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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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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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 LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on April 10, 2014 at 10:44am: MarianneKT'sMom, Ugh, too much snow. There is still ice in our pond. My husband went out and broke some of it up. We think it is because it doesn't get any sun in the one area. Hopefully, today it will be gone. High 60's--Yeah. Have a good one ladies.

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on April 9, 2014 at 10:15pm: This is how it looks for Alicia right now up in Sault Ste Marie!

Comment by Colleen on April 9, 2014 at 9:50pm: Dang Lorraine, it gave me goosebumps. I love that song. We have it our hymnal and I ask to have it sung once in a while. Makes me cry everytime. Dunesmom - pass the tissues please! Good to hear from everyone. Dunesmom and I have been talking and we are up for a road trip. Lansing at Denny's (where you had it Lorraine) is a good middle spot, but we will go to A2. Gives me a reason to stop at the fabric store on Jackson Rd.

Is everyone loving the melt down? I AM!!! I've never smiled so much.

Hugs to you all!

Comment by Lorraine on April 9, 2014 at 1:03pm: A beautiful rendition of the Navy Hymn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKMEl4HU0fA

Comment by Lorraine on April 7, 2014 at 10:56pm: Kim F, hopefully get-togethers will be planned soon on the west side and the east side. If I can I will attend both as I'm kind of in the middle (southern middle).

Yvette, I don't blame you for spending as much time as possible with your son who is still at home. We do miss our sailors and there's little we can do about it. They get so doggone independent once they're through their schooling :-)

Kathy B, my hubby has been cutting wood, resting, reading, listening to music, and helping the neighbors. He putters outside for awhile then comes in and relaxes. We both enjoy life being less structured. I have a lot of projects at the moment that involve grandkids, postmasters, and Lions but I'm trying to slow down some of my non-family involvements.

Anyone have a suggestion for a meeting place in Ann Arbor? We like Zingerman's but I'm sure there are many options.

Comment by Kim F on April 7, 2014 at 4:59pm: Have any more plans been made for a get together? I work in GR, but live in Cedsr Springs. My son is deployed on the USS Roosevelt.

Comment by Lorraine on April 6, 2014 at 10:23am: Has there ever been a get together in Ann Arbor?
Sharon, it's good to hear from you. Sounds just like the Navy to keep you guessing as to whether or not your son could be home. So glad it all worked out. Congrats to your daughter for enlisting in the Navy and good luck to all your kids - with three in the military family gatherings will be even more precious in the future. Sounds like you're adjusting to the kids' coming and going.
I've been working part-time at a tax preparer's office in Tekonsha. Kind of glad that will soon end but when she asked I was willing. It's good for the brain and only a few miles from home.
My husband retired March 28th so we've completed one week of this new adventure. Now we can go see the grandbaby together and we look forward to Michigan travel throughout the summer.
Hoping it starts to feel like spring son!

Comment by Sharon ~ K's Mom on March 31, 2014 at 9:33pm: Hello Everyone!! It has been so long since I have been around, so sorry for that. Life is busy and I am more on Facebook than here.

Welcome to all the new Moms!!!! Glad you are here with us!

KathyB, love seeing the pictures of the grand daughter and baptism. Don't all babies cry during church and these type of events. lol So glad you had the family together for a bit. Hope you had a wonderful bridal shower!!!

Michimom, great picture of your Sailor!! So happy that you received a call and able to chat for quite some time! That is always special

Ruth, hope your ankle feels better soon. That is not fun at all.

Lorraine, the trip sounds like fun, though not in the winter! lol We were in DC once during January for a business meeting years ago and it was freezing with snow. We still went site seeing until we couldn't walk anymore. I would love to go back one day.

I am not sure when I was here last, it has been that long!! Our youngest son headed to boot camp for the Marines in December, graduated in mid March, came home on leave and we surprised him with our Navy son!! It was such a blessing to have both boys home together! They had not seen each other in 15 months, so we were glad our Navy son could get leave. It was touch and go for a while and he didn't get his leave approved until the day before. We were able to have some family pictures taken, I have a couple that have been edited and still waiting on the rest. Our daughter is about done with high school, about 7 weeks left and she is so glad. She really has been done with school since it started. She wants to graduate and head to the Navy, she ships in the fall. We are trying to get used to it being the two of us. We have never had that, we had my oldest son when we met and married, then we had our three younger ones. So, to not have any kids after all these years is a bit weird. We will have to learn what it is to be a couple and I will have to learn that my kids don't need me like they used to. Our relationships will evolve into something different. We loved having all the commotion in the house with people coming and going with the boys home, but it was nice when it was just us again. We appreciate our visits that much more!! All part of them growing and moving on to great things!!

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on March 30, 2014 at 3:59pm: So nice to hear about the baptism and all the kids together, Kathy!

Dunesmom, I get you on the lack of information. Just chatted with my son yesterday and it's funny how we talk without sharing any details about what's happening. Frustrating, too.

I'm up for a road trip, too! Would love a get-together.

Comment by Colleen on March 29, 2014 at 6:22pm: Wow Kathy! All the kids in one spot. That sure doesn't happen often, does it anymore? When the baby cries during Baptism, I always think that the devil ain't happy!

So tragic about the Sailor on the Mahan.

I'm up for a road trip! Just came back from the Detroit area - Kathy I was out by you - and very little snow. Potholes, but little snow to worry about.

Dunesmom - a BIG N4M hug for you. I understand the feeling about something happening. Sometimes we don't want to know. ((((()))))