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:

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:

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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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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DEP-Leavin' for bootcamp in March Discussions (101)

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My son left for boot camp 03/27

My son left for boot camp on 03/27!  I received his box on the 29th, now I'm waiting his address to write!

Started by The1Book

9 Apr 25, 2017
Reply by Voxtrot

Son Leaves 3/21/17

My oldest son leaves tomorrow.  I'm proud, sad, nervous all at the same time...which I assume is completely  normal :-).

Started by laxmom

5 Mar 28, 2017
Reply by MommaBear

PIR 5/19

My daughter left on 3/20 and I got her box last Thursday, which had amazingly neat handwriting on it. Lol. I'm hoping to get the Form lette…

Started by Sandi

1 Mar 28, 2017
Reply by lemonelephant

Daughter leaves for Bootcamp March 13th

Daughter is leaving March 13th to Great Lakes

Started by 1995Mom

4 Mar 22, 2017
Reply by Navymomx3

Son leaves 03/14/17

My Son is leaving March 14, 2017 for bootcamp. I was hoping to connect with other families who have sons or daughters leaving around the sa…

Started by sjm4mom

22 Mar 21, 2017
Reply by lemonelephant

March 1, 2017

Hello everyone, I'm very new here but my son ships tomorrow!  I took him to the recruiting station today and he was taken to another city f…

Started by DocMom98

26 Mar 16, 2017
Reply by cjtizzy55

My son left on the 9th

I can't even voice how proud I am of him. He had changed so much in the past year already! Married and has a 1 year old son who smiles at h…

Started by Shamwow

0 Mar 12, 2017

New Navy Mom

Hi All! My daughter left for bootcamp on Sunday and I got my call at 0307 Monday morning that she arrived and she's safe. Now all I can do…

Started by RobinR35

1 Mar 11, 2017
Reply by CeCe

Comparing Navy to college

Hello, I'm new to all of this - my son left for RTC today.  I'm wondering how other moms deal with well-meaning friends comparing my son le…

Started by DocMom98

7 Mar 9, 2017
Reply by DocMom98

My son left for BC March 23rd

Hello my son left for boot camp. I'm extremely proud of my son he is the first in our family to join the Navy. I miss him terribly,but I'm…

Started by Navymom95

4 Apr 5, 2016
Reply by Navymom95

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