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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.

FIRST TIME HERE?

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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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 Lukesmom on August 17, 2015 at 11:53pm: Hi I'm new. My son Luke left 7/27. We are in SE Columbus area. He is in DIV 946.

Comment by Anna on July 25, 2015 at 9:31pm: Kalena,

Haven't heard from you in a long time!!! How are you and how is your sailor girl???

Comment by Tammy66 on July 20, 2015 at 8:51am: Hi all! I am a newbie!! I am from the Youngstown area. My daughter left for BC on 7/9/15, and her PIR is 9/4. So glad to be part of the Ohio moms! Thanks to LeAnn for the invite!

Comment by NYNancy on June 11, 2015 at 10:32am: Kylesmom, Hi, I'm from Central Ohio. Best wishes to your son!!

Comment by Mightymouse on June 2, 2015 at 10:39pm: Kylesmom - I am in the Southeast area.

Comment by Cindy D on June 2, 2015 at 10:26pm: Good luck kylesmom!

Comment by Cindy D on June 2, 2015 at 10:21pm: The family cruise is put on by the ship and they don't do it very often I don't think. He was on 2 different for 5 years in Norfolk and they only did it once but they were on a lot of deployments also. I don't know if that had anything to do with it. Stay in touch with NFM. That is the only thing that got me through bootcamp. If you have any questions don't be afraid to ask.

Comment by DHDNavyMom on June 2, 2015 at 9:58pm: How exciting CindyD!!! The travel sounds wonderful-I am curious to hear how the family cruise works and when/if that is offered to only certain sailors?!?! Sounds cool! My son graduated HS last Sun and is scheduled to leave for bootcamp Oct. 27.

Comment by Kylesmom on June 2, 2015 at 9:25pm: Mine just graduated high school on the 23rd and will go to MEPS in the morning for his physical and to pick his rate and swear in. We will know then what his ship date will be. I am keeping my fingers crossed he gets the rate he wants.

Comment by Cindy D on June 2, 2015 at 9:11pm: There are a few of us in the area and we have got together a couple times. Keep an eye on the facebook page. My son has been in for 6 years and they say to join the Navy to see the world and that he has! He has been all over Russia and all the countries around there, Caribbean, Panama, Guantanamo Bay, Rome, Italy, he has been to the Vatican, Africa and many more in between and he is now stationed in Bahrain. I have done a family cruise on his ship and my husband and my dad did a tiger cruise where they boarded his ship in FL on the way back from a deployment and rode on the ship back to Norfolk, VA, it took a few days. Tell me about your sailor. I think you said they are just going in but I am not seeing below now.