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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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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

Ok, here are the basics. We are asking for handmade blankets/afghans that are twin bed size or smaller. You can knit, crochet, quilt, or make the hand tied (no sew) fleece blankets. (We are open to any other methods as well.) Any pattern or color, that is up to your creativity. Just be sure they are tasteful and appropriate.

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.

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Comment by lauren on January 1, 2009 at 3:32am

Comment by lauren on December 31, 2008 at 4:31am: Thank you JerseyMom I was thinking about using my spacebags when I sent the quilts, but thought that would get to expensive this is great.
and Terri I was wondering if we do wrap them in bags would you want us to put a post-it on it telling you if it is for a girl, so if we do have a sub you can pull them out?

Comment by lauren on December 29, 2008 at 7:01pm: hey sisters..........I didn't ask my son about the ships but for the boats (subs) he recommended that we contact the ombudsman, and from what I have been hearing on different sites this might be better than contacting the CMC. I feel that I would not want them to be connected to money at all. just great big boxes of love from moms etc.... everywhere.....how about the rest of you

Comment by Anita B. (Josh's Mom) on December 29, 2008 at 6:01pm: The money they pay goes back into the morale fund.

Comment by Anita B. (Josh's Mom) on December 29, 2008 at 6:00pm: I think they pay twenty five cents a card and then play for prizes .

Comment by Anita B. (Josh's Mom) on December 29, 2008 at 5:58pm: I know on the Monterey that the sailors pay a small amount to get a bingo card and then winners get prizes of cash or electronic devices. Seems as though they are not paying for the blankets but for the fun of being together and doing something different.

Comment by CarolJ * Courtney's Mom * on December 29, 2008 at 12:45pm: Teri I agree about the sailors having to spend $ to get a gift.... I'm thinking that not everyone will want/need a blanket.... They're are those out there that are "hot-blooded" and a blanket would be un-needed or un-wanted. It would be a very hard task to hand out 200 blankets to 300 sailors... I think the fairest way would be for all those that wanted one to put their name in a hat and then they pick names. Simple idea but I dunno... it will really depend on how open the commander of the ship is and what he wants to do with it. I think?!?!

All I know is I don't envy anyone that decision!! Good Luck
BTW..... The article WAS GREAT!!!

Comment by Anita B. (Josh's Mom) on December 29, 2008 at 9:24am: Just an idea...you might send the quilts to the ship and have the ship's morale group raffle them off and them the money raised could be used to purchase games, trips, or various other things that all the sailors could benefit from.

Comment by lauren on December 28, 2008 at 7:14pm: I guess my question is will we be having a blanket for everyone on the ship?...if not how will they decide who will be getting one?