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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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
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Comment by jboysmom on May 27, 2013 at 8:38am
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Hi Eaglemom2, Welcome to our group! I am a school teacher, too. I just finished my 28th year of teaching. I'm a Librarian now, so I hope to continue working for at least 2 more years. My son has been in the Navy for 4 years now and I still remember those weeks when he was in boot camp. Those were the hardest for me and I'm glad to say it has gotten better since then. Hardest part was that my son got married 3 weeks before he left for boot camp, so I didn't get to hear from him much while he was in bc - his wife was great, though and kept me informed of all she heard from him. Now they have our only grandchild and she turns 2 next week. They are now doing shore duty in Sicily, Italy for the next 3 years. Thank heavens for Skype! I am also very thankful for this Navy4moms site. It helped me get through all those weeks of boot camp and I have made some very close friends in this Ky moms group. Feel free to lean on us for support because we all know exactly what you're going through. That's what is so great about this site because we all are in the same boat :-)
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Comment by Eaglemom2 on May 22, 2013 at 7:42pm
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I am new to this group. My son is a SR at bc, he left on May 7th and his PIR is June 28. I am from Eastern KY and a school teacher.
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Comment by ibmom on May 2, 2013 at 7:04pm
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Shelia, hope all has gone well for you today, I will certainly be praying for you.
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Comment by mona13 (Ship 07 Div 243) on May 1, 2013 at 1:49pm
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Finally going to post something here. My son deployed on his ship the beginning of this month. I'm excited for him and all the adventures that he has had so far and will be having. He's getting to see some great places before the final destination. Got to tour his ship before they deployed.....I see now why he has to duck so much going through doors and such. Still trying to learn the lingo. Probably a hatch and not a door....charts - not maps; rack - not bed or bunk......
I live in Central KY.
Mona
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Shelia, that is neat to hear. I don't know if we can ask in open forum what squadron he is training with but is it the training squadron in JAX? My son is now flying with the training squadron there. Congratulations to your son, that is great! My son maybe one of his AWO's some day.
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Shelia, You are right - this Ky Navy Moms group has gotten very quiet and not many posts (me included). I don't usually like to use excuses, but it has been very hard for me to adjust this past month with the sudden death of my Mom. To make things even harder, my son, his wife and 22 month old daughter (my only granddaughter) arrived in Italy on March 13th and my mom died on March 14th. Needless to say, it has been so very hard for me to have my son and his family so far away for the next 3 years. Thank heavens for Skype! We at least get to "visit" with them at least a couple times each week.
I would ask each of you to pray for my Navy son and his family. He just found out last week that he will be deployed for 4 months to Djibouti, Africa beginning in September. Prayers are what is getting us through all this right now!
I would LOVE for us to have a Ky Navy Moms' get-together and hope it will be SOON!
Blessings, Lisa
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Hi NurseNavyMom, sorry, I don't know what DS stands for but I am assuming our sailor. Our son left home June 20 last year. He is currently still in training as an Aircrewman. He has now made it to Jacksonville and should finally graduate Sept this year. He is AWO- acoustic training on the P3s. I see your sailor is a Flight Officer, that's great! What plane will he fly on?
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Does anybody know if I buy a NEX gift card for my son if it will be something I can reload? I want to get him one to use while he's in Italy for the next 3 years, but I don't know if I will be able to reload it from here?
Or do any of you have a suggestion for a card I can get him that I can reload from here while he's in Italy?
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Comment by Bluegrass and Bourbon on January 1, 2013 at 11:58am
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(Cont) military family gate pass. It's nice to be able to sit w them at the gate. I feel very blessed to have been able to celebrate Christmas, New Years and his Birthday w him. Love and wishing you and yours a safe and prosperous New Year to all the Moms, Wives and Girlfriends.
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Good Morning KY Moms - it has been a fantastic eight days having our sailor home. We're at the airport - I love military family passes. If you take your sailor/soldier/airman to the airport just wait in line at the ticket counter and ask for the the m
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