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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.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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Massachusetts Navy Moms

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For Navy Mom's in Massachusetts

Members: 106
Latest Activity: Jan 14, 2024

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Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on October 2, 2014 at 10:59pm: Yes, definitely we need a packing party. Anyone want to be the volunteer hostess (for you newbies, we all pitch in and help, it is just held at your home)??

I wouldn't mind doing it, but you know my place isn't very big. Things are very crazy for me ... so I'll give the rest of you the chance to do it first!!! ** Nick's Mom, Ellen are you interested? **

Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on October 2, 2014 at 10:55pm: A packing party is when a bunch of us gather (usually at someone's home), bringing items off the 'wish list' of the group being adopted for the month on Molly's Adopt A Sailor. Moms bring what they can afford, then we combine everything and make care packages to ship to whomever. The shipping date is scheduled so that all the packages arrive around the same day! It makes for a lot of excitement and is a huge morale booster. The boxes are for enlisted only because they are the ones where we find men and women who have NEVER received a letter let alone a care package from home. Sad but true. Check it out and see what you think.

Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on October 2, 2014 at 10:51pm: Not a silly question at all Donna! Many of us in this group have also joined the group Molly's Adopt A Sailor. The women in this group are such fun and supportive, you might want to peek into that group before joining to get an idea of what is going on. You can look, just not post anything.

Comment by Donna Ship 9 Div 159 on September 30, 2014 at 7:46pm: Might be a silly question what is a packing party? Very new here. Son has just been given his C school location and where his duty station will be for the next 2 years.Other Donna my husband grew up in Plainville not far from where the outlet is now. We lived in Attleboro for a few years before moving to Taunton.

Comment by Johanna on September 30, 2014 at 6:35am: Hey Ladies, sounds like you and your Sailors are all doing well...; )) A packing party sounds great! I leave for Greece on Oct 21 for a month. Any ideas if we are doing this before then?

Comment by Chellita on September 30, 2014 at 5:27am: Yes Donna, you're right! We DO need to get together and of course a packing party would be great.

We are going out to CA to see our Sailor for his birthday, 10/16-21 and then have another quick trip to D.C. to visit friends the weekend of 10/31.

I'm always up to host but I am the only one on the North Shore and that means everyone has to travel.

Thoughts??

Welcome to ALL new Mom's!

Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on September 29, 2014 at 10:39pm: I'm also happy to announce that Special Hugs may have found a contact! FINALLY. I'll let you all know when we get things up and running again.

Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on September 29, 2014 at 10:38pm: Welcome to all the new MA Navy Mommas!!

I'm (another) Donna and I live in Plainville - very close to many of you.

I was talking with Pat L. in IL today and she told me she has adoptions set for the holiday (November group) and for December. We haven't had a packing party in a VERY long time. We haven't even had a chance to get together. I think we need to change that -- soon!

Dee, Johanna, Michelle (Chelita) any thoughts or suggestions of when or where?

Comment by Rhody Navy Mom on September 29, 2014 at 9:22pm: Hi MA Navy Moms! I live in Smithfield, RI. My son is a Corpsman as a Navy Reservist out of Newport! It will be two years in January that he joined. Looking forward to meeting all the new Navy Moms.

Comment by Ellen on September 29, 2014 at 8:27pm: Hi! MA Navy Moms. I live in North Attleboro. My son is on deployment on the Carl Vinson. The ship left Aug.22 for 10 months to the Persian Gulf. He emails and I got a picture the other day. I'm happy to hear there are members near by.

Ellen