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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 T-Lynn on January 23, 2015 at 2:25pm: HI

I agree - we NEED some Angel stories.

Letting You know Maggs, Angel contacted Shark and invited her to a weekend of fun in the sun. Angel said no worries about money - she is using your credit card. Shark is still packing - being a turtle it will take her a few days, maybe a week to get all packed.

Blondie - telling us not to worry is like us telling you to take it easy. Thanks for all the updates.

Barb - you are so right about chocolate and I am with Blondie - I am no quitter.

Hi Miss, Shelly,Cheryl, Young - so good to hear from you.

Getting ready for the baby shower tomorrow. I thought I had it all together - haha on me. Let you know how it goes.

Wish all a great day hugs

Comment by MaggieMay on January 23, 2015 at 9:46am: LOL that's funny Blondie!

Happy Friday Everyone! Hope you have a wonderful weekend....Blessings to you all!

Comment by Cheryl-TedsMom on January 20, 2015 at 11:23pm: Thoughts & prayers to ya'll.

Comment by Mississippi Mom on January 20, 2015 at 6:27pm: Hugs and prayers for you and your family, Blondie. Please be careful walking and driving. Sure wish I could send you some of my weather. It has been so nice here for the past several days. Got all my Christmas down off the porch and mailbox yesterday, finally. My neighbors will all be proud of me. Just had yucky, really cold weather right after Christmas, then it seemed to always be raining and cold when I was off. Barbara, I was right there with ya! Took my tree down right after Christmas, but that outside stuff just had to wait.

Shelly, sending lots of hugs your way. Just reading your post made me cry. I was always a mess for a couple of days when my son went back to Japan or left for a deployment. My son and his wife went to see that movie. He said he wasn't sure if the general public could really handle it, and know what actually happens with the Special Forces. He thought it was a good movie, but that some things are better left unsaid or unknown. He said his wife really had a hard time watching it. His Dad wants to see it, but I know I couldn't handle it, and they all agreed. I cry on the coffee commercials! LOL!

Update on my son. He is now back in school, and I hope he makes the best of this. He and his wife, have also just bought their first house. They are still working on getting everything to it's place. She works 7 on and 7 off at a hospital, and the 7 she works, she basically works and sleeps. Then it takes her a day to get caught up on her sleep when she works off, so she spends the other days getting caught up at home. She said the 7 off sure does fly by.

Josh, hope your son's back heals quickly and that hubby's mouth does too! Congratulations on the new camper! Sounds like you will have a great summer.

Comment by Shelly on January 20, 2015 at 5:56pm: Blondie, Just be safe. I hated the driving, parking, walking even living in the snow. You are a braver lady than me. HUGS

Ok, sent my sailor back to Japan this morning. Fighting the tears all day. When he was checking in at the counter this morning, the lady said, you don't see this kind of emotion for a vacation! Well that's true. I am focusing on the thought that I started this year the best way possible, spending it with my son. We had a great visit but it's time to get back to reality for both of us.

Hope the rest of the week is super duper for everyone!!

Comment by MaggieMay on January 20, 2015 at 10:25am: Happy Birthday Anti M!!!

Hugs Blondie - I feel for you, so much on your plate. You're a very strong woman. Know that my prayers are for you and your loved ones.

Chocolate is the best!!!! Love the stuff.

Barbara - my hubby still has about 4 weeks to go to get his chompers. Last night I made chicken & dumplings but I diced the chicken & noodles up so small (actually looked like mush) that my son said it looked like military food LOL at least they both said it tasted good!

Comment by barbara10/08 on January 19, 2015 at 10:39pm

Comment by barbara10/08 on January 19, 2015 at 10:28pm: Blondie,con't prayers.....
Great news about Uncle Bob:)

Joshmom, hi! can't imagine my hubby on a soft diet. how long does that go on? New camper sounds exciting!

AntiM, I see it must be your birthday-hope it's a great one!

T-lynn, yep, tree....my daughter, who is Not little anymore, Hates to see Christmas put away and I always give in. But this tree had baby spiders on it, so I had her "blessing", ha ha.
Why yes, of Course, Chocolate most definitely helps everything