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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.

FIRST TIME HERE?

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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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 Jesusintheboat on April 22, 2016 at 8:04am: Good morning Anti M thinking about you and hope all is well with you and a still prayers for a quick recovery

Comment by Jesusintheboat on April 21, 2016 at 2:30pm: Thank you Kim and LisaG I appreciate the information

Comment by Kim on April 21, 2016 at 2:17pm: AntiM, Prayers for a quick recovery. Still prayers for Maggs and all others who need them.

Welcome new moms. Glad to hear that sailors have arrived and they are getting communication resolved.

Jesusintheboat, your sailor will give you a mailing address. It will be an FPO box. You will pay U.S. postage and the large flat rate box is discounted for APO/FPO boxes. The post office delivers it to San Diego and the navy transports it to your sailors ship. Mail usually arrives with supplies when they are underway.

Comment by Jesusintheboat on April 21, 2016 at 1:57pm: Hi everyone my son is going to be going on a ship from shore duty and I know absolutely nothing about mailing stuff to what he may need to communication zero

any input I would appreciate very much thank you

Comment by Kim on April 21, 2016 at 11:00am: Maggs:

The Klutz Award!

Comment by Jesusintheboat on April 20, 2016 at 11:22am: Prayers Anti M and in agreement with Drew's prayer

Comment by DREW7062 on April 20, 2016 at 11:09am: Anti M - you have been there for me and I am here for you and sending many many prayers your way!
O Jesus Christ, Messiah and Lord, grant Anti M a joyful acceptance of the surgery which awaits you, and let this be the relief and cure which You seek. Make skilled the work of the surgeon and that of his team for it is unto their knowledge and skill that gives you the healing. I pray You, O Lord, that this procedure will be without complication, and that your recovery will be speedy and complete.
Drew

Comment by NavyMum on April 20, 2016 at 8:59am: prayers Anti M

Comment by Anti M on April 20, 2016 at 8:48am: Major surgery today, so wish me luck. Hospital has wifi, so maybe I can check in tomorrow.

Comment by Suzan on April 18, 2016 at 10:48am: tnmom50 - I got an email a day after she landed in Japan. She found wifi and used her laptop. Now, when she is on land, we have a standing Skype date every Friday morning for me / Friday night for her.

When she is on the ship, there is no schedule. They work long hours, seven days a week, and then they have to wait in a long line to use a computer (unless they have one in their work station). Sometimes they aren't allowed to communicate at all. With that being said, the longest time I have gone without hearing from her is 5 weeks.

Regarding care boxes: When she is on land, I tend to send her fun things... favorite treats, etc. The last box I sent was full of every kind of Girl Scout cookie they sell - that was a hit in her shop! When she in on the boat, I tend to send things that are more practical like toothpaste, shampoo, soap. If she doesn't need it, someone around her will. They have little space for fun things but I usually throw in a little fun! In the Christmas box, I wrapped items which I later found out I wasn't supposed to do, but nothing was said to her about it - so maybe it is ok?