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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 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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US Navy Moms, Dads, family members.

Members: 140
Latest Activity: Jul 24, 2018

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Comment by sjtina on August 26, 2010 at 1:49pm: My son left 8/12. PIR 10/8. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM JERSEY WHO LEFT THAT DAY?

Comment by hollender1 on August 24, 2010 at 5:57pm: Prayers for the families. Someone I work with has a son in that unit. My co-worker heard from her son yesterday and he told them about the incident. She met with me today to give me my first Service Lapel Pin. These are the times that bond us together.

Comment by Nan(Ship 9 Div 247) on August 14, 2010 at 10:24pm: Hi, My name is Nan and I am new to all of this. My son Sam just joined, much to my surprise, and isn't scheduled to go to Great Lakes until June 2011. Many of my immediate questions have been answeted since I found NavyForMoms but I was happy to find other families from New Jersey. We have always lived in Hunterdon County but are planning on moving to Warren County next year. I am not much for talking online but am looking forward to learning from your experiences.
Nan

Comment by Rose (Ship 09 Div 074) on August 13, 2010 at 9:15pm: I was just about sobbing!!!! Is it like that every time, they come and go? A service man posted, "I'im in the service too and actually only one of my homecomings were surprising after that they got used to not having me around and for us that is the part when we start missing them more." My heart is just broken for him. I don't want to get all emotional in front of my son because I want it to be easier for him to leave when he has to. I can't imagine getting used to his absence. Any thoughts on this?
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=455621345922

Comment by Rose (Ship 09 Div 074) on August 13, 2010 at 3:30pm: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=455621345922

This is a beautiful clip. Bitter Sweet. Grab a box of tissues.

Comment by BethFromNJ - Doc's Mom on August 9, 2010 at 8:51am: Judy I am so happy for you. Chris is so handsome! Give that Sailor a hug from this Proud NEW JERSEY Navy Mom.

Comment by Karen ~ Corpsman Chris' Mom on August 9, 2010 at 12:09am: Thank you Dawn. Marianne I sent you a friend request, we are practically neighbors!

Comment by Karen ~ Corpsman Chris' Mom on August 5, 2010 at 11:51pm: Thank You Marianne, I appreciate your prayers and kind words.

Comment by Karen ~ Corpsman Chris' Mom on August 4, 2010 at 1:20am: Thank You Lynda, Judy & Monica, I appreciate your kind words. I have been bombarding him with mail along with prayer. Hoping something I say encourages him to want to stay and fight through this tough time that he's going through. I'm all ears if anyones got any suggestions.

Comment by Karen ~ Corpsman Chris' Mom on August 2, 2010 at 8:33pm: Hi NJ Moms, My son has had a setback, he has a stress fracture in his heel. He is now in RCU, ship 6, and hating every minute of it. He wants to come home. He says there are guys there who have been there for 4 mos. with the same injuries as his. So needless to say he is a little discouraged right now. I have been writing him non stop trying to encourage him. I am praying he finds the strength to get thru this. Please keep my son in your thoughts and prayers that he heals quickly and finds the strength he needs to get through this tuff time, so he can move into a new div. and continue his bootcamp training! Thanks!