfect time. Deer hnting has been over here for over tw months. Love the pictures.
Anyone hear about Mar? I hope she is enjoying that grandbaby so much she forgot about us cuz I am a bt worried. Hope all is well for her.
Not shopping today.

Comment by T-Lynn on December 26, 2011 at 11:48am: A bearded Swallow ? Now that is a conversation tatoo.

Hugs to all Moms who are hugging your sailors bye.

Maggs - we all will start making wishes that your next Christmas is WITH your sailor !

Kim - I am so sorry no one called your son. And your healing spell and Reiki energy is on the way :)

Hurray he got his deer and some fish! And the pictures are awesome. I like the "hohoho' face.

My engaged son is still out, so I have no updates .

Anyone braving the stores for those sales? No me.

Need to get along - I smell coffee :)

Wish all a great day . hugs

Comment by navymom3 on December 26, 2011 at 11:14am: Anti M my older sailor has the 2 swallows on his chest. He had them done when he was in Turkey. As he wanted a tattoo from another country. Well the guy did a good job but since he didn't speak any english he thought my son wanted a male and female swallow since he wanted 2 of them. So one of them has a beard. LOL

Comment by Kim on December 26, 2011 at 10:53am: Also, my heart aches for all of you saying your good byes today. I know the feeling.

Comment by Kim on December 26, 2011 at 10:52am: Wonderful news TLynn. Another wedding? You hardly have time to breath.

Welcome cookieb. What a perfect day to travel to Japan. Those on leave will be traveling back. Your son will hopefully meet someone traveling back. What cities does he fly through?

We had planned a simple Christmas with our two sons that are here. We went to the movies and planned to bar bq steaks. We went to a movie theater that served drinks and food. We came home full and decided to bbq tomorrow. Sailor missed Christmas dinner also. He didn't know that it was served at 3:00. Poor thing, he said he would wait until breakfast to eat. He was most disappointed that his aunts, uncles and cousins didn't call. I contacted my sister and told her to email him a time that they would call. He had to be outside to get the call. They didn't bother. Grrrrr.

I was sick all weekend. Getting worse each day. This is the first year that I have been done early and the first year that I did not plan a big dinner. I must have esp. I could sure use a healing spell TLynn.