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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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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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OCS Graduate Moms

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For those who have graduated from Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI or who are currently attending there.

Members: 668
Latest Activity: Feb 3

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it . You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

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Comment by Jkkentch on April 8, 2013 at 12:39pm: Anyone have a loved one starting OCS Class 13-13? My son is headed to Newport April 20th to report at 0900 on the 21st.

Comment by aggiemom on March 4, 2013 at 11:11pm: Let me know if you have any questions, my son graduates on Friday. The Sunday or Monday answer an unknown number on your phone. Area code for Newport is 401 but the Candios my let them use their cell to make the final I'm here call. Send prepaid phone card with all phone numbers & your email address on it in case he doesn't have that memorized. The Facebook page for your class will become your new addiction.

Comment by C Adam's Mom on March 4, 2013 at 10:48pm: I imagine it has changed quite a bit! I am so proud of him as I know all you moms are!!

Comment by Anna on March 4, 2013 at 9:53pm: C Adam's Mom,

LOL - my husband went through OCS in the 70's and it was a picnic compared to what they do now!!! As our daughter would tell him what they had to do he was just shocked!!!!

Comment by C Adam's Mom on March 4, 2013 at 9:07pm: Thank you, Anna; I will definitely keep your advice in mind when posting!

Dawn and Gordons4, I appreciate your information and advice as well! Having the ability to view pictures as he goes through the OCS is just absolutely wonderful!! I had no idea that this type of thing existed! I was scared that I would say Bye to my son on Friday and be in total darkness of how he was doing until May 31st!! His father was a Navy officer and there wasn't anything like this back in the 80s!! So this is a wonderful source!! It is so comforting being in touch with other loved ones who are or have experienced what I will be going through!! Thank so much to you all for taking the time out with all your advice!!

Comment by gordons4 on March 4, 2013 at 8:00pm: Hi Adam's Mom. My son just graduated from OCS at the end of January--class 0513. We are not a military family at all, so this was/is all a culture shock--but we could not be more proud of him. My advice? Hang on...follow FB--OCS is very good about posting pics--...trust that he (and you) will make it through...and mostly, rely on God and prayer. We're all here to cheer him and you through this. :)

Comment by Dawn on March 4, 2013 at 7:45pm: http://www.facebook.com/OTCNewport?ref=stream
Here is the OCS face book page link

Comment by Dawn on March 4, 2013 at 7:42pm: Also join the OCS face book page. They post pictures and updates of classes

Comment by Anna on March 4, 2013 at 7:39pm: C Adam's Mom and TracyAlex,

Congratulations to both of you for your sailors going through OCS. My daughter graduated last September. The facebook pages are a great source of information and support. And as Dawn said, join the groups ahead of your sailor's group so you can get a look at what's coming up. You can also pay it forward by joining the groups behind you and helping them with questions.

I do just want to warn you to keep discussions general and don't share too much in details. Officer Training Newport is relatively new with sharing on facebook and the friends and family groups are pretty new at this also. As our Candidates started earning some freedoms, some loved ones got too free with sharing information. Just be careful, you don't know who all might be reading these pages. I don't want to scare you away - - please use the groups to ask questions and get the support you need while your loved one is there.

Good luck to both of them!!!!

Comment by C Adam's Mom on March 4, 2013 at 7:22pm: Thanks so much to both of you!! I did join that group on Facebook! Lots of great information on there! I do love the Hi Mom Videos on You Tube as well!! I am so grateful for all these resources I am learning about! This is going to be a tough time for me and this will make it better!!