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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

**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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Moms of Daughters 2

A place to come to for support, guidance, to ask questions and share stories. We are all proud of our Navy Daughters.

Members: 1351
Latest Activity: Mar 18

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Care packages for new graduates (a school)

Started by Cali's mama. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Mar 19, 2021. 3 Replies

Looking for current information for my daughter on what's allowed for care packages..idk if it matters that she is in the great lakes location or not..ship 7 div 136...lonely mom with confused tears lol

Bootcamp arrival Sept 8, 2020??

Started by Stephanie0725. Last reply by Shoosh Oct 5, 2020. 4 Replies

Hello! Got the call that my daughter made it to bootcamp quarantine last night 09/08/2020.  Looking for other moms out there on the same timeline. Sadie is my baby, only daughter, and only child in the military.  I think I am going to need lots of…Continue

PIR DATE: December 13, 2019

Started by Donita. Last reply by Donita Nov 5, 2019. 5 Replies

Anyone else’s recruit have a PIR date ofDecember 13, 2019?Continue

Arrived at boot camp October 2nd

Started by Donita. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Nov 5, 2019. 26 Replies

Hey everyone- my daughter left for boot camp October 2nd. I missed a call from her last Friday telling me that her graduation is December 13th. I feel like the worst mom in the world for missing her call. Really didn’t expect her to call so soon but…Continue

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Comment by JayDee659 on September 1, 2020 at 12:53pm

My daughters wedding turned out perfect!  Hurricane Laura remnants passed by 11 am and we had blue skies, white puffy clouds and lower temps for the wedding.  This picture includes my Nuke and her Nuke husband.  

Comment by Oleander on August 31, 2020 at 7:28pm

Yay, Anna's in the house!!! Hi, it's so good to hear from you! I literally can't imagine the life change you and your husband just made! It's gotta be crazy refitting all your worldly goods from a home on wheels to an apartment. I hope your bed comes sooner that expected!!!

My girl's in her 2nd week of training as of today, she's quarantined of course so classes are virtual. Thank goodness a sailor from her ship arrived 1 wk before she did and is in the same program so Q got help navigating the ins and outs - where to report, where she can buy food, showing her around base etc. She's in training to be a Recruiter...nothing I would have imagined... but it gave her the opportunity to chose what part of the country she wanted. Believe it or not, all of her wishes came true and her new command will be in the same town that her big sister & family live in! I believe she'll report there end of Sept. Wouldn't that be incredible if Q and Jen could meet before either of them leave!

JayDee, how was the wedding???

Comment by Anna on August 31, 2020 at 6:14pm

Wow, can't believe my post was so long I had to break it up in two!!!  That's what I get for being absent for so long!!!  Sorry for the book!!!

Momof3,

This virus is making life much more challenging for our sailors.  My daughter has not been able to leave Florida since late February. It has really messed up her job because she would travel quite a bit teaching Aviation Safety to squadrons around the world.  She wanted to vacation to Oklahoma back in May, where she was stationed last and has very close friends (and her sister) still there, but it was denied.  She is hoping that by Christmas she will be allowed to travel then. Keeping fingers crossed. And I hope you get to see your girl again soon!!!!

Oleander,

Those goodbys are still difficult no matter how long they have been in!!! Can you tell me again what kind of training she will be having in Florida???  It would be so cool if she got to meet with my Jennifer.  

JayDee,

Thank you so much for all your support to our new Moms.  You and Oleander always step up to cover for me and I want both of you to know how much I appreciate you!!!!

That's all for now Ladies . . . . 

Comment by Anna on August 31, 2020 at 6:12pm

Ladies,

I'm so sorry I've been absent for so long.  It's been a little more difficult transitioning from constant life on the road to becoming a resident in apartment life again!!!!  I may have lived in a much smaller domicile of a 40ft fifth wheel trailer but everything was either built in or had a place to go.  I actually feel that my trailer had much more storage space than my apartment has.  And of course our "basement" of the trailer had lots of stacking bins in there so everything had a place and was out of sight.  Now I have all these bins filled with "stuff" and no place to hide them!!!!! We recently got all the extra stuff we had in storage for the past 6 years and moved that in.  Now what do I do with all this?!?!?!  And I'm still sleeping on the floor because this virus has created such a backlog of furniture that we still haven't had delivery of our bed we ordered the beginning of July.  They are now saying September 23rd!!!!! Anyways - we keep plugging along!!

I'm so glad to see several new Moms on here and even more happy to see all the support you are getting from our Moms. Just know that you are not alone, there is always a place for you to come to share with others!! I don't think I would have made it through some really difficult times without the support of other Moms on this website so I am honored to have a place for Moms who have daughters going off to serve our country!!!

For Shoosh and VillageMum,

Remember to always be your daughter’s safe haven.  They may have moments when they need to call or write and tell you all about the problems they are facing whether in boot camp, A school, or their duty station.  Know that they need someone to vent to and maybe get advice, but in the end, they will figure it out on their own, and they will be stronger for it.  Keep encouraging them and give them confidence.  Then when they are done you go and cry and punch pillows, and come here to vent to us!!!!!! Sometimes we hang on to their problems far longer than they do!!!  But it's because we are  loving Moms and that's what Moms do!!!!

VillageMum,

What will your daughter be doing after bootcamp??

Shoosh,

OS will always be a rating close to my heart.  100 years ago when I served I was able to have On The Job training to become an OS and was the second woman to be rated OS.  Uniform shops didn't even have the rating badge for a woman's uniform at the time and I had to hand embroider my own!!!!

Rebecca 1957, 

I also have twin daughters and both have served.  One was enlisted right out of high school and the other went to college first and then became an officer.  She is still active, her twin did her time and got out to go to college using her GI Bill.

LadyBluefire,

I did not know you had so many kids serving!!!  I thought having 3 was hard!!  I do find I hear from my girls much more than I hear from my boys!!!  I think that's just the nature of daughters vs sons!!!!

Comment by rebecca1957 on August 31, 2020 at 1:51pm

I'm trying to get my laptop up and running because I cannot see anything on my phone it's so tiny that I can't read anything so hopefully I'll get it going this week so I can become involved and leave messages.

Comment by LadyBluefire on August 31, 2020 at 10:20am

Shoosh - I had my 3rd SR leave me a VM and sometimes it was harder hearing it than not. My 4th one, I asked him and he forgot. 

As for my daughter (SR#1) - she calls us several times a week, SR #2 only when his ship is going on a fast cruise or underway, lol. So while this dark time is hard on these Navy allergies once at A school the sky opens and birds start chirping.  

SR#3 should be PIR this week and SR#4 is at Ft MCCoy and will turn 18 before he PIRs. 

Comment by Blondie on August 31, 2020 at 8:38am

Well said Oleander. 

Holding you in my Prayers. HUGS

NavyMom Strong

Comment by Oleander on August 29, 2020 at 10:52am

Ugh! I remember those days ladies...take a breath. Go on a walk, write them letters. Cry and let it out. This is just the beginning of their journey and you need your sea-legs too, so now's the time to settle in for the long run. It's ok, you'll get through this, we all have so we can tell you with confidence that you'll look back on these days realize it truly went by in a blink. But for now we know how hard it is.  Rebecca, I can't imagine 2 of my girls leaving at once - holy moly!

Stay strong mamas. It's totally normal to feel all of this. 

Comment by rebecca1957 on August 29, 2020 at 10:34am

I know exactly how you feel! My twin girls BOTH left this month, waiting to hear something.

Comment by Shoosh on August 29, 2020 at 10:12am

Struggling today ladies!! I feel like I've been doing ok, but today feels different. I think it's starting to sink in. I had her leave me a voicemail before she left but I haven't listened to it yet. Miss her so much.

 

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