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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

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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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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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 ShelbyCoreena on May 14, 2010 at 6:52pm: Welcome all you new members out there. It's been a week or so sense I've been on so I had to read to catch up. Cheryl, Welcome back to Michigan. I moved back here 5 years ago form FL. Where are you moving to? I'm in Hart Mi. right on the Lake. Just south of Ludington.
JJonesmom, Welcome aboard.I hope to meet and great everyone soon myself. I have a son in Washington State.(Banger) He's on the USS Nebraska. And seems to enjoy it.
MarianneKT's Mom, You are so encouraging thank you for being here.
If ya'll plan a get together please include me.

Comment by Cheryl Proud to be Allen's Mom on May 14, 2010 at 2:01pm: Ruth VH, I will sure try to bring all this WARM and SUNNY weather with me. I hear it hasn't been to pleasant up there the last few days. Thank you for your thoughts and looking forward to meeting you all.

Btw...we have a N4M member who has a entry in the Pepsi contest to win $50k for shipping costs for our troops care packages. Everyone go to www.refresheverything.com and look for Molly's Adopt a Sailor entry. Vote up to 10 times a day and help win money to pay for the postage on care packages sent to all our troops. Thank you all for voting.

Comment by Cheryl Proud to be Allen's Mom on May 13, 2010 at 7:34pm: Welcome Aboard, Chris's Aunt! So glad you decided to check out N4M and join. All family & friends of military members are welcome here. You will find this site is very helpful, informative & we all care about each other. Remember to check-out & look for information on any meet & greets in our state & your area. Again, welcome.

Comment by chris's aunt on May 13, 2010 at 7:15pm: Thank you for allowing me to be part of the group. I don't have a child in the Navy. But I do have a nephew in the Navy. I very proud of him and of everyone who joins the Navy. Went to Great Lakes on April 22 and the basic a beatuiful and now he is at school in Conn.

Comment by Cheryl Proud to be Allen's Mom on May 13, 2010 at 5:31pm: Uli, thank-you so much! Lunch at Hard Knock grill sounds great. Can't wait to meet all you wonderful, supportive ladies.

Comment by Cheryl Proud to be Allen's Mom on May 13, 2010 at 9:48am: Hey ladies, it is going to be a week from yesterday that I will be arriving in Michigan again for my move back from Florida. I am so anxious and excited I can't stand it. Please pray for me and my daughter, Andrea to make it without any problems since we are driving. We are taking 2 days since I am tired of driving every trip in 1 day. We will be coming up I-75 and most of you know what a terrible Interstate that can be. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers and I can't wait to meet you all someday soon!! Also, Allen seems to have settled in to island life on Diego Garcia. He is 10 hrs ahead of us in the Eastern time zone. Not much communication from him, but atleast I know he is safe and sound.

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on May 13, 2010 at 7:15am: JJonesmom - Katie joined 10/8/08 and has been in Japan for just over a year now. Katie is our 2nd daughter, Alicia has been up at Lake State in Sault St Marie since 2005 and been home only 1 summer. Alicia will be in Canada for the summer at a camp. Our 2 boys are still at home...1 in college and the other just finish 7th grade. Katie is enjoying what she is doing and I miss her, but support them all in whatever all in their choices for the future.

Comment by JJonesmom on May 13, 2010 at 12:31am: Marianne, yes it is.I just got back from Ypsi. , had to drop my nephew off at his apartment. How long has your daughter been in. I dont know how you did it , my son is one thing , but my daughters are such girls(LOL) I would be even crazier than I am now. I dont even trust My 14 year old in the kitchen. But my son is a better cook than me. I guess I better work on that one. :)

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on May 12, 2010 at 6:55pm: JJonesmom - Isn't Newport just north of Monroe? Our 7th grader was just down in Monroe for his track meet - again Trinity Lutheran and other schools. I'm up in Ypsilanti and our daughter Katie is on the Essex in Sasebo.

Comment by Carol on May 12, 2010 at 1:52pm: Uli:Is your son going to be in the FMTB August 10th? My son, Erik will be going down there for FMTB in two weeks. Coming home after graduation this friday for two weeks. Can't wait.