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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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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 DREW7062 on July 16, 2015 at 10:42pm: Anti M; thank you soon much!!!!

Comment by DREW7062 on July 16, 2015 at 10:39pm: Is C school mandatory, or can you turn it down? My son is in A school now in San Antonio I don't think he's going to C school

Comment by Anti M on July 16, 2015 at 6:47pm: @Drew .... is he going to a ship? They all have websites to check into. He should request a sponsor, the ship site should have that info. He can also order a Welcome Aboard packet.

If he goes to a ship, he will live aboard it initially. They can earn privileges to live in the Live Ashore barracks, which are quite nice, more like suites.

I always recommend a civilian passport, just in case they want to travel. While their ID card and orders get them in and out of Japan, and that includes leave papers, other countries do not recognize it. If he is going to a ship, he will miss out on some liberty opportunities, and if there is an emergency, he needs to be able to travel outside the military system.

Here are some links to start with:

http://www.c7f.navy.mil/sourcefiles/CFAY%20Welcome%20Aboard%20Packa...

http://www.navymwryokosuka.com/

Comment by Lauren - Ship 11 Div 317 on July 16, 2015 at 5:38pm: Mine is an Electroneurodiagnostic Tech. He graduates C School on the 5th, and we are gathering all the info he needs as well, just like buying a house, lol. We will have to connect up!

Comment by 2tymeNavyMom on July 16, 2015 at 4:30pm: My son is a surgical tech Corpsman. Do you know what your sons specialty is?

He was home on leave between school for two weeks between C school and Yokosuka. Loves it there.

Comment by Lauren - Ship 11 Div 317 on July 16, 2015 at 4:25pm: My son will be heading to Yokosuka as well, Medical corpsman, graduating C School in August, he is not sure how long he will come home before heading there, but we are really excited and so glad to learn from this group.

Comment by 2tymeNavyMom on July 16, 2015 at 4:05pm: I pick my sailor up from the airport in a couple hours so I can ask him your questions. He is stationed in Yokusuka. Can't wait to see him, it's been almost a year.

Comment by mtnmom on July 16, 2015 at 3:22pm: Hi all;

Hope everyone is having a great summer. My two oldest grandkids are coming to spend a long weekend with me...I'm so excited, this will be the first time since their adoptions that they get to come and stay with me. These are my daughter's oldest children.

Kitty status--Baxter has not returned, but I've sort of been a adopted by a little orange tabby. He showed up last week, hungry and skinny. He wanders in and out of the house several times a day. He won't spend the night in the house, but does seem enjoy our company. We have been calling him, "OhGee". He looks to be between 6 months and a year old.

I heard from my sailor on Tuesday. It was good to chat with him. He underway in the middle of the ocean. He does enjoy the sea life. I will hopefully see my son in early 2016 here.

Well have to scoot, everyone have a safe and wonderful weekend.

Comment by DREW7062 on July 16, 2015 at 2:56pm: Anti m: my son is an E1 just getting out of A school in San Antonio Texas going to Yokosuka Japan can you tell me anything about that. Thanks

Comment by Anti M on July 16, 2015 at 2:38pm: The housing office will assist him with a rental; there is a class to take because it is done quite differently there than here. OHA is pretty generous.

https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrj/installations/cfa_yokosuka/f...