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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

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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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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 Kim on October 23, 2015 at 8:00am: Not much going on here. I have been sick with whatever this bug is going around. Baseball - I am still a Blue Jays fan.

Welcome new moms. We are a big family here and no one is allowed to leave. I lurk more than I post these days, but I always enjoy all of the stories. Jump in and tell us all about yourselves and your sailors.

Comment by Kim on October 23, 2015 at 7:55am: Daddy is a crazy driver.

Comment by Kim on October 23, 2015 at 7:40am: Yep, All calls at 2AM must be our sailor.

Comment by T-Lynn on October 22, 2015 at 10:18pm: By the way - on this site it is standing rule - Navy Moms get first chance for ALL phone calls. When sailors get home - Navy Moms get the first hug and kiss !

All other family members and friends have to stand in line.

Comment by T-Lynn on October 22, 2015 at 10:16pm: Tytulip - this is for you :).

Comment by T-Lynn on October 22, 2015 at 10:16pm: HI

Tytulip - welcome to what we call Navy Time. It means - we moms have to adjust our time to hear/see our sailors by Navy Time = when the Navy lets them call or see us.

We had many calls at 2 AM our time. Promise you WILL soon know your sailor's ring on the phone! I too am so happy you answered that phone. Hope you had a wonderful talk.

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Comment by DREW7062 on October 22, 2015 at 1:32pm: Yay tulip: that's wonderful!!! My boy is in Yokokusa and he facetimed me the other night and showed me the mountains and the people driving in the WRONG side of the road lol. I miss him terribly but very proud of him and AL the youngsters that's serving our country. GO NAVY!

Comment by tytulip40 on October 22, 2015 at 10:00am: My sailor wasn't able to call before he got on the Reagan - so last night (early morning, we are talking 2 am - on dream 3 by this point) phone rings, I quickly turn it off, then the caller calls back, I answer angrily - it was my boy on the other end! We talked for an hour. One of his fellow sailors had a phone and asked him if he wanted to call anyone - he didn't hesitate! I've been on cloud 9 ever since. :)

Comment by scully_the_skeptic on October 21, 2015 at 7:51am: DREW7062: my son is in IT and currently on the Chancellorsville. I hope you get to see your son for the holidays!

Comment by T-Lynn on October 20, 2015 at 10:40pm: HI

Thank You Joshmom - when teh Cubs play the Cardinals - its hard to watch too. My southern relatives are Cardinal fans. So when teh Cardinals play anyone else - I always want them to win. right now - Cubs and Mets are playing. And dam - Cubs not doing too well. But I till believe.

I wonder where you were Kim. And I really felt you the other day. So I made Me Time to get on and if I did not see a post from you - I was sending out a search team. Yes, want pics!!!

Blondie- here training or tutoring cost extra. About $22 to $30 an hour. I suggest you submit your bill after the training them. Conor is so grown up. He looks so proud.

Clamon - doing teh happy dance for you!!! My grandson is only 9 months, but he can run in his walker. I have bruises on the tops of my toes! And even though your daughter is not going to Japan - you are stuck with us :).

Keep us posted about your sailor Shelly. Want to know he got there ok. Hey Scully and Drew - let us know if your sons meet up. When my sailor was stationed in Sasebo, another Navy Mo's sailor was on the same ship. Turns out - they were room mates on the base! That kept our sailors on their toes at times.

Need to get back to the game to see how my Cubbies are doing. Sweet Dreams all

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