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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.

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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Michigan Moms (and Family)

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Seeking all Michigan Moms!!!!!!!! Got a question... want to chat with others from Michigan.. Moms, then join us!!!!!

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it . You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

Members: 316
Latest Activity: Apr 26

Welcome come on in start a discussion, ask questions and answer a few too!!!!!!!

HAVE FUN !!!!!!

RED CROSS CONTACT INFO:

In the event of an emergency within the sailor’s family, where you feel the sailor must be notified and considered for Emergency Leave, you must notify the American Red Cross through the national headquarters in Washington, DC (1-877-272-7337) or via their website www.redcross.org.

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Comment by NavyMomE57 on July 4, 2015 at 8:18pm: Hello. I am from the Big Rapids area. My daughter has been in since July 2012. I am a former Navy Wife but find being a Navy Mom is a lot harder that expected. The picture is from last year when she was home on leave :) I think it would be nice to try to get a group of us together to meet.

Comment by Lorraine on July 3, 2015 at 11:19pm: Colleen, it's good to hear your update and that the family had a great time in DC.
Great trip, Kathy B.

Comment by Kim F on July 1, 2015 at 10:15pm: Hi everyone...did anyone ever do the Flint area get together? And Hello COLLEEN....I am in Cedar Springs. We are neighbors! I work down town GR.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th.

Comment by Colleen on June 30, 2015 at 2:33pm: Hi to all you new Navy Moms! I'm in Rockford.

Kathy & Lorraine, glad to hear you had fabulous times with your loved ones. Kathy, it looks like the wind was REALLY blowing! I can't believe it was almost a month ago that we were in DC watching my Sailor get his bachelors and getting to see my daughter! What a fun time we had walking all over DC! We have to go back. So much to see. The Navy Memorial is wonderful. Did you know that your Sailors can enter themselves into a data base so future generations can look them up?! If someone from the past isn't in the system, they can be added. I'm going to work on getting my father-in-law, Grandpa and his brother into it. Next week marks 6 yrs. my son has been in. 1 yr. and 1 more deployment to go. Everyone have a great 4th of July! God Bless America!

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on June 28, 2015 at 11:19pm: Kathy B and Lorraine, so glad you had such nice times with your families on each coast. Great pic of you and your daughter Kathy. Enjoy your trip bag Lorraine.

Comment by Lorraine on June 28, 2015 at 10:10am: It was so hard to leave my little cuties in Maine. But we chose to drive across NH and VT where we saw some beautiful sights, had good food, and learned some revolutionary war history. Stayed in Albany NY last night and heading to Niagara Falls today. Rained hard overnight, but we should be good today.

Comment by Julyasmom on June 27, 2015 at 12:13pm: MarianneKT'sMom... Of course we went to Zac's for ice cream!!!:-) and my daughter said to tell yours that the almonds were delicious! I was so proud of her as she drove us back across the Mighty Mac! She told me " I just want to say I've done it. Take my picture while I'm driving." Dad wouldn't let her drive over as there was a high wind warning but no problems on the way back!

Navygirlsmom... Glad your home made it through the tornado ok. We have seen lots of clips of the churches and the rest of your town on the news. Glad to hear that the Summer Fest is still going on today.

Lorraine... Have a great time with your family and your travels!!

Its official... She has papers in hand. Daughter will enter the Navy as an E-3 due to her completion of JROTC!! :-)

Comment by Lorraine on June 26, 2015 at 11:32pm: I'm in Maine with my sailor's family so I don't keep up well when traveling. Enjoying the grandkids and got to hug my sailor. A Navy mom from AZ is traveling with me. We leave tomorrow and head back home via Niagara Falls. We visited Nubble Lighthouse today.
Welcome Jolanera23 and abookie.
I'm seeing Ionia mentioned by some so next time we have a meetup in Battle Creek, come join us.

Comment by Navygirlsmom on June 26, 2015 at 9:27pm: Hello all! I am located in Portland! Very grateful to have no damage at our home from the tornado however our church and other friends have been greatly affected! We will rebuild! Welcome abookie! My daughter has been in since last July 1st it's been an amazing year and an interesting ride...I Would love to meet some other moms from our area! If you have any questions this is a great place to be...ask away! I have learned so much from these amazing women!

Comment by Christina on June 26, 2015 at 9:05pm: Hi abookie, we are also in Ionia. My son (only child) has been in since December 2013. He is a Master At Arms and based at GTMO.