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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

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.

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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 January 14, 2009 at 5:25pm: Wow, Susan, he'll be a giant in Japan!

Comment by Anti M on January 14, 2009 at 2:45pm: Anti M = Auntie Em = Aunt Margaret Not specifically for the Wiz, but it has taken that on. I was invited to be the Maid of Honor at an Oz themed wedding!

The house was adorable, but uninsulated, unheated, no oven, and was up a very steep set of stairs. You couldn't drive up to it, and there was no parking nearby. We paid $30 a month to rent a parking space for the Harley at the foot of the stairs. Still, I loved it, the neighborhood was quiet and friendly, and we even had a yard.

Comment by Anti M on January 14, 2009 at 1:45pm: My hubby was in Sasebo when I transferred to Yokosuka; I rented the cutest little old house. Every room was divided from the others by beautiful shoji sliding doors ... glass or paper panels. The toilet, which in Japan is usually set off from the bath, had a western style door, but all the others doors were sliding screens. I am short, hubby is six-one. The shoji door frames all hit him smack across the forehead. Ouch! We lived in that house for nine years, ducking was second nature to him.

Comment by Anti M on January 12, 2009 at 2:12am: Oh, I can tell you about offbase housing , we declined the base apartments and lived in the same little house for nine years (my 12 was split into 3 of my own orders and then 9 of my hubby's). I didn't mind sleeping on the floor on a futon, and using the kerosene heaters, and not having a an oven and no AC ... but I loved the neighbors and it was ... quaint.

Comment by Anti M on January 11, 2009 at 10:13pm: In Yokosuka, the on base drinking age is 21. Some years the policy varies and the clubs will serve low alcohol content beer to sailors who are 18+. Sasebo may have a different set of guidelines. The Japanese age to drink is 20, and there are beer machines all over the place off base. And the JN bars tend to not ID sailors.

I was in Yoko for 12 years.

Comment by Melissa mom of Chip on December 25, 2008 at 12:29pm: Just wanted to wish all the Navy Moms and Dads a Merry Christmas. I have not heard from my son in a couple of days. He had his cell phone turned off already since he will be leaving Japan around the 1st of the year. Hope you all get to hear from your sailor today.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on December 24, 2008 at 9:04am: Wishing each of our Japan Moms a wonderful Christmas. I know it is not easy to have them so far away but if they are in port - they actually will be able to enjoy the holidays. The Japanese culture celbrate Christmas more each year and the spirit is definitely in the air!!!

Comment by Anti M on December 22, 2008 at 2:44pm: Susan, do you know what part of Japan? Depending on his rate, there's lots of shore duty selections, especially in Yokosuka. I was an ET, as was hubby, and I was at the Naval Communication Station, Hubby was at Ship Repair Facility, then the comm van in Totsuka (now decommissioned).

Comment by NevadaSierra on December 19, 2008 at 10:57am: Hi Everybody: I'm searching for information. Our sailor (Adam) told us that he may be going to Japan. He is currently serving on the USS Pennsylvania as a NUKE. I am guessing from reading that he has applied for a shore duty postion (?). But I don't know that for sure. Any and all information you can give us would be a great help to my worring mind.He has been in six years and I just found this site. Thank you in advance - this site has been a wonderful blessing.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on December 19, 2008 at 12:01am: I wanted to share a true story with our Japan Moms...

Our son, Nick was born in Yokosuka and we loved living there. Before leaving Japan we bought him a kimona and wrote a special letter to Nick and packed it away with the kimona with intentions of giving it to him when he was big enough to appreciate it. As I'm cleaning out a closet tonight, I come across this box - open it up and it is the kimona! After a few fond tears (i'm always crying!!!) I had to call my husband to see what I found - oh the memories that kimona brought back. I remember we couldn't decide what color to buy...our 10 month old baby boy and now that baby boy is 21 yrs old and a sailor himself...we decided THIS is the year that he will finally receive his kimona!