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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:
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:
**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
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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For Navy Mom's in Massachusetts
Members: 106
Latest Activity: Jan 14
Discussion Forum
ADOPTION FOR NOVEMBER 2016
Started by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna). Last reply by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) Nov 11, 2016. 3 Replies 1 Like
October 2014 Adoption --- GITMO
Started by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna). Last reply by Johanna Oct 7, 2014. 1 Reply 1 Like
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Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on January 23, 2014 at 10:57pm
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Thanks for offering to help.
(Sorry, I hit the add comment button instead of return!)
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Hi Dee, Chelita & RyansMum!!!
I just got the email info from Huskerfan. She is the one working on the donation of the coffee. I've asked her to send me what the company wants and then we can decide who "qualifies" as being in the greater-Boston area. I've sent her an email so hopefully we will hear soon. The coffee won't get there with the rest of the items for January's adoption since shipping is this week-end, but it'll be a nice follow-up surprise for "the kids"! I'll be back in touch with all of you as soon as I hear from her.
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Comment by RyansMum (MM/Nuke) on January 21, 2014 at 1:50pm
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I'm in Chelmsford if that helps I'd be happy to accept the donation. If it actually has to be Boston let me know and I'll have my niece accept the donation.
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Comment by Chellita on January 21, 2014 at 6:57am
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Does the North Shore count? If Beverly works for them I'll gladly be contact person. Let me know.
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ATTN: MOMS
Someone has been working on getting Keurig items donated for Sheryl's group (January's adoption). Green Mountain Coffee will consider a donation of coffee but it has to be made to a greater-Boston area Mom. (I live in Plainville, but...)
Who lives closer to Boston who would be willing to be the contact person and accept this donation?? These sailors in Dijboti would really like some of this coffee. I told Pat (in IL) that I thought we could pull this off. SO....anyone out there willing and able? Come on step up, please ... we can't let these kiddos down on something so simple!!
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Hello Lorraine and welcome to Massachusetts Navy Moms!! A packing party is when a group of moms & others (too) get together and pack care packages for the troops. Usually we pack for the "Adoption of the Month" that Molly's Adopt A Sailor has chosen. Molly's (aka MAS) is also a group on N4M. If we are packing for the adoption then MAS pays for the cost of shipping our packages. The ones "adopted" are ALWAYS forward deployed & we can't adopt our own child's ship, unit, etc. because MAS is a registered non-profit. We can choose our own group, but then we are responsible for the cost of shipping ourselves.
We haven't had a packing party in a while (HINT, HINT, EVERYONE!), but we should plan one soon. If anyone decides they want to do a packing party it is posted here as a comment first. Hope this answers most of your questions!!
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Comment by Lorraine on January 19, 2014 at 11:29pm
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Hello Navy Moms in MA - What is a packing party?
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Comment by Ellen on January 16, 2014 at 9:03pm
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Hi Johanna, I hope I can have a great summer celebration Summer 2015, when Joe comes home from deployment Enjoy your time with your son this summer!
Take good care, Ellen
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Hi Donna, Congratulations on your new grandchild!! Josh is hoping Joe can come home for a few days early this summer to attend his wedding in his dress whites!! Joe came home for Christmas for 10 days and it was wonderful!! It will be good to see him again for a few days before his is deployed in August for 8 to 12 months.
Ellen
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SO glad to hear all the happy news!
Congratulations to the newly married, the newly engaged and the newly pregnant!
We were super lucky to have our Sailor home for Christmas, it was a nice break for him after finishing SAR as a freshly minted Rescue Swimmer :)
Love to you all!
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