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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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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

Events

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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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy.com Para Familias

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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: Nov 6

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 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.

Comment by Anti M on December 26, 2011 at 10:36am: We went to dinner at the SILs, and had a great visit with the nephew. He's now been to ports where we (me and Larry) were stationed, or were we have visited, so we can now share and compare sea stories. We talked over tattoos; he wants a Navy one, but nothing like an anchor, a cutie, or the pig and chicken because they are so simple to mess up. Maybe the swallows on the chest, he likes the symbology. His GF wanted him to get online, but he'd told her, No, not during family time. He's a great guy! Already in the air this morning, back to Groton.

My sailor in Japan is having a nice morning, his wife made homemade cookies and called her mom at two in the morning to ask baking questions. So cute!

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on December 26, 2011 at 9:10am: Bittersweet day today.....so thrilled to have the unexpected visit from Katie, but today we have to say 'goodbye'.

Thinking of all of those who have had their sailors home, or will over New Year's...praying for those who are apart.

Comment by JLmom(Lisa) on December 25, 2011 at 10:18pm: cookieb...strap in and hang on for the ride.....you will go through soooo many emotions, but always remember.....this group of Ladies are awesome and are ALWAYS here , we brag, vent, cry, etc

We are family here...

Ladies, sorry to say I didn't show up for the toast, I was chasing a 3 and 2 year old around while trying to finish up dinner, but you were all on my mind.

I lit a candle for Nick again today, he was heavy on my mind

I hope you all had a wonderful day, I did, tomorrow will be much different, but I will hold today in my heart forever !!

Comment by cookieb on December 25, 2011 at 9:49pm: My son leaves for Yokosuko (USS Mustin) tomorrow . We were blessed to have him home the past 3 weeks after boot camp and A school. Please keep him, along with all our sailors, in your prayers.

I already miss him and he hasn't even left yet.

Comment by JLmom(Lisa) on December 25, 2011 at 9:38pm: My Kids actin a fool, the gun is fake, so don't freak out !

Comment by JLmom(Lisa) on December 25, 2011 at 9:37pm: My Mom and my son (sailor)

Comment by JLmom(Lisa) on December 25, 2011 at 9:36pm

Comment by JLmom(Lisa) on December 25, 2011 at 9:35pm: From left....Me, Reagan (granddaughter) Stephanie (daughter) Johnny(sailor) John (husband) Front Kaden(grandson) with his hohoho face, lol