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:
Events
**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:
**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
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Latest Activity
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
N4M Merchandise
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.
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
Badge
Japan Moms
Information
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!
Discussion Forum
Hello
Started by Wendy. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Sep 3, 2022. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Cell Phone in Sasebo
Started by Aggiemom2020. Last reply by CindyN Dec 29, 2021. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Getting a cat to Yokusaka
Started by mmgsc100. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Dec 29, 2021. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Comment Wall
Comment
-
Comment by T-Lynn on March 22, 2015 at 10:04pm
-
Thanks, he is doing much better now. But still needs wants to be held. With all the drainage he has his little throat has to be sore. So I am ready to cuddle anytime he needs.
Hey would you believe it - it is snowing here. It is so wet too. I just don't want the temps to drop and we get ice.
Wish all a good evening
-
Comment by Cheryl-TedsMom on March 21, 2015 at 2:03pm
-
T-Lynn - sorry to hear about your Lit'l Man. Glad to hear that he's doing better.
-
-
HI
Love those pics Blondie. I too would love to see that.
Kim - what a hoot. I got to remember if this happens to me. And Blondie - wil add your line - sorry i don't own a computer.
Hey we have a new word to add to our dictionary:
"Guilty Pleasure" = Mac and Cheese. Do we have any for Chocolate - Coffee - Rum and Coke ?
And yes that robin did follow us - and now it has a mate! Will post pics as soon as I can get them off my cell.
Hey - all Happy Spring!!! And we do have spring weather , it might snow :)
And I don't have anything to do !!! For Real a Nothing Day. So I want to wash windows.
Well, finally found out WHY littel Riker has been spitting up and crying so much and NOT sleeping. He has 2 ear infections. ON Thursday I told my son - something really is wrong. It can't just be his stomach. Son called got him to see doc yesterday at 4 pm and even teh doc was surprised. No fever - no pulling at his ears - had to look to see it. We all feel so bad that we did not pick up on his pain sooner. But he had his first FULL sleep last night. So soon we should have a happy baby.
Hey - need to get going and do nothing :). hugs all
-
-
Anti M - your posting are Sooo Navy.
2tymeNavyMom - that is my sailor's position about driving/cars. He was so busy in his life he didn't get his US driver's license until right before he deployed in Japan, just in case, but as I said above he has no interest in getting a license over there.
-
Comment by 2tymeNavyMom on March 20, 2015 at 3:29pm
-
My son said he didn't want to get his license in Yokosuka, said it was too much of a pain in the butt. There are special rules for who is at fault if there is an accident. He said the bus and train system were good enough for him and his friends to get around. He had a bike but that got stolen.
-
Comment by Anti M on March 20, 2015 at 2:00pm
-
LOL, so new that the instruction is dated tomorrow (which it is over on the other side of the dateline).
-
-
Kim, this driver's ed program is brand new this year. Perhaps the rules have changed yet again. Yokosuka is quite good at that, changing things up.
-
Comment by Kim on March 20, 2015 at 12:27pm
-
My son did not have a U.S. drivers license when he went to Japan. He was told that he could not get a drivers license in Japan.
-
-
Yes, on base the traffic laws are the same as off. The other side of the road! You can tell the newbs, they get in the "passenger" seat and pretend to rummage around in the glovebox, then switch sides.
-
-
There used to be free driver's ed courses on base in Japan. That is no longer the case. There are courses on base now, but they are fee based. Many commands need to use their sailors as duty drivers, so those without a license would have to get one. Probably be paid for by the command. I know I was pressured to learn to drive by my command, but I cannot pass a road test; I hit things.
In short, do not be surprised if a sailor is pressed to learn to drive by their command. Duty drivers are a thing.
The AAA thing does not work in Japan for the military.
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
You need to be a member of Japan Moms to add comments!