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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

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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Ohio Navy Moms

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For Navy Mom's from Ohio

Members: 340
Latest Activity: Jan 28, 2022

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Comment by Tuttismimi Ship 11 Div 154 on March 15, 2014 at 12:39am: My daughters PIR is 4/25. Can't wait to see her! Just wish we brought them home for a couple weeks after basic. Sure miss her!,

Comment by tammyl on March 12, 2014 at 9:37pm: Anyone on here going to the PIR on 04/04/2014

Comment by LMC -mom of 2 Sailors! on February 16, 2014 at 8:43am: Welcome all! I don't come on here much anymore but I do get the posts to this group in my email.
Any of you who are interested in coming to the Brunch at Moosehead, Olmsted Falls 44138, next Sunday. Are WELCOmE to join us. This will be our 3rd year to do.a February Brunch there. It's about $15 each adult. We are meeting at 11:00 when they open. They have us set for 20 people but can always increase that with no problem. Some bring the hubby,kids and a few Sailors have joined us. If you are coming just tell the hostess Ohio Navy Mom. Bring a picture of your sailor if you'd like.
(My son is turning 23 on the 27th of February and has been in since April of 2010. He's Aviation Support Tech. Since boot camp graduation he's been to Pensacola,Florida/ Lemoore,California/ Afghanistan/ Everett, Wa. Deployed on the USS Nimitz this past year and currently back in Everett.

While your loved one is in boot camp do keep that cell phone close or home phone. Write your sailor and give him the phone number to call you at in order of attempts. Sometimes they can only try one number and the calls are short sometimes. Other times you get a ten minute call.

Remember No NEWS is GOOD NEWS!! Everyone has a different experience so don't get upset if your letters aren't coming or you've gone without hearing. Just as you are trying to cope with them away they are trying to cope with being away.

And check out our Ohio Navy Moms on Facebook.

Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4 on February 13, 2014 at 10:43am: Hi, Moonbeam, welcome to the group. I don't live too far from you. There are several of us from Mantua. In fact one has a son in the Nuke program I think. The Ohio moms Facebook group is having a luncheon soon that you might want to check out.

Comment by Moonbeam on February 12, 2014 at 10:30pm: Thanks Patti~ I mostly do FB, but thought I'd give N4M another look since my son is almost done with school. Yes, I'm up between Cleve/Akron area. Good luck to your son!

Comment by Moonbeam on February 12, 2014 at 9:16pm: Hello fellow Ohioans ;). I was searching through the groups and found this one... I live in Walton Hills, which is next to Bedford, Northfield, and Valley View. My son has been in for just over 2 years, and is hopefully finishing up Nuke training in the next month. If his orders stick, he will be on a sub in WA state.

Comment by MachelMMmom on February 9, 2014 at 8:28am: Congrats to your son, Veryproudmom!!!!!!

Comment by VeryPROUDMom on February 8, 2014 at 6:29pm: My son was sworn in 01/23/14

Comment by rhonda/ship 13 div 102 on February 1, 2014 at 1:39pm: Any Ohio moms have a son/ daughter that swore in at MEPS on the 13 of jan?

Comment by Cindy D on December 9, 2013 at 2:29pm: My son's ship is in "River City". Does anyone know what this might all be about? I know that it means there is no communication. I thought it was an actual location at first. If you google it is talks about being in River City when someone dies until they can notify the family. I am such a worry wort and just wish I could hear from him. He left on deployment 2 weeks ago and I have not heard anything since he left.