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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.

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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

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Navy.com Para Familias

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Centennial PIR Group (07/01/11)

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For those with Sailors who participated in the Recruit Training Command Centennial PIR on July 1, 2011.

Members: 74
Latest Activity: Jun 29, 2012

Congratulations new Sailors! We are so very proud of you.

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Comment by Pam T 09/213 on May 29, 2011 at 2:37pm: This morning the children/youth of our church did a tribute to our military. I guess I can say I've always KNOWN what Memorial Day means... but it never was AS PERSONAL as it is now, with my own daughter in the Navy now. As I watched my son, who played the lead soldier, giving his life for his country and his GOD, I found myself crying... thinking of my daughter and all of our 'kids' who are at BC right now learning to be the BEST Sailors they can be and go on to defend our country in what ever facets that may be. Here is a photo of my son.... saluting in honor of his sister SR Thompson! God Bless our kids as they get through BC and on to being a real SAILOR!

Comment by ConnieC on May 29, 2011 at 1:39pm: @Katiesmom that is how I am going to refer to the other guy, so funny.
Jessica so can relate to your post!

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on May 29, 2011 at 1:35pm: Same here Maria!

Comment by diannep on May 29, 2011 at 12:32pm: katiesmom: You are hysterical! You sound like a fun lady to hang out with...if anyone is having a "down day," contact katiesmom...she'll have you laughing in no time! :-) Love the "practice" hubby idea.....I hope you wrote him a "thank you" note since he prepared you for your "real" hubby...maybe you can send him some flowers...

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on May 29, 2011 at 12:20pm: Hey there, I found this online and thought you all would like it(:

You know you are missing a sailor WHEN
You sleep with your cell phone in case he calls in the middle of the night
The mailman knows you because you are always out waiting for him to come
You frequent the post office so much the staff knows your name
You make friends with strangers online just because they are in the same situation as you and are the only ones that can truly understand what you are going through
You find yourself checking your FB every fifteen minutes
The highlight of your day is getting a letter that was mailed a week ago and if you don't get a letter, the highlight of your day is writing him a letter that you know he will be able to read in a week
You get excited about unknown or Chicago phone numbers calling you
You find yourself randomly crying and you sometimes have no idea why
You stay on the internet for hours searching for anything and everything about the military
You are reading this and smiling and nodding because you know its so true♥

Comment by TL3MOM &1's a Sailor-Ship2Div932 on May 29, 2011 at 12:13pm: Has anyone stayed at the Quality Inn in Waukegan before? It says they are 3 miles from base and they have a shuttle to PIR...any comments??

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on May 29, 2011 at 11:06am: Yeah, I switched to Firefox over a year ago and I hate Internet Exployer. Firefox works so much better for me :-)

Comment by diannep on May 29, 2011 at 8:11am: Good idea on the water bottle. I am one who never gets sick, and my sailor was not sick at PIR...but I came back from PIR with a little "something" that took my voice away for a few days.

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on May 28, 2011 at 10:38pm: Linda, I definitely will, my boyfriend is in 932 choir(:

Comment by ConnieC on May 28, 2011 at 10:02pm: Great idea on printing out these pages! My husband was reading where it is recommended for each family member to include your Sailor to have their own water bottle, don't share anything. Also, lots of hand santitizer for use. I'm going to start on my Vit C now, I've got the rest covered, hopefully!