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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

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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MINNESOTA NAVY FAMILY

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GROUP FOR FAMILIES OF MINNESOTA NAVY MEMBERS

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Comment by JJ on May 11, 2013 at 5:31pm: To all the Navy Moms out there....

Happy Mother's Day to each and everyone of you!

I hope that you all will or have talked to your special hero on Mother's Day. If they are far away from home on Sunday, know that they are thinking of you. There is that time zone difference, so you may hear from them on Sunday or zero-dark on Monday morning. Whatever the case, any time will be that special time when the miles are shorten by, "I Love You Mom...Happy Mothers Day".

Comment by Theblackdot on May 8, 2013 at 12:04pm: Hope you all enjoyed your Birthday party in April. I am on, to see what's doing for May - don't see anything yet, although, I won't make that one either

I am going on a cruise to Europe. Anyway, I hope to see you all in June. Don't party too much in the meantime.

Comment by carol on April 30, 2013 at 11:05pm: Midwestnavymom, I hope that your birthday was a wonderful day. I'm glad you got a phone call. What a nice gift :)

Did you all enjoy our summer? Guess we're going to Fall...lol

Comment by bsb on April 30, 2013 at 10:58pm: midwestnavymom: my son has been in japan since february. he's doing ok. I sent you a friend request--it would be nice to connect with someone close that has a son in the same place!

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on April 30, 2013 at 10:13pm: Happy birthday

Comment by MidwestNavyMom on April 30, 2013 at 10:00pm: Thanks JJ! Our Sailor called from Japan :-) I wasn't home, but now it's saved on the answering machine along with the "I'm a Sailor" call from a few years ago!! :-)

Comment by JJ on April 30, 2013 at 5:51pm: Happy Birthday MidwestNavyMom!

Comment by carol on April 27, 2013 at 6:25pm: I'm so glad you had a great visit with him. Two years will be gone before you know it. (Have to stay positive!!)

Blessings!

Comment by MidwestNavyMom on April 27, 2013 at 4:12pm: Our son is on the plane to Japan and will be there two years. Hard to see him go, but he's excited so that helps. We feel so blessed to have gone to San Diego to see him and having had him home the last three weeks. Now I get to understand more how those of you who have Sailors overseas and on ships feel. I think we've been spoiled having him in San Diego....could always text, call, skype, etc. But like a retired teacher, retired Navy friend said, "Think of the places he will go and see. Most people only read about it, he will experience it." Well said....

Comment by MN Mom of MM on April 24, 2013 at 10:51pm: I'm not familiar with that area or the locations at all. Where are they in relation to the Chili's we met at the first time I came? Was that in Plymouth? Linda had you set that up?