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

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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.

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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OS MOMS

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Would love to hear from all OS parents.

Members: 166
Latest Activity: Sep 2, 2022

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Comment by tks4 on March 27, 2011 at 10:08pm: cms

My daughter left for BC on 3/22. She is also OS.

Comment by cms on March 26, 2011 at 11:49am: Hi jdmom, My son is on ship 07, div 175.

Comment by jdmom on March 25, 2011 at 10:38pm: Hi cms, my son left for bc on 3/21/11, he also will be an OS. I wonder if they will be in the same division.

Comment by cms on March 25, 2011 at 4:48pm: Hello to all Navy Moms. I am a new Navy Mom. My son left for boot camp on 3/24/11. I would love to hear from other Moms about their experiences during boot camp. My son is an OS.

Comment by jenmack on March 9, 2011 at 8:15am: Thank you for answering my question. Do you know what week in A school he will receive his PCS orders? We can't wait to see where he goes next.

Comment by jenmack on March 8, 2011 at 7:00pm: How soon do the sailors get their leave to come home after bootcamp? Do they get a leave after A school or do they report to their ship and then get the leave? My son PIR'd last week and I was wondering what to expect. Thank you

Comment by lisa1025 on February 26, 2011 at 6:04pm: Hello just wanted to say it is a pleasure to join your group. My daughter is an Os and currently in Sasebo Japan on the USS Tortuga. Enjoying her time there will be there for 3 years.

Comment by jenmack on February 21, 2011 at 10:41pm: My son is in bc right now and is worried that there will be a delay getting into his A school as an OS. I did ask on RTC fb site and they said it is only 9 weeks long but sometimes sailors are there longer due to the delay of school starting.

Comment by navywife007/ship02div909 on February 21, 2011 at 10:35pm: my husband's an OS. he's in school right now.

Comment by Ken-55 (OS Dad) on January 31, 2011 at 9:13am: How long is A-school for OS? We had originally heard 12 weeks, but now I'm hearing that it might be only 9 weeks?