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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.

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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

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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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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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.)

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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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Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on August 19, 2013 at 9:49pm: I think I joined the largest one, or at least the one that came up first on the search. I think I've finally got it figured out. I can't find my "other" folder in my messages on FB, but I did finally see a msg pop up today and I was able to respond in order to be added. Thanks for your input Gwen :)

Comment by SoCalNavyMom on August 19, 2013 at 2:35pm: Whit's Mom~ Thanks for your words of encouragement and wisdom. I feel alot better hearing that I am not the only that is or has gone through this. It's a difficult & emotional process for all of those involved :)

Comment by Cass Christine on August 18, 2013 at 11:06pm: The Navy Lodge was basic, but clean, quiet, and near the base - we even had a small refrigerator and microwave in the room. Inovasi was a very, very nice restaurant featuring local food - located in Lake Bluff - reservations recommended. When my sailor went to his cousins grad he also enjoyed Lake Bluff Brewing and Pasta Palooza. Market House in Lake Forest was good too and not as expensive as Inovasi. No need to go into Chicago unless you want to see the sights.

Comment by CJsmom on August 18, 2013 at 10:24pm: You just make the reservation in your recruit's name...then they use all of your info like a regular hotel.

Comment by Marcelle on August 18, 2013 at 10:22pm: is the Navy Lodge a regular hotel or does the SR have to call and verify to let you stay

Comment by kadikaboom626 on August 18, 2013 at 10:18pm: @Mary123. The Ramada Inn had a couple poor comments so I put in on my no list. Tomorrow it's my goal to call the yes/good list (I actually went thru the site and made a list, it was too hard to remember them all). Otherwise I think its just a matter of calling and maybe checking websites. Love to hear where others are considering.

Comment by CJsmom on August 18, 2013 at 10:16pm: Mary123, I was told not to stay there, so we booked Navy Lodge...it was a very nice and clean hotel. Very basic, but the people were great. They also have a small breakfast with pastries and yogurt...you can't beat the price! It is also about 1 1/2 miles from RTC.

Comment by Mary123 on August 18, 2013 at 10:11pm: Can anyone tell me if they stayed @ Ramada Inn for PIR. Was wondering if it is nice there? Also can anyone tell me some nice places to have dinner with our new SR?

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on August 18, 2013 at 5:14pm: I searched for the N4M group on FB and I think I clicked on the Join button. Being that it's a closed group, is there any other protocol I need to know to be added? Thanks for your help :)