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Navy For Moms

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

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

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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 2tymeNavyMom on June 23, 2016 at 10:55pm: Love it DREW7062
He sounds just like your son. I think they are good kids trying to show us how grown up they are. I told him he will understand what I am talking about when he has his own kids. This week he is out camping with the Boy Scouts from the base. He was rally excited about getting to teach them archery. He is going to be a great dad one day.

Comment by DREW7062 on June 23, 2016 at 9:57pm: 2tymenavymom-
Oh I forgot another one of my favorite verses in the bible is Proverbs 22.6

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

Comment by DREW7062 on June 23, 2016 at 9:31pm: 2tymenavymom- Yeah I know what you mean... These kids are a trip lol....when they're little they're LITTLE on your heart, when they get big they're BIG on your heart. Whadda ya do...lol I can count on 1 hand how often my son has called me. But as the young folks say imma keep it moving. Tomorrow going to a movie and dinner and try not to think of that child I labored 19 hours and gave birth to!!!!!!! Not to mention all his baseball games I went to....oh I forgot when he was sick who was there need I go on....laughing...

Comment by 2tymeNavyMom on June 23, 2016 at 5:34pm: I do not talk to my son nearly as much as I would like to either. He told his grandparents last week he feels bad and should call him momma more often. Ha Ha grandparent guilt trip. Of course he told them he is trying to volunteer to deploy because he is bored doing the same thing in the hospital. I think he didn't want to tell me because he doesn't want me to worry. Little does he know I worry anyway.

Oh well,

Comment by scully_the_skeptic on June 23, 2016 at 1:55pm: Hi all. I don't post much, but read lots. My sailor is in Yokosuka - very independent. Wouldn't give me the FPO. Found it myself - he was happy to receive our birthday cards. I have to get used to his being in charge of his life even tho I still think of him at times as my little boy. but every so often I remind he still has to stay in touch. ;) he did call on moms day. He's currently underway - flying the flag. I'd prefer his feet on ground but it is what it is. God is in control.

Comment by Kim (Proud Mom of Sailor) on June 23, 2016 at 12:42pm: Welcome JENJEN1968. I have been a member of the Navyformoms website since my son was in boot camp. The amount of information and support with this website was AWESOME!!! Don't ever hesitate to ask a question (no matter how small or strange). Odds are someone else has the same question.

Comment by NavyMum on June 23, 2016 at 12:33pm: Welcome CarolinaRose. FB Messenger has been the best/easiest way to stay in contact with my son - he's been in Okinawa since Apr.

Comment by CarolinaRose on June 23, 2016 at 12:31pm: Hello everyone

Just joined this group. Daughter left for yokosuka Tuesday of this week. The only contact from her has been on Facebook messager. Does not have an address for me as of yet. Missing her like crazy.

Comment by NavyMum on June 22, 2016 at 5:10pm: Blondie - stay safe!

JenJen1968 - welcome - I'm a newbie to the group also. My son is in Okinawa (just since Apr - his 1st duty assignment).

For all the mums missing their kid and feeling sad - ((((Hugs)))).