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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

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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Comment by WandaG on April 12, 2011 at 5:06pm: Welcome Joan! I'm sure your daughter will do well :o)

Comment by WandaG on April 11, 2011 at 1:54pm: Hi Everyone, I haven't commented in a while because I really didn't have anything to share but I follow the discussions daily which is very informative. But today I have something to share.

Today my daughter received her score from the ASVAB exam she took last week. She scored a 73! She also needed a combined score of 109 to be eligible for MC (Mass Communications) and she scored 110! The recruiter is hoping to get her to MEPS sometime this week. We are going to see him later today to discuss that and what other jobs she's eligible for. We are NAVY bound!! HOOYAH!

Comment by dms on April 10, 2011 at 11:10pm: when we finally got hand written letters in the mail during BC our sailor seemed to grow up and had a more respect for authority you know how teenagers are sometimes they think they know everything and parents know nothing. we saw a change ever since. our sailor never got in trouble in school but had an attitude at times

Comment by Suzi-OH on April 10, 2011 at 10:16pm: Gosh...BC seems so long ago. It was hard, but interesting....big learning curve and life experience. The joy of PIR was well worth all those weeks.....for all of us. Now, my son will start SERE tomorrow and for me, this is much harder. But, I am confident that the US Navy will provide the best training to prepare my son for any situation that might come his way. Hooyah Aircrew!

Comment by SANDY ship07div056 on April 5, 2011 at 12:59pm: Joan, I can honestly say boot camp was the hardest thing EVER for me. Stay strong - this too shall pass!

Comment by Suzi-OH on April 5, 2011 at 12:55pm: Good luck to her and you Joan!!

Comment by joankf Ship11 Div 181 on April 4, 2011 at 9:34am: Hello, Our daughter is in day 6 of BC. I like connecting with all of you as we begin this journey as a military family.

Comment by dms on April 3, 2011 at 5:29pm: for when your sailor is deployed or overseas

Friends and family can create a free Rocketlife 20-page (60 photo), cargo-pocket size personal photo book and the USO ships it to any APO, FPO or MPO address, all for free!
http://www.uso.org/uso_rocketlife_photo_books.aspx
or go directly to http://uso.rocketlifeproduction.com

Comment by MN Mom of MM on March 30, 2011 at 2:56pm: Sponge Mom, do you know if this book could be made and shipped to our sailor in Goose Creek SC in A school?

Comment by Pearl Harbor MA on March 26, 2011 at 8:07pm: super- while he will always be my baby he's actually not the baby! We have a younger daughter ,too! He's our middle child.