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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

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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.

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NAVY HISTORY

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List any links to historic Navy websites and any announcements to shows on TV prior to airing.

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Latest Activity: Aug 16, 2023

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Comment by Irene McClure on November 5, 2009 at 8:14am: Hey I wanted to drop by and let everyone know that I got a message from Mary's daughter and she wanted me to let her friends know on N4M that Mary's dad passed away last night so if you could remember Mary at this time it would be great. Thank you.

Comment by CCR on October 30, 2009 at 1:46pm: Deborah and Suzanne, thanks so much for your posts on the discussions.
Below is a list of Official Navy museums. I know these must be ONLY the OFFICIAL ones, because there is a Nimitz museum in TX in the hill country. And its not listed. Must do further searches. Arghhh.

Official U.S. Naval Museums
National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Washington, D.C.

Great Lakes Naval Museum, Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois

Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk, Virginia

National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida

Naval Museum of Armament and Technology, China Lake, California

Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport, Washington

Naval War College Museum, Newport, Rhode Island

Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.

Puget Sound Navy Museum, Bremerton, Washington

Patuxtent River Naval Air Museum, Patuxtent River, Maryland

U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Port Hueneme, California

Submarine Force Museum & Historic Ship Nautilus, Groton, Connecticut

U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland

U .S. Navy Supply Corps Museum, Athens, Georgia

USS Constitution "Old Ironsides," Boston, Massachusetts

Comment by CCR on October 1, 2009 at 8:53am: Connie, I'm trying to remember all the things they said about the planes. (military channel)
Speed, firepower, something else, something else,
and situational awareness. The cockpit was perfect for them.

Comment by carols_kitchen on September 26, 2009 at 6:19pm: What a neat restoration!

Comment by CCR on September 23, 2009 at 8:44am: I would like to know what you all want to see here in this group. I am amazed by ya'lls contributions, but I keep posting museum stuff and don't know if you are interested in that. I really love to see the pictures posted on family/friends in the Navy or military from the past. Keep posting!

Comment by CCR on August 17, 2009 at 9:47pm: Mary, its funny you should mention Blue Jacket. I am reading that book as we speak.... Now I can stop bothering you all for answers!!!! My sailor came in my room - handed it to me - and said, "I thought you might find this interesting since you're always asking questions." Do you think he was getting tired?

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on July 30, 2009 at 2:40pm: http://objflicks.com/

The is the Old Blue Jacket Flicks website - full of great history and many good Navy things!

Comment by CCR on July 2, 2009 at 8:22pm: Note to self: Pay attention to the lay of the hats in pictures at museums. Wish I'd thought of that before the USS Midway today. Didn't pay any attention to that at all. Only the airplanes. And one plane had my sons weapon system on it, so thats all he looked at. He said he's tired of this stuff, he learns it at school and he whined at how long I took - taking pictures and such, but mostly because I could hardly walk up and down the million steps it took to see everything on a carrier. I'm old, would somebody tell him that?

Comment by CCR on June 27, 2009 at 2:47pm: I dunno. : - P

Comment by CCR on June 25, 2009 at 8:16pm: mrmr3, they look so young! And I'm not sure about their dixie cups either, I don't think I've ever seen them on that way before. Anyone?