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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.

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

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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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Navy Speak

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Massachusetts Navy Moms

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For Navy Mom's in Massachusetts

Members: 106
Latest Activity: Jan 14

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Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on October 17, 2010 at 7:19pm: Hi MA Moms! I just read an email from Molly. Pepsi wants to do commercials featuring the packing parties across the country. I told her to count us in - especially since we are so close to Boston. Hoping this will generate even more interest in our get together on Nov. 6th (See above discussion: "MA Navy Moms and Molly's Adopt a Sailor" to sign up. This will give Lesli & I an idea of how many plan to attend. Hope to see you then. (Donna)

Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on October 14, 2010 at 2:29pm: Kathy, look above the "Comment Wall" under "Discussion Forum". It is the one that says "MA Navy Moms and Molly's Adopt a Sailor".
It says created 4 (maybe 5 by the time I finish) minutes ago. That is only because I updated the dicussion. The party is at Lesli's home, but we wanted to protect her privacy as much as we could. So her email address is there and you can drop her a note and get all the info. Leave a comment if it doesn't work.
Donna

Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on October 14, 2010 at 2:06pm: Calling all MA Navy Moms ... the date, time & place are set for our first official packing party. Sat., Nov. 6th at 1P. If interested, please check out the discussion above - MA Navy Moms & Molly's... for more information and location. This is a "go" with whomever can make it.
Besides it is time to start thinking Christmas & the holidays for our troops. Boxes have to be shipped by early in Nov. to arrive on time.
Come on out and let's show other states that there is life & lots going on in New England!!

Comment by patden on October 10, 2010 at 9:25am: Kathy Thanks for the support. Any and all info is very welcome right now. I will let you know how it all plays out.

Comment by patden on October 10, 2010 at 7:21am: Hi all. I am brand new to this group. My son is 17 1/2 senior in high school and has dreamed of nothing but joining the navy since he was 6 years old. Right now he is pushing us to sign papers so he can do DEP and hopefully go to basic shortly after hs graduation. I know this is what he wants and am so proud of him for his dedication to his decision. I want to support his early enlistment at 17, but am afraid he will get fed a line of half truths by the recruiter ( remember Private Benjamin...haha).......Have any of the other Mass. moms had great experiences with recruiter and 17 year olds? any advice for me? I thought I was really on board with this, but find myself a little teary just writing this here. Am I being silly?????

Comment by dillndrewsmom on October 8, 2010 at 4:45pm: ughhh.. just got a call from my husband ..the''box'' came today... sigh

Comment by dillndrewsmom on October 8, 2010 at 12:12pm: ******** ooops annoying ********

Comment by dillndrewsmom on October 8, 2010 at 12:12pm: Thanks Kathy.. your right you do hear something or see something but the thing that makes me cry now is people asking how I feel about it ,, and I answer and then they say ..'' Oh I could never let my son go". That is so annoting to me !! Have a great weekend !!

Comment by dillndrewsmom on October 7, 2010 at 8:49pm: thanks Sandi... I will need it !! I think I am good.. then another silly thing that makes me cry !!

Thanks Again,
Dawn

Comment by dillndrewsmom on October 6, 2010 at 4:10pm: Hi Mass Moms !! My son just left Monday for BC... such an emotional time !! Hope everyone is well !!