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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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Navy Girlfriends

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for girlfriends or wives that have someone they love in the Navy.

Members: 422
Latest Activity: Aug 20, 2020

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Tags: USS George Washington, FC, overseas, long distance, japan

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Comment by Kiki92 on February 18, 2018 at 1:49am: Hello ladies, I'm kiya and I'm new to the group. I was hoping for some guidance if possible. My bf went to boot camp, A school and deployment all in a year. I've seen him for 3 days since he joined last year. He is currently still on deployment and I'm taking it very hard. It will be a year next week of him being gone and I'm starting to lose strength. Any advice? Is this normal?

Comment by blueberry_munchkins on March 29, 2017 at 8:23am: Hello ladies, My name is Nygel and I'm new to the group and to the site. My boyfriend was shipped out yesterday for bootcamp in Great Lakes, IL. We're together for 3 months before his ship out date and he's expected to graduate by May 2017. Anyway, I'm looking for new friends that feels the same as I do. Being far away from each other is not that easy but this is a new path to take in our lives. Hope everyone is doing well. I'm excited and thrilled to get to know you all! :)

Comment by Camille on February 3, 2016 at 6:20pm: Hi guys! My name is Camille I'm new to the group. My boyfriend joined the navy in October and he's in San Antonio right now and I'm in California. He's getting new orders next week so he may be somewhere new again soon. I think I'm just looking for friends to understand what all this is about and looking for people to lean on while going through this. The navy thing is completely new for me so I'm kind of learning as I go!

Comment by Mackenzie33 on April 24, 2014 at 5:36pm: Hey guys! New to this group, but my boyfriend is in BC right now. He has been there for about two weeks so far and things are pretty good but it's really hard! So I am looking for friends and people with experience to help me through this tough time! Hope you all are doing well! Can't wait to get to know you all!!

Comment by abuon18 on February 13, 2014 at 5:45pm: You're welcome. You'll never really get a good understanding. There's going to be lots you won't get answers to or that you won't understand the answers to that you do get. Plans constantly change at the last minute so you just have to learn to go with the flow! You'll hear so many different experiences from different people but the reality is what one person may experience will be completely different than your experience. Every single thing is dependent on the individual command so there is no uniformity across the Navy as far as procedures, as much as they claim there is. Everything is up to the command's discretion.

Comment by Kelsey on February 13, 2014 at 5:37pm: Thank you abuon18! I just kinda like to get a better understanding of all of this! :)

Comment by Proud Navy Girlfriend on February 13, 2014 at 5:28pm: Well there's an answer! :)

Comment by abuon18 on February 13, 2014 at 5:10pm: They are not always far apart. Sometimes they redeploy immediately, for example last year a ship came home & was needed to deploy again less than 2 months later. It was not planned.

Comment by Proud Navy Girlfriend on February 13, 2014 at 5:04pm: Yeah I am watching my little cousin tomorrow now too! Haha. And I'm not sure yet? This is my first deployment with him! And it wasn't a full deployment so I'm not sure if they are always this far apart. But they have to make sure everything is good on the ship and get worked on and stuff so it does take a long time

Comment by Kelsey on February 13, 2014 at 4:52pm: My sister volunteered me to watch my nephew while her and her fiance go out this friday! lol not a big deal I love that little boy, plus it will help me not be so lonely. Proud Navy Girlfriend, maybe you will get to go see him!:) Do you know if all deployments are that far apart? I am just curious so I can know what to expect!