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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 Kelly Jo~NavyMomX3 on March 28, 2013 at 10:37am: Hello Minnesota Moms, Our snow is finally melting and kids are getting ready for their new chapters in life as 1 is still in Africa where it rain for a couple of hours and totally flooded their work sight and it sounds like they are noe back to square one. Blessed for rain but it destoyed the progress, 1 will deploy this weekend, and 1 got his hard copy and is now getting ready for Australia. Please pray for him as I have discovered since Afghanistan, he no longer believes in God and that is very hard for me to take or understand as he was raised in the church. I wish everyone a very blessed Easter weekend and prayer to all of you and your children.

Comment by carol on March 20, 2013 at 11:24am: Thanks to your son for his service. I pray his deployment is calm.

Yes, we can do it...MN Winters (and Springs!!!) make us tough!

Comment by MN Mom of MM on March 16, 2013 at 12:49am: Welcome back to the snowy northland. Glad you had a good time

Comment by MidwestNavyMom on March 15, 2013 at 11:16pm: Just got back from San Diego visiting our son. It was so nice to spend time with him. We loved San Diego!! So nice to be in sunshine :-)

Comment by JJ on March 9, 2013 at 12:35am: It must be the time of year for deployments. My son is just finishing his last three years in Hawaii. WAY too far away for me, but better than in Bahrain! I had to go half way across the world to see him there! He was on the mainland a few weeks ago, buying a house in Colordo Springs! He will be there for the next three years. It is only 17 hours drive, but our other son is only 38 minutes from his brother!! We can hit 2 birds with one stone. I can't wait until the move is complete so I can see everyone at once.

Comment by MN Mom of MM on March 8, 2013 at 11:14pm: Wow Kelly you have had a lot going on. Have fun with the little ones. My sailor son left Norfolk 2/21 and has sent an email evey couple days. He seems to be liking the deployment. I am ready for spring, enough of this snowy weather. I wouldn't mind saving up for a vacation in Australia.

Comment by Kelly Jo~NavyMomX3 on March 8, 2013 at 9:38am: Sorry I haven't been on since the get together. A lot has been happening and I find myself getting a little depressed when things are going on with my away kids. My youngest Navy son went to Spain and after a few days there they decided to send him to Africa due to budget cuts, my daughter was in Fallon and on again off again deployment is for sure on. With that said one of her fellow Navy friends called lastnight and will be bringing his 2 children here next week as I will be watching them for most of this deployment. My eldest Navy son got his orders and now I can share~he's going to Australia! Guess where I will be vacationing sometime in the next 3 years =) Yep~Australia. This weekend I will be getting the bedroom ready for the 2 little ones arrival. So much to do and I haven't had little ones for a long time. I hope I can still keep up. National Navy testing yesterday and my eldest took the test. I pray he passed. Last time they only needed 8% so he didn't get it. Hopefully this time he will =) Everyone have a great weekend! Navy mom love to all.

Comment by JJ on March 6, 2013 at 10:23am: Welcome Norske to our group! You now have a whole lot of people that are willing to answer any questions that you may have AND you can get to know others in your area when you attend any of the get togethers! If someone doesn't have the answer you are looking for, someone will find out for you or give you some direction on where to find the answer. Hope to see you soon!

Comment by JJ on March 4, 2013 at 2:14pm: No, so you can set something up. All you have to do it pick a place, and post it with the time in the "add a discussion" above.