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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.

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:

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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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PIR Reference Information

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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

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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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How to prepare for deployment!

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A group to prepare for deployment of our loved ones.

Group Admin: Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom

Members: 100
Latest Activity: Jan 8, 2022

Get ready for deployment!

Use this group to help prepare your Sailor and yourself too. Learn what we can do to help them, and encourage each other through this time of change and transition!

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Comment by ruth on March 12, 2011 at 8:36pm: dont forget to set your clocks forward tonight. spring forward. If it 5:00 change to 6:00 happy spring.

Comment by NaVySiS1030 on March 12, 2011 at 11:52am: Thank you all! We are headed to VA to see him next weekend I'm taking my oldest with me. She is 8 and so proud loves her Uncle so much. It's going to be bitter sweet.

Comment by angelicasailorsmom on March 12, 2011 at 1:38am: welcome Navy sister I just joined and these is the first time my son will be deployed so it will be a new experience, I am sure I will have my moments and hopefully we can all support each other.

Comment by Kelly on March 11, 2011 at 10:14am: hi navysis glad you joined us any questions you have feel free to ask there is a mom to answer or a sister who can field your questions once again welcome.

Comment by NaVySiS1030 on March 11, 2011 at 10:10am: Hello all, I am not a mother but a big sister of a Sailor fixing to deploy. My mom is Sandra AM Mom on here. It is very hard for this big sister too!!!! I look forward to getting to know all of you and the support we can bring each other!

Comment by angelicasailorsmom on March 9, 2011 at 12:53am: Marcy thank you for the link you posted, it is very help full it is help full to read about the fact of sending extra stuff for others;), and yes you can express your concern to others about having one of your family members living but is not the same unless you are expressing it to some one who is in your same shoes, and not to same on something so minning full like these;))

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on March 9, 2011 at 12:48am: The priority mail flat-rate boxes are so great, you can send up to 70 lbs for $12.95, what a deal! Info for ordering them (they're free) is in that tips & tricks page.
One more thing, some items are appropriate for using a space saver bag that you hook up a vacuum cleaner to. Jam & cram! :)

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on March 9, 2011 at 12:43am: Welcome Angelica! I put this together for getting started with care packages - Care package and customs forms tips and tricks

This is a great group, good reading and a place to ask questions & share: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/carepackageideas

And you're so right, we're all in this together! :)

Comment by angelicasailorsmom on March 9, 2011 at 12:22am: Hello every one these is a very help full site as a mother of a son who will be deployed for the first time and our first military in the family, I am not really sure on what can I send how big of a packages and so on, it is nice to read all these diferent ideas on what to send.

And is nice to read of all the diferent parents who are in the same situation for support.

Comment by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on March 8, 2011 at 11:59pm: My son used the Purex sheets also. I had sent him the starter kit and he told me the hard cover was hard to store so he got rid of it. I only sent the refills afterwards. Our deployment is almost over! Praise God for that!! I will see my son soon!