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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

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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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: 667
Latest Activity: Dec 2, 2024

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 redheadlass on June 4, 2018 at 7:10pm: My son is going to the July 1 OCS class. Where does one find the prepaid phone cards to buy to use at OCS? I have looked up on OCS past comments but have gotten various answers and when I look online they all sound terrible. Can anyone recommend a good card to buy and if so, where to buy it, online or at a store?

Comment by PKM on May 31, 2018 at 9:47am: Congratulations to all OCS Graduates!

Comment by Andy'sMom on May 29, 2018 at 5:04pm: travel101: The Hi Moms dress for class 11-18 was cocktail attire: dresses or dress pants with the guys wearing sport coats - some with ties, some without. We held ours in the Officer's Club on base.

Comment by travel101 on May 29, 2018 at 8:17am: My son is in class 13-18 and graduates in 4 weeks. What is the overall dress for the reception the evening prior to graduation?

Comment by PKM on May 28, 2018 at 5:21pm: I made a Navy scrapbook for my son and his wife. It has pictures from the OCS facebook page, Hi Moms dinner and graduation. I even made a section for his Navy Wife. He loved looking back at his days at OCS and said that it felt like it was yesterday. The month since he was commissioned has gone by very fast.

Comment by M's mom on May 23, 2018 at 11:35pm: PKM,

Has your son reported to Dam Neck, VA yet?

Comment by PKM on May 23, 2018 at 8:46pm: It has almost been a month from when my son graduated from OCS. The time goes fast, but the memories last forever. I love looking at the photos that are/were on the OCS Newport facebook page. I printed off some of the photos and put them in a scrapbook for my graduate.

Comment by PKM on May 17, 2018 at 6:47pm: Great ideas everyone. The more we share, the better!

Comment by CAmom on May 16, 2018 at 1:18pm: My son graduated from OCS in October and there was NO food allowed and the power bars had to be a certain brand so I didn't even send those since they were able to get them at the NEX at that point in OCS. We sent pictures, a day planner, some magazines of his hobbies (surfing etc) and he loved those since they don't have much contact with the outside world. We were also able to fit a fleece blanket. It was really thin and could be rolled pretty small and that was nice because they usually sleep on the outside of their made beds. Lots of ideas on the internet on how to decorate the boxes. Very fun to do!

Comment by Andrea S on May 16, 2018 at 12:58pm: I just sent my LO’s box a couple of weeks ago. To answer your question on food..they only allow power bars. I even tried to sneak in a protein cookie and he had to put in his “lucky bag” for after OCS. One good idea was a good pen since they always have to carry one. The one thing I wish I would have thought of was his wireless earbuds ( unless your LO brought them to OCS)