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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 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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Norfolk Sailors - Family & Friends

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For families and friends of Sailors who are stationed at Norfolk; for either Sea Duty or Shore Duty Sailors. Just make sure to keep OPSEC issues in mind and not disclose ship movements in advance.

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RED CROSS CONTACT INFO:

In the event of an emergency within the sailor’s family, where you feel the sailor must be notified and considered for Emergency Leave, you must notify the American Red Cross through the national headquarters in Washington, DC (1-877-272-7337) or via their website www.redcross.org.

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Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 15, 2009 at 9:27pm: Willette, now that the Navy is going to station the Bush in Florida, still interesting in AZ?

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on January 15, 2009 at 8:59pm: I remember my son had a sponsor that wasn't much help either. I think it was his recruiter (a great guy who really cares) who told him to find someone to be his mentor and ask lots of questions of anyone who would give him straight answers (not try to get him in trouble--those are around, too). I know my son would have listened if the Navy tried to explain BAH, housing, etc., so I don't think it was a case of he didn't listen. There's got to be a better way! Maybe N4M is it!

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on January 15, 2009 at 8:49pm: It always amazes me that the Navy seems to do such a poor job of explaining to their married sailors how all this works. They all seem to be confused in the beginning!

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 15, 2009 at 5:05pm

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 15, 2009 at 12:28pm: Donna: You don't need to answer this but is sleep apnea suspected?

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on January 14, 2009 at 10:56pm: I love Bremerton! I was there in September 07 after an Alaskan cruise. I told my son that I'd be ok if you ended up there.
Jacq--you asked where all the moms are tonight--they've come out, haven't they?! Makes it hard to watch BB on TV and type and read....
Teri, I will TRY to hug my son when I see him. He's getting better about it. He was a hugger when he was little and then got embarrassed. His godmother makes him promise that he'll kiss me goodbye when he leaves here everytime! That's been going on since Boy Scout camp.

Donna is about as far south as you can go, just east of McAllen. Debbie (Danny's Mom) has dubbed me a part-time Texas, not a snowbird, thank you very much! I don't want to hang out with a bunch of old people either!!! We're buying my parents' winter home, a park model in an RV-MH park. We went to stay for the first time in November for three weeks. Well, many of the people are my parents' friends, and might be up there in years, but definitely not old. We had a riot! I love my little trailer--I'm decorating the great room (ha ha, in a trailer) in Texas cowboy decor and the bedroom is Mexican market. I did find a beautiful oil painting in a little boutique in Weslaco that's really too good to leave there--a Mexican flower market. I fell in love with it though, so it's hanging in the bedroom. I have a classmate I'm going to visit sometime in Keller; that's closer to you, I think. And my son has a friend in Azle--a cute little Texas blonde.

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 14, 2009 at 10:40pm

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 14, 2009 at 10:39pm

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on January 14, 2009 at 10:34pm: Hi, Donna. I have one there until the end of the month. What are your sailors doing there?

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 14, 2009 at 10:18pm: I've been on the webcam for the last 90 minutes with my neice in NC. Was was in the Navy along with her hubby. I love talking to them as they can answer ALL my questions and then some!

I'm praying for all of you with that frigid weather. I will not tell you anymore what the temp is here. I will only pray that you all stay safe and warm....:)