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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

Events

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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.

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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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NAVY WIVES ON N4M

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Missing your Husband? Have Questions or just feeling plain lousy without him?? LETS TALK!!

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Comment by Derrek's Girl on February 4, 2011 at 10:32pm: I just joined this site today. I'm really new to the whole message boards but I'm a fast learner. My husband has been deployed on the USS Lincoln for that past 5 months. We're stationed in Lemoore CA. Anyone else in Lemoore?

Comment by Navywife1014 on February 4, 2011 at 6:30pm: Hi ladies! I'm new to the site and just joined this group. My hubby's on the Reagan and just left for deployment this week. Any tips and/or friends are appreciated. Feels like it's gonna be a long one :(

Comment by MeLaNiE on January 28, 2011 at 1:29pm: hey girls! i just joined this group. My husband left almost 2 weeks ago on a work up. i miss him. It is hard to keep busy because i have not been in Virginia Beach long enough to meet friends or get a job. For some reason this week has been a very difficult one. i almost feel like my husband is back in basic training.

Comment by Lauren - Sub Wife - Bangor, Wash on January 24, 2011 at 1:34am: JessicaB-Sailor Mom,

Wow! Thank you so much for posting that video link. I am new to the military-wife lifestyle. My husband and I have been married for 5 and 1/2 years and he is finishing up A-School right now. I am a little scared of the upcoming challenges that with make the last 6 months living apart from him seem like nothing. You gals are all amazing! Thanks for being on here!!

Comment by takemewithy0u (USS Hartford 768) on January 21, 2011 at 4:14pm: My husband is on fast cruise, then sea trials, then underway for a month... after that who knows... already I'm dreading it and feeling completely down and out about it... not to mention I don't know how to handle things with my 3 yr old who's bio dad disappeared 7 months ago.

Comment by Monica-Navy wife & Mother on January 13, 2011 at 11:21pm: Hang in there Christine. Some days are better than others. My husband left today for his first big deployment. I think the saying good-bye part was the hardest for me. i didn't stay to see the ship pull out. He didn't want me too...he said it would be too hard on me. He knows me well. Driving home was barely possible. Just think Christine. Every day down is another day closer to getting him home. Thats what helps me. I have my check off of the calender every day and it seems to help. Hang in there girl.

Comment by hischickpea4life on January 11, 2011 at 12:19am: I am experiencing a whole circle of emotions this week. My husband just left for his first 12 week OCS program and I am 1000 miles away from him. He doesn't get to make phone calls for 4 weeks. Doesn't get his cell phone back until the 9th week. I really feel alone and sad all day but it is the worst at night. I have my puppies, school, and work, but there's no replacement for coming home to my husband.

Comment by waiting for you (SHIP 3 DIV 080) on January 6, 2011 at 5:16pm: hey everyone I just started a new group about this company i know, my friends are aprt of it and I wanted to share it to everyone. Its for a great cause and it shows our pride to our troops!!

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/bandforarms

Comment by jhenderson on January 6, 2011 at 2:37pm: Thanks y'all r great.

Comment by waiting for you (SHIP 3 DIV 080) on January 4, 2011 at 6:48pm: Emilylane - I know my husband will be going to Groton, CT for A school and me and our 3 month old daughter are planning on moving up there when he gets orders for us to do so. When we move up there I'll make sure I'll introduce myself to ya, btw I love making new freinds :) you'll be making friends in no time.