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Navy For Moms

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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

Events

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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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Louisiana Moms

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Louisiana moms group was established 7/8/2008. We now have a place to say hello. What city are you from. What is your sailor or recuit doing? When is PIR or where is their A school. Are they deployed already? Who else is from Louisiana?

Members: 77
Latest Activity: Jan 13, 2020

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Comment by Karen on May 21, 2013 at 7:04pm: Hi gonavymom. Noticed there was not much activity on here but thought I would say Hi anyway.

Comment by Karen on May 20, 2013 at 10:17pm: HI. Dont know if anyone else from Louisiana still checks in here. I live in Slidell but originally from Lafayette area. My son is currently in BC. PIR 6/21/13.

Comment by ProudMawMaw(Ship 3 Division 360) on July 31, 2012 at 3:47pm: Recruit name Kierra not yet in BC will be leaving September10. Live in Abta Springs

Comment by Star (S-11, D-177; PIR 6-15) on June 19, 2012 at 9:54pm: Slidell mom just back from PIR. Son in Great Lakes A school then off to Norfolk Virginia!

Comment by Cindylaine (MN Mom) on May 13, 2012 at 4:13pm: Congrats to your son!!

Comment by Cindylaine (MN Mom) on May 9, 2012 at 9:21pm: Welcome Betty! I'm from New Iberia. My son graduated from bc in August of last year and is in San Diego right now. gonavymom is right PIR is really something special.

Comment by msmom on April 27, 2012 at 11:02am: Hi LA Moms!

Wasn't Nola Fleet Week awesome!? From the sound of the 21-gun salute as the US Navy ships passed Algiers coming into New Orleans to the moment they sailed away with crisp white uniforms manning the rails, it was inspiring! We met parents whose sailors and marines were on these ships and parents like us whose sailor would never enjoy a port visit on the continental US. There is no one who truly understands our love and devotion for our sailors and marines more than our fellow parents of our sailors and marines.

The politeness and professionalism of our US Navy and Marines shown through all week. We toured every US Navy ship and were delighted to meet sailors who asked about our sailor and then went out of their way to show us the destroyer areas where he works daily.

Can't wait till Fleet Week returns in 2015!

That is all.

Comment by msmom on March 27, 2012 at 11:54am: Hi all!

So glad to see so many checking in!

Is anyone going to New Orleans for Fleet Week next month? Ships arrive in port Tuesday 4/17, and it ends sometime over the weekend with an air show. The ships will have hours that we can tour! Maybe we can get together that week!? Would love to hear more about your sailors!

Emptynestr, my sailor is SAR too!

Rudysm, we started out in BUDS too. Be sure to join the Prebuds and BUDS groups as they form. I remember...

Gonavymom, so nice that your sailor is nearby. Does she get to come home when off?

Hey Steph, can you plan our Navy Mom meet?

Comment by rudysm on March 22, 2012 at 4:36pm: Hello moms

Im in baton rouge .Son graduated boot camp this past weekend staying in great lakes for prebuds .

Comment by Cindylaine (MN Mom) on March 22, 2012 at 12:43pm: I'm in New Iberia. My son is in SD and waiting to go to C school. I would love to have a get together.