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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Latest Activity
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.)
N4M Merchandise
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.
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
Badge
Anyone with Sailors/Soldiers/Marines in War Zones and Combat Areas
Information
For parents and loved ones of deployed and deploying military personnel...Aghanistan/Iraq and any and all war zones. Please introduce yourself on the main comment page.
Members: 116
Latest Activity: Jul 14, 2020
Anderson Hall is in San Antonio, on the campus of Fort Sam Houston...the place where future corpsman will learn their trade.
"Doc" Christopher Anderson served with Marine 1/6.
(He also went to Basic and to FMTB with my son. TDM)
Corpsmen on the job in Afghanistan:
Helpful Links:
It provides access to services and resources at the national, state and local levels to support recovery, rehabilitation and community reintegration.
Absentee Voting Link Get info here on registering to vote and absentee voting.
Navy Individual Augmentee Information "IA"
Ombudsman Registry Find your sailor's unit and contact information
Seabee Info Web site Answers to many questions about deployment, etc even if your sailor is not a Seabee.
Fleet and Family Deployment Navy Facebook
Online Program Helps Military Vote Absentee
Guardian Angels for Soldiers Pets Facebook Page
Dogs on Deployment One-Stop Resource page for military members to turn to for advice and direction to all pet-related needs. They also are looking for fosters for pets whose owners are being deployed.
****Red Cross and Help for the Military, Emergency Notificaton Link to the Red Cross Military Assistance page, on the left is a list of links to important sites, including the phone numbers if you need to notify your deployed loved one of a family emergency. This note: Beginning June 13, 2011, at 8:00 a.m. EDT, all military members and their
families can use one number- 877-272-7337 (U.S. Toll Free) to send an urgent
message to a service member. The change means that all military members and
their families can use this single number to initiate an emergency communication, regardless of where they live.
Coaching Into Care works with family members or friends who become aware of their Veteran’s post-deployment difficulties—and supports their efforts to find help for the Veteran.
This is a national clinical service providing information and help to Veterans and the loved ones who are concerned about them.
Defense Center of Excellence information and help for TBI and PTS for active military, vets and their families.
After Deployment... This web site is VERY useful to service members, family and loved ones after the return of a loved one from deployment.
VAWatchdog.org Very useful links for our vets and their families.
Secondary PTSD Resource Link For families and loved ones of a soldier/sailor/Marine/airman with PTSD.
Facebook Support for OPSEC An online resource for OPSEC regs and questions concerning safety in social media web sites.
Graphic Novel Helps Corpsmen Cope with Combat-related Stress
Links to those sending packages to our deployed sailors/soldiers/marines/airmen:
Molly's Adopt A Sailor Group Join the group, or just read for ideas on what to send to your deployed kid.
Jacob's Program Another group of volunteers sending packages to our deployed folks.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To all who drop by! WELCOME! please post below so we can get to know you. If you send a message around to 'all members' , we CANNOT respond. So, please introduce yourself below, and remember to not share dates or specfic movements by any military unit on the board! Thank you!! and again WELCOME!!
Discussion Forum
Son in Spin Boldak
Started by rysony. Last reply by rysony Mar 14, 2012. 40 Replies 0 Likes
Care Packages - lists of items, how to order priority boxes and how to fill out customs forms
Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom. Last reply by millon4 Oct 2, 2012. 29 Replies 1 Like
Sailors in Afghanistan with boots on the ground
Started by Ruth, Gun's Mom. Last reply by TexasDocMom Sep 18, 2010. 18 Replies 0 Likes
RSS
Comment Wall
Comment
-
Comment by TexasDocMom on December 11, 2013 at 3:17pm
-
WHOOHOO!!! good news! have a great holiday!! get and give lots of hugs!!
-
Comment by Tamme on December 11, 2013 at 11:06am
-
Corpsman boots on ground! He and his team arrived at CL yesterday afternoon. Hope they release him to come home soon. Thanks to the Good Lord and also to all of you for your prayers and support. Prayers continue for all.
-
Comment by JerseySusan on December 10, 2013 at 9:53pm
-
Great post TDM, they never stand alone out there, they all have each others back.
Curlytop...I know how you feel. Last year we had 2 deployed during the holidays. My biggest distraction were my beautiful grandchildren, and now we were blessed with a 3rd this summer!
Julieb...I feel your pain within your heart. Our oldest is a great communicator....But our youngest....not so much. He's the Special OPS & doesn't share anything with us. He's getting in that deployment mode again, starting to keep his distance with communication, as I think that's what they are taught on how to keep their emotions in tack before they leave. I can already feel & see the difference in him these past few weeks.
-
Comment by Curleytop on December 10, 2013 at 8:58pm
-
TDM, your post made me laugh. Then I thought of this. This is the place to have friends that will jump in the hole with you. We are in all different places in our journeys but the ones who have gone before are ready to "JUMP" for those of us stuck temporarily in the hole. A million thanks from me for all the help you have given me and will continue to give.
Barbara C, thanks for a different perspective on phone calls. I am thankful to hear my son's voice. It just never seems to last long enough.
-
-
Saw this on facebook, and thought of this group. Please note I am not disparaging any religion here..."
-
Comment by Barbara C on December 10, 2013 at 3:31am
-
I am thankful for modern communication equipment that lets me get phone calls from Afghanistan. It is good to hear my son's voice.
While Afghanistan is not some place he wants to be, the opportunity to work in other countries around the world is one of the reasons he joined the Navy. I am grateful that our country has people around the world who can respond immediately to disasters, like the storm in the Philippines. I was proud that our marines were there the next day and a fleet of ships with more help and supplies were there in a couple of days.
-
-
I just thought I would post something positive for a change. I always seems to come here when I need something. TDM, I have to stay busy or I will go crazy. So I dream up projects to keep my mind occupied and that are time consuming for my body. I agree that somedaywhen there will not have to be any more predeployment visits or deployment dates, would be a great day for this nation. My Christmas project is almost done so now I am already thinking what can I do for Valentine's Day. It is just one way I cope. Sometimes I get myself in trouble with the things I dream up, but it keeps me preoccupied.
I want to share this story with everyone. This is just how great God is, as He send me people I need, right when I need them. I am standing at the door of the post office waiting for it to open. A gentlemen comes up to stand in line and wait also. My husband says I never meet a stranger. The gentlemen asked my for the time and we had fifteen minutes to wait. I noticed his hat. It read US Navy retired. I immediately shook his hand and thanked him for his service. Well, need I say more. We had a lovely conversation. He told me about his sons and their service and visa versa. What a glorious way to start my day. Going to the post office often reminds just how far away my son is, so I am very thankful for this encounter.
-
-
Curleytop, really, I don't know how you do it...the stress of the deployment and not being able to get out of the house! My dogs and I walked, and walked, and walked...and I hit the gym pretty often. Or dug in the yard, I had to wear myself out to sleep. We're not near as bad as you folks here in Texas with the weather, but when ice hits we stay in, don't know how you guys do this every winter!
julieb, good to know you're going down then! I'm hoping we are nearing the end of these deployments for the most part...soon, please, soon!
-
Comment by julieb1019 on December 9, 2013 at 8:49am
-
Projects are so great to pass the time and thanks curleytop for the burst of motivation. It is to easy to just let the days pass doing the same old thing wirk and home. I know that your cookies will be so appreciated by everyone. My family of 4 who are home did go to see my son down south in September. I wish that i could afford it now but we plan a predeployment trip in the spring so i have that to look forward and time does seem to go quickly a lot of the time so i will hang on to that . In the meantime there will be facetime chats over the holidays. I will make the best of this situation and am grateful that he is still stateside and a plane ride away. As always i know that this is the group where i belong. Thanks TrexasDocMom you are a very special person !
-
-
Hello everyone,
Just a note to say I packaged cookies for 2 and 1/2 hours today. I have seven boxes ready to go. Tomorrow is my third day off from school (snow and ice in my area) so I will make a slow trip to the post office. I manage to put up my tree but that is all I have done. My husband is telling me that I am stressed and staying stressed for longer periods of time, which is not like me. All I can tell him is that this holiday season is different for me. I am trying to stay as busy as I can with work but when that is over my mind starts reeling again. I am looking forward to 2014, because that is when my son returns.
© 2025 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
You need to be a member of Anyone with Sailors/Soldiers/Marines in War Zones and Combat Areas to add comments!