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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: 688
Latest Activity: Apr 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 Anti M on October 27, 2009 at 2:29pm: T-Lynn, you have admin powers here, so if we get spam or bad opsec you can delete the post.

I haven't heard from melia in quite a while. I know she has two little kids, so maybe she's just busy.

Comment by T-Lynn on October 27, 2009 at 12:34pm: Thanks for the help on my sore tongue. But I was not able to get out to a store last night. So I did the next best thing - Jack Daniels - Black Label No 7.
I feel good all over ! But can't have that during the day - so my son is going out to store to day and I'll have him get me that gel. Thanks Anit M for the reminder of loose lips, but still what did I actaully volun-told for? By the way - anyone heard from Melia lately? Got to go - starting of getting ready for Mom's 89th birthday this Halloween! Hugs to all :) Tlynn

Comment by Anti M on October 27, 2009 at 10:09am: I've seen some poor posts elsewhere, so I'd like to keep all our new members up to speed on the subject of OPSEC. If you don't know what it is, please go read this:

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/opsec-loose-lips-sink-ships

I'm a bear on OPSEC!!!!! This board is far from secure, so don't talk ship's movement. Most folks here do very, very well, but I thought I'd help educate any newbies.

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on October 26, 2009 at 8:11pm: Anti M - Thanks for your response. I got the impression from my daughter that that may be the way things are with leaves, but wondered what someone with more experience had to say. I appreciate your input.

Comment by T-Lynn on October 26, 2009 at 2:09pm: Just what did I volun-told for? If it is for sharing good gossip - that's fits me to a T. Chiro? I thought physical therpay would be offered. I'm out of the loop, but keep us posted please on he is. And the the father-n-law Clauia and the guy on the plane Jim.
By the way I bit my tongue real bad last night. Yes - I was gossipping when i did it. But any remedity ideas? Oh do I hurt. But smiling :) TLynm PS Let you know how my sailor does with being in his dress blues. - I htink it happens this week.

Comment by Anti M on October 26, 2009 at 10:07am: Jill, the chiro remark surprises me too. We weren't allowed to see chiros when I was in, the Navy didn't have them on staff. They have just begin using them. Personally, I wouldn't see an offbase doc of any sort without a written referral in hand, and especially not in Japan. On the other hand, a chiro may be able to fix the problem quickly and cheaply. I simply have no ideas about how to find one. My ex-pat friends there don't answer their emails often enough.

Back pain is tricky, there is actually very little which can be done for it other than time and rest. I'm surprised they haven't offered some sort of physical therapy for him.

Comment by Anti M on October 26, 2009 at 10:02am: Anita... LOL, the term is "volun-told". I moderate elsewhere (nothing to do with N4M) so I'd be comfortable with it. I'm honored. I didn't see the call out.

Marianne, leave policy varies by division, depends on what they do and what they are doing. They look at who got leave the last time, if all jobs are covered, who had leave days expiring, and who the slackers are. Even slackers get to take leave, but you'd better believe they don't get the choice time slots. The "new guys" don't get the best choices of leave days, which can be looked at as seniority. It is all very flexible and depends on the input of the LPO, the chief, and the Div-O.

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on October 26, 2009 at 7:06am: Anyone know the answer to this question..... How do they determine who gets what leave in December?......A mom posted this on one of my other group's site and no one responded. My daughter said that during SAR there were too many gone from her shop, so they were going to have to pay more attention during the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year leave time. Any idea if iit is by seniority, time on the ship?????

Comment by T-Lynn on October 25, 2009 at 5:46pm: Enjoy a crisp sweet for me :)

Comment by T-Lynn on October 25, 2009 at 1:56pm: Lighting a Candle for you f-n-l. Thank the war hero for me too :) And I am wondering too - Jim any news about the ill Navy Dad?