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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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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 MaggieMay on March 26, 2015 at 7:43am: Welcome Navychoirmom! Glad you found us. Now jump right in...questions, gossip, chat away.

Spring has gotten here too. Last weekend was beautiful 70's and sunny but of course my allergies kicked into high gear, had bad thunderstorms last night and there's actually snow forecasted for Saturday...yep that's spring in Missouri!

I think my sailor has become obsessed with food. When he got back to Japan he sent me a pic "his evening meal" a salad and a beer (says he needed to lose some of the weight he gained while home on leave heeheehee). Then the other day another pic of his "man dinner" liver & onions, fried potatoes and a beer. Last night I got another pic "being lazy tonight" pizza rolls and a beer! We teased him while he was home about having a little beer gut - no wonder!!!!

Cheryl - Ahh the Navy life...gotta go with the flow! Rhyme or reason...what's that?

Hope you all have a great day!

Comment by 2tymeNavyMom on March 25, 2015 at 11:33pm: Welcome BNAVYSCHIORMOM, there is a lot of good information and comfort here. I assume he made it safely and is probably going through his classes which tell him about the culture, places that are safe to travel to and not travel to. Ant questions ask away. There is a wealth of knowledge here.

Comment by Navychoirmom on March 25, 2015 at 11:15pm: I finally found it!!!

Comment by 2tymeNavyMom on March 25, 2015 at 10:56pm: Love the owls! Thanks Blondie, I sent her a screen shot because she is still having trouble finding it.
I wish I could send some of our weather to those of you in the cold climates. It's supposed to be in the 90's by Friday. Yuck!!!its only March after all.

Comment by 2tymeNavyMom on March 24, 2015 at 10:40pm: Hi everyone, I have a friend who's son is on the plane to Japan as I type. She wants to join the group but I don't know how to explain to her how to find it.
HELP

Comment by Cheryl-TedsMom on March 24, 2015 at 9:48pm: So typical Navy. Beginning fo the month his ship was deploying. My sailor was told that morning he was staying on base to take a class, so he had to pack is gear, and run around the ship to get all of the appropriate officials sign off on his new orders and get is all done before the ship got underway.

Well got an email from him tonight, new orders he's back on-board ship ????

Comment by T-Lynn on March 24, 2015 at 11:35am: HI

I agree, they sound like baby elephants. When there are three of them and one hipper puppy- its a stamped. And why always in the early morning too?!

At first Maggs, I thought that was Angel. And that she fell into the bleach. You know - going for the younger summer glow look. A while back you posted a pic of Angel and she was in the same pose. Good to hear they like to play together.

Why would the doc give you the look Blondie? Yes, I know the answer - because YOU have always fixed things around the office - she thought you could fix the crowded waiting room too. Keep us post on how things are going .

Still snow on the ground here. Yesterday , when I got home from work - I started shoveling the driveway. OH how heavy that WET snow is. When Vic got home he helped to finish - you the snow blower :). then we had a snowball fight - what fun. The kids thought we were nuts. They're only upset because they did not come out to play.

Well, need to get - have o get ready to play with scouts

Wish all a great day hugs

Comment by T-Lynn on March 23, 2015 at 10:13am: This is what today looks like

Comment by Anti M on March 23, 2015 at 8:54am: Driving in Japan is insane. We had bikes, and hubby got a new Harley shipped over (on base new car sales). He got hit by a taxi in Yokohama which ran a red light. He had a broken nose and was banged up, but it totaled the bike. He had gotten a used one for me, so he started commuting on that. Two wheels is the way to go over there.

And yes, I had a bike stolen on base, forgot to lock it for ten minutes. The guys who deploy and lock their bikes on base tend to have those locks cut and the bikes taken. It sucks.

I think we are having spring here, up to 70 this weekend. Lots of yard work accomplished!

Comment by Cheryl-TedsMom on March 23, 2015 at 8:15am: So winter is not done with us yet. Like Lynn-T we had snow this weekend 1-2" so just a dust'n, but this morning mercury says 15 and windchill is 0. Brrrrr.