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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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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 Beth on February 21, 2011 at 11:38pm: Hi! My son began his 12 week OCS journey yesterday...I'm so excited for him, but I am missing him and worrying about him. I know he will be fine, but not being able to hear him say he's fine has me up at night! I am on the Facebook site for the 10-11 class...it's a great site, but I feel a little out of place...I'm a mom, and everyone else seems to be girlfriends or wives! As a matter of fact, my son's girlfriend is on it! Well, if anyone has any words of wisdom for a mother...or if anyone has a son or daughter who has already graduated, please pass it along!

Comment by Marilyn on February 16, 2011 at 6:06pm: Thanks Sue, I'll get my other half right on that tonight!!!!

Comment by egbot on February 16, 2011 at 9:50am: Good luck to all of you with family entering and currently in OCS. My son graduated OCS Newport in August and now has very fond memories of it!! The graduation and everything leading up to it was so special and memorable. Savor every moment, take tons of pictures and bring tissues!!

Comment by Marilyn on February 15, 2011 at 9:33pm: Sue, Where did you get the commissioning coin? That sounds like an AWESOME

idea! I also am going to snd your comment to a friend of my son who works for someone in the US House about the flag. Thanks a million!!! The more I read and the closer it gets, the more excited I become!

Comment by angie79 on February 14, 2011 at 7:57am: I hadn't thought about it starting one. I guess I can look into that and try it out. Thanks!

Comment by Tiramisu on February 14, 2011 at 12:01am: You could start the F&F group...have him let everybody know the name of the F&F group. It could be easier to start it now before he begins. It's a great support system for everyone--the one for my son's class is up to 102 members.

Comment by angie79 on February 13, 2011 at 9:07pm: Tiramisu, yes my husband has joined the Facebook group for his class. I know there are talking about meeting the Saturday night before their class starts. I have searched Facebook, but haven't found a group for family and friends yet. He does have a couple of former classmates who started in January and should be Candio-o as well when he gets there.

Comment by Tiramisu on February 13, 2011 at 7:53pm: I just looked...there is a FB group already. Is your husband in there? It's a nice way to begin to connect. My son met up with some of his classmates before the Sunday he began.

Comment by Tiramisu on February 13, 2011 at 7:49pm: Hi, Angie. Welcome. This is a great group...lots of helpful women here. My son is currently at OCS. If I figure this correctly, my son will be a Candi-o for your husband's class (if my son passes everything okay between now and then, of course...fingers crossed). Does your husband's class have a Facebook group started yet? Also, there will be a Facebook group for their Friends and Family too.

Comment by angie79 on February 13, 2011 at 7:43pm: Hello all! I wanted to introduce myself. I am Angie. My husband is about to leave for OCS March 13. He's getting pretty nervous and excited. He is prior enlisted in the Army reserve so he has an idea of what to expect, but I don't. I didn't meet him until after he finished basic training. It looks like there is a ton of information on here so I am hoping you kind people can guide me through this process.