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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

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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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: on Friday

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 Sharon ~ K's Mom on January 2, 2011 at 1:27pm: Thanks for the smiles, Colleen. We smile with you and it will be awesome in June to welcome your Sailor home. As far as a group to be at the airport when he comes home, get in touch with the local recruiting station and they should be able to help you and/or give you some direction. We are near Selfridge Air National Guard base in Harrison Township and they have all branches working there in some manner or another. You could always contact them and see what help they would be.

We had our Sailor home, he got married on 22 December and we had a perfect wedding for them. We are blessed to have Kelsey in our family now and they are in GC, S. C. for Nuke school. It was hard to watch them load their belongings and pull away. We are hoping to visit them in June when our other children are out of school.

Comment by Colleen on January 1, 2011 at 10:23pm: Happy New Year to all the Michigan Moms! After a huge meltdown here in the Grand Rapids area, it's back to snow and wind. I smile for all of you that got to celebrate Christmas and/or New Year's with your Sailor. We will celebrate when our Sailor gets home around June - complete with a tree decorated in red, white and blue lights. He is on the USS Stockdale-a destroyer-headed towards Asia. Does anyone know if there is a group that goes to the airports and welcomes home our Servicemen/woman? I would love to go and do that. I live only 30 min. from the Gerald R. Ford airport in Grand Rapids. For those who are sad and missing your son/daughter, I understand. I miss my son so much, I swear my heart just hurts sometimes. Just the thought of him can make my eyes well up. The song, "Come Back To Me" reminds me of him. Hang in there and be safe everyone.

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on January 1, 2011 at 5:51pm: Today is a day of change. My boy is gone, and the snow is gone, too (well, most of it). He seemed perfectly fine with it, so I guess I did do a good job raising him. Was great seeing him, but sad seeing him off.

Comment by Dunesmom on December 31, 2010 at 12:05pm: Wow what a huge change here in our little town. Not a bit of snow left. We are actually having a small thunderstorm at the moment. Hope the weather stays warm enough not to freeze all the rain we are getting now. Safe travels to all coming and going. Yea seayasoon! oh just got to love that feeling of anticipation to see your Sailor! Hang in there everyone!

Comment by Dunesmom on December 30, 2010 at 3:09pm: Oh my gosh Sharon i'm crying with you! Hang in there.

Comment by Sharon ~ K's Mom on December 30, 2010 at 2:27pm: Our Sailor and his new bride left MI. on Tuesday and arrived in GC on Wednesday. They did all they needed to do for housing and unloaded the small U-haul with all their belongings and into their new house last night. They were given a "free" pizza coupon and that was their dinner last night as they sat and looked around their first home. It was hard to hold it together as they packed everything into that U-haul, I can honestly say I didn't want them to go. As Diego has told me, mom, it's just another adjustment we have to make. Well, I am not ready though I have no say as his mom anymore. It is hard not to have him home, then we had Kelsey for a while and now too, she is with him and his room is empty. That is hard, I just stand and stare at his empty room and tears come to my eyes. How hard it is to raise them, then we have to let them go. The time goes by much too fast, it was just yesterday he was born and now he is a married man and serving our country in the U.S. Navy. How proud we are of our son and all those that have made the choice to serve "we the people." *sigh*

Comment by Dunesmom on December 30, 2010 at 11:12am: oh my gosh Marianne! I'm soooo excited for you!!! It is just the best to see them when they walk off that plane. Hugs!

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on December 30, 2010 at 10:39am: Dunesmom - as you are getting ready to say 'goodbye', I'm getting ready for my 'hug'! Katie called last night just before she boarded her plane in Japan. Her flight arrives in DTW just after lunch;)

Comment by Dunesmom on December 30, 2010 at 8:10am: Starting the last of the laundry and getting things ready for my Sailor to head back to base on Saturday. I'm really trying hard not to cry, but as you all know it's not working. Have enjoyed our time together. I have to tell ya all.... We were sitting by the fire one night and my Sailor said to me "it's been nice being home but i'm getting ready to head back" Sure makes me feel good that he feel that he has made the right decision for his life. You all have a safe and happy New Year!

Comment by btmom on December 26, 2010 at 7:43pm: Hope all had a Merry Christmas and those that have your sailors home, enjoy!!! We did skype with our sailor on Christmas Eve and then him and his brother skyped for about an hour last night. All seems to be well in Japan, sure thankful for technology, it makes being far apart way easier.