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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
N4M Merchandise
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.
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
Badge
SHIP 04, DIV 820 and DIV 821 Brother divisions....
This discussion is for those who have an SR in Ship 04, DIV 820 and 821, PIR 10/14/11. These are brother divisions and will be spending a lot of time together from what I understand. Remember OPSEC rules and for security purposes...no pictures of your SR or names of SR. God bless you all!
Views: 8220
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by cmpnavymom Div.820 on
-
My son will be graduating with this group. So excited to be able to fly to IL. for his PIR.
-
-
Permalink Reply by Missy (Ship 04 / Div 820) on
-
Hi everyone. I just joined this group. It's nice to have a place to read and share our thoughts since we are all in the same boat (eeerrrr . . . situation). My sister-in-law's 3rd grade classes all wrote letters to our kids in this division. My son wrote and said they were hilarious and that everyone has enjoyed reading them and wants to write the classes back. I would love to read the letter. Thought this would make you smile. <3
-
-
Permalink Reply by moand 04/821 PIR 10/14 on
-
That is just awesome I'm sure my son enjoyed reading them. I'll have to ask him about them. Thank You!
-
-
-
My son wrote about these letters in a letter home... he said they all loved reading them and were passing them all around... they were discussing how they were going to respond...it really brightened up the day!... please send a great big thanks to your sister-in-law!
-
-
Permalink Reply by juliem on
-
My son is also in this division; I am still learning so much, glued to this website practically! Sent my first letter today, was wondering if they get their mail as it comes in daily or only once a week?
-
-
Permalink Reply by past45 on
-
Remember to read the OPSEC guidelines and rules. I don't think we are to have pictures of our SR and names of our SR who are going into SPECOP for security reasons. That is how I understand the guidelines. If I am wrong on that, please let me know. Just a heads up for those of you whose SR is going into that.
-
-
-
No, that is how I am understanding it also, and getting these same guidelines from different sources also.
-
-
-
Good...I am as new to this as you. We will learn, and pray together ! :) As far as the letter, I think once the person in that division or ship, not sure which it is, is trained for the mail (gov job) I think they can get letters daily, except for Sundays and holidays, but the way I understand it from others on the site, is that it could be a couple of weeks before they actually start to get the mail because of the person having to be trained. Again...remember I am as new to this as you are! Feel free to friend me, so we can talk more!
-
-
-
Okay, feel so stupid to ask, gotta be pretty easy but how do you friend people? I thought I saw someone explain this but can't find it now.
-
-
-
Julie, I sent you a friend request. The only way I know how is you try to send a message and it says you have to be a friend, so it will allow you to send a friend request! There is probably another way, but I am pretty inept at all of this! Don't feel stupid. The only way we will learn, is to learn it together and to ask! :)
-
-
Permalink Reply by TexasSailorMom on
-
Don't worry, this site confused us all at first! I am a mom whose son PIR'd several months ago from an 800 div. As far as the friend thing goes, just click on the person's pic and when it goes to their page , there is a choice for Add As A Friend under their pic on their homepage. : )
Which Spec ops job r ur SR's training for? The 800 div's are all Spec Ops and All male Divisions but there are several jobs in spec ops...EOD, SWCC, SEAL, Air Rescue...just wondering who is doing what.
Feel free to ask questions, I'll try to help. Always remember "no news is Good news!" especially in the 800 div's as they are harder on these guys and they don't always get extra phone calls like some other div do. Hang in There!
-
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
