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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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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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: 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 Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on November 29, 2008 at 12:53pm: Pretty Poem Lisa and although I would agree winters in Michigan can be beautiful (at times) I don't miss my snow shovel or the bags of ice or getting stuck in the snow.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on November 26, 2008 at 9:50pm

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on November 26, 2008 at 10:17am: How wonderful that the Ronald Reagan came home today, it will make the holidays so much nicer for many folks, Webcam must be the next best thing to being there Pam.

Comment by Paulette,Rob's Mom on November 26, 2008 at 9:27am: Great Idea Lisa about the map , I did not think of that. I will do it today. Hope all of you have a very Happy Thankgiving, we have so much to be thankfull for even in these times. Our young men and women make us SO PROUD> best wishes to you all....Paulette

Comment by Squid's Mom - Rehne' on November 24, 2008 at 10:56am: That would be Selfrige ANGB in Clinton Twp. which is just north of me. Congrats on your sons graduation. I know it does seem longer than it is (BC) but wait till you see the young man they give back to you. They are more poised and self assured, and like with my son who slimmed down and bulked up w/muscle they come out looking gooood...I have a hot son!!!....LOL ...Watch out ladies!

Comment by Squid's Mom - Rehne' on November 24, 2008 at 12:44am: Hi Julie, thanks for understanding. Hey where is Burton? I am in St. Clair Shores. My name is pronounced Renee

Comment by Squid's Mom - Rehne' on November 23, 2008 at 9:21am: Sorry I was thinking of when James was in "A" school and he came home for Christmas.

Comment by Squid's Mom - Rehne' on November 22, 2008 at 9:53am: From what i have heard BC closed down for the holiday and they have to but in a leave chit. As for getting them home I found Southwest Air has a great Military Rate but you have call the reservation line to ask for it, make the reservation in your sailors name (double check spelling, they are very strict). This is faster than Amtrac and I found it to be almost the same price, and we had more time together. Just make sure they have enough time to get from GL to the air port. Have them check for a shuttle from base, they might have one run if there are enough sailors going to the airport. If not then it is about 1 to 1 1/2 hour ride to Town then a cab from there. If taking cab there are probably a lot of others going, so have them post for rides now they may get lucky and find another sailor coming by their town and can drop off for gas $$.

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on November 20, 2008 at 10:04pm: One thing I did with missing my daughter is that I started writing her letters and then sent them as soon as I rec'd her address. It helped me a great deal.

I found out later that she works in the mail room, so she looks forward to the letters and sees them just about every day.

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on November 20, 2008 at 10:03pm: On Thanksgiving they have adopt a sailor - I didn't hear the final plans for my daughter. If one of Katie's shipmates parents do come, they were planning to adopt her, otherwise it would be with a church family.

I'm sure someone on this site has gone thru Thanksgiving and Christmas in bootacmp like your daughter will be. We are wondering if she will be able to have time off from 'A' school to be with us for Christmas....her birthday is just days before Christmas as well.