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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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
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.)
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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
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Knit for the Navy
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A group for those who knit or crochet that would like to blanket our sailors with a touch of home. Our goal is to blanket the entire Navy.
Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/knitforthenavy
Location: email address: knit4thenavy@gmail.com
Members: 48
Latest Activity: Aug 16, 2023
After I receive the blanket/afghan, they will be collected and distributed to the ship of the month. Look for pictures of the finished blankets/afghans posted here. Any questions or suggestions can be sent to me or posted on our message board here. Thank you all for your help.
Due to the HUGE cost of shipping blankets, I am very sad to say that I can no longer accept blankets to mail to the ships. I hope that everyone will continue to enjoy the group and come together for friendship and support. Thank you so much everyone who make blankets for our sailors. I know that they appreciated them.
Discussion Forum
OK! I'm new to knit4thenavy.
Started by Diane. Last reply by JMill'smom (Tammy) Mar 4, 2012. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Where do i send/take them?
Started by Janetnva. Last reply by NitaSewBee Jan 23, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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Comment by lauren on February 26, 2009 at 4:48pm
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KNIT GENERAL NEW II.docok here I am .Dr yesterday and school today....
Here is the flyer that Terri was talking about .....I had made these to hang in the business's in town and I'm also going to put them on cans and try to get them into some store to see if I can drum up some donations.............if you don't have a printer and want to use them or want to change it to make it personal ( I have my contact phone # on mine in case I get someone local that wants to donate a blanket ....then they don't have to ship it) anyhow I will be happy to rpint some out for you if you just email me and let em know
huggs everyone
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Comment by LLovesmysailor on February 25, 2009 at 10:03pm
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I'm starting another afgan tonight. We are still trying to sell our house, so my sewingroom is in storage. Don't know what I'd do if I didn't have something to crotchet or knit. I'm definitely suffering from sewing machine withdrawal.
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My oldest son is on permanent shore duty, so he came home and took his cat back to Virginia Beach. They really missed each other. Fortunately his girlfriend is a cat person.
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Let me start by saying that I am a serious cat person. That being said, those are the cutest dogs I've ever seen. If I ever wanted a dog I would love Corgis. I'm just too lazy to own a dog. Cats are the lazy persons perfect pet. Short of pet rocks. I can't believe I'm old enough to remember those.
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Gayle, Tell her that she can grow it long when she gets out of BC. In fact, they don't cut it all that short at basic. Not like my son, who looked bald when we first saw him after graduation.
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still as cute today.............it is amazing how much we can remember..........and all the little things .that just make us chuckle
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Oh my how cute............she could be on a cover of a magazine
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Hey Gayle no big deal ....you can post patterns here too , but if you use the discussion then they don't get lost in the shuffle....I bet you do some beautiful work
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that looks cool ...i bet a bunch of these talented moms would love to use it ...( not me i can't read a pattern...lol) how about it you put with the patterns discussions so they don't have to flip threw the pages to find it
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Let us know how it goes. We are here for you.
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