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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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PNG – 2.3 MB
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 snowmc on April 1, 2010 at 5:02pm: Never saw the OCS coin at graduation. Darn...I would have gotten one. Did get the Ensign coin and had it engraved online.

Comment by snowmc on April 1, 2010 at 12:52pm: I sure hope it stops raining there! They have had historic amounts of rainfall and the flooding is horrible. The weather for next week is supposed to be beautiful so maybe you will be lucky Triece and have nice weather. Kind of wish I could be with you...it is such an amazing experience! I may be going through this again in 2 years...my youngest son is considering it also.

Comment by annie on April 1, 2010 at 9:43am: Thanks much to you guys, will get caught up on the 'reads' ASAP.

Comment by annie on March 31, 2010 at 9:10am: Hey gang, we are about 5 weeks away from graduation if all goes according to planned. Our LO is on the Hi Moms committee. We will probably get more info as we approach the time for 14-10, but could someone give me basics about Hi Moms. I think it's a dinner/event the nite b/4 graduation? And are the fam members of the class invited as well, or is this strictly for moms/wives/gals? Thanks, any info would be great, you guys are so sweet to care for those of us coming in behind you!!

Comment by gatorjls on March 30, 2010 at 11:57pm: Has anyone seen the 10-10 Hi Moms video? My LO was one of their indocs and I'd love to take a look...maybe I can see him. I have tried looking on here and online..cant find it.

Thanks!

Comment by Helene on March 30, 2010 at 2:02pm: thank you so much, Cheryl and Prof...really appreciate the direct answers!

Comment by starofthesea on March 30, 2010 at 10:15am: HELENE, thanks for asking the question and CHERYL thank you so much for answering it. I was wondering the same, I was just waiting until the events got a little closer to our date. Taking each day at a time.

Comment by Helene on March 29, 2010 at 10:19pm: congratulations to all the 12-10's...I get teary-eyed just thinking about when we get to Newport in oh my gosh...about 5 weeks!!

While it's still fresh in your minds....please tell me what to wear! I have read so many versions of outfits that I just can't see straight! I know the younger girls are getting all dolled up in cocktail dresses for their fellas...what does mom wear? To PIR? To Hi Moms? To graduation? I've read that after the 5am run, you can go straight to the chow hall to watch them eat..is this still done? Thanks in advance for your answers! Oh! Also, what did you do in Newport and where did you eat?
thank you!