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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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

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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 Kim on November 16, 2016 at 3:58pm: Maggs, I stopped some people from going on my feed when they post, comment or like. I will check in a week to see if they have calmed down and put them back. I only had to 'de-friend' one person that was posting on my wall. This person was from Canada. Still praying for your husband.

Mississippi mom, I was 6 months in the boot for stubbing my toe. Ended up with surgery for torn joint. Good luck.

Blondie, I hope your daughter is doing better. TLynn, I saw the post-surgery pictures. Ouch.

Huggs, to everyone. Sorry I missed some. My sailor and brother are arriving today for Thanksgiving. We are doing it on Saturday. Sailor is leaving Sunday to drive to his new ship in San Diego. Youngest lives 3 hours away (1/2 hr from Maggs) and couldn't come Thanksgiving because of work. So this works out best. Leaving for the airport now.

Comment by Mississippi Mom on November 16, 2016 at 1:48pm: Hello all! Welcome to all new Navy Moms!

I have been trying to keep up, but have not had time to comment much.

Whew, Blondie! I need a nap just after reading about your adventures. LOL! Gotta love those hubs! You need about week on a deserted island.

My update...Back in April I decided I was going to get back in shape, so I ran 3 days. On the 3rd run, I stretched my Achilles (same foot I had bone spur removed from 3 years ago). Anyway, long story short, did 4 weeks of physical therapy, a brace, steroid injection, and walking boot (am on 16 weeks of that), and 7 minute ice bucket soaks, and anti-inflammatory meds with my foot not responding to anything. 3 weeks ago today I had PRP therapy done. They took my blood, spun the plasma out, and injected this into my foot to try to stimulate the healing of this tendon. I have 4 1/2 more weeks in the boot. I am hoping this will do the trick. I am about to decide that "fat and sassy" is ok.

We spent this past weekend with our daughter in GA. She completed her first half-marathon. We had a really good time with her.

Our son is still working on getting his pilots license for helicopters. He is flying today. He seems to love this. He and his wife are both doing good.

Hubby and I celebrated our 35th anniversary on Monday. I am blessed!

I am trying to get my thoughts together for Thanksgiving. My family will all either be at my house or at my sister's. I have to get with her and decide which one.

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving and that you all hear from you Sailors.

Comment by Anti M on November 11, 2016 at 5:37pm: Yay, Texas Roadhouse! I had a nice steak lunch, talked to a Marine who was in Yokosuka the same time I was there. We used to go to the same bar, and knew the same bartender! It was fun sharing stories. I truly appreciate the businesses who are so kind to veterans and active duty.

Comment by tytulip40 on November 9, 2016 at 4:35pm: You know - more I read, he just didn't pay attention or stand up and ask. Thought I taught him better than that! Gonna have to have a long talk with him. Thanks for info!

Comment by Anti M on November 9, 2016 at 11:26am: Blondie, many good thoughts for DD and baby.

Tricare can be extremely frustrating when it comes to referrals. They got really strict after UHC took over. They do not allow the doctors to make the referrals anymore! It has to go through the system. Frustrating, and dangerous if more than one doctor is involved. Had they been able to send her into the ER, then it all gets covered as one thing. I hope everything turns out okay as quickly as possible.

Comment by NavyMum on November 9, 2016 at 9:14am: Blondie - prayers for your daughter and her baby

tytulip - DS had no problems voting absentee. He just went to the local (home) board of elections website and updated his address and requested absentee ballots. Sorry - but while I do think the Navy should (and from what DS said, they do) address voting, it's really the responsibility of the individual to make the arrangements and get the ballot.

Comment by Anti M on November 8, 2016 at 9:08pm: tytulip, no, you cannot vote for him. They are supposed to get absentee ballots from their home of record as far as I know, or there is a special write in federal for they can send in. When I was overseas, we went to briefings very early so we knew we had to take care of that on our own, request our ballots or talk to the voting officer, and by early, I mean beginning in summer. There is a voting officer for every command, so I am not sure what happened with the ship.

http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2016/05/19/navy-voting-assistance-progr...

Comment by Wheatonpup on November 8, 2016 at 7:45pm: 5000 on that ship and no notice about voting??? It will be their commander in chief. What gives!??

Comment by tytulip40 on November 8, 2016 at 3:14pm: Wanna chat about voting - just asked my son if he was able to vote and he said no - he is on the USS Ronald Reagan right now - he said he overheard some people discussing voting a couple weeks ago, asked said person and said person said he'd get back to him that he wasn't sure- that never happened - well, now it's day of and too late (should of check in on this a while back) - seems a bit odd, why wouldn't they push absentee voting for them? Most of them this is their first time so are unaware of the process and too shy to ask. I always took my son with me when I would vote so he can know what it's about. A friend mentioned I could vote for him - is this true? Google wan't very informative on that. His drivers license has my address. Thanks

Comment by Momof2 on November 8, 2016 at 9:52am: I wanted to buy my son some restaurant gift cards for Christmas. I asked on the Facebook page if there was a Starbucks on base in sasebo. Everyone says gift cards don't work there. I'm wondering why that would be? If it's on the base wouldn't it be dollars and not Yin?