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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.

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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
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: 663
Latest Activity: Apr 11

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 whitney on April 29, 2010 at 12:22pm: Hey Ladies!! I was wondering what gifts you bought your LO's for graduation?? :) I'm looking for some ideas!!

Comment by whitney on April 29, 2010 at 11:58am: Triece and 2 - your posts about the weekend definitely has tears (of excitement and pride) rolling down my face!! :) I am sooo happy for you guys, how amazing!! 28.5 days and counting for 15-10!!! WOO HOO!

Comment by snowmc on April 23, 2010 at 5:38pm: Jimaria...what a wonderful trip you had! Saw your pictures and stole a few for myself. You got some great shots of the yard and Newport that I was unable to capture. Thank you! And you will always be part of 12-10!

Comment by madre37 on April 23, 2010 at 10:50am: 2 in the service how do I know the numbers after it?? Would gladly start to connect with moms and spouse and LO

Comment by madre37 on April 23, 2010 at 10:29am: Its official my son will be in August 1st class. Yahoo!!!

Comment by snowmc on April 23, 2010 at 9:13am: Thanks "2"...brought back wonderful memories of 12-10!

Comment by madre37 on April 22, 2010 at 3:59pm: 2 in the service thanks so much for the telling of your experience. I am looking forward to it all but it won't be until late fall.

Comment by annie on April 22, 2010 at 8:46am: Thank you much for resposes. Will take all that into consideration and see what we come up with for something to mark this accomplishment. Getting a bit excited / nervous about the trip to RI! Thanks JB/Snowmc/Prof M!

Comment by snowmc on April 21, 2010 at 10:57pm: We got the Ensign coin and also splurged on the sword. Had the coin engraved with his commissioning date.

Comment by annie on April 21, 2010 at 9:10pm: We head to New Port soon for 14-10's OCS graduation. I am sure there must be some kind of traditional gift that we would want to present to our LO, but we are so green at this, not sure what would be appropriate. I've read a bit about a commemorative coin. Would welcome any info on that. Thank you!!