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:
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.
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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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ALUMNI OF PIR 08/16/2013 TG 40 - 13 Divisions (299-310, and 940)
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Welcome to the group with SAILORS who graduated Boot Camp on 8/16/2013. A place to keep up with each other as your sailors continue their journey in the Navy.
Location: Great Lakes. IL
Members: 98
Latest Activity: Feb 10, 2014
~OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance.
~N4M’s also has Community Guidelines just like any other social media.
~Please take the time to read the OPSEC and N4M’s Community Guidelines.
~A quick note here, from the N4M’s CG’s:
• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:
• Sailors’ last names. This includes your username if you share the same last name as your son or daughter.
Some Suggestions:
~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.
~First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember, everyone can see it and someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. Again, your option
~It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends".
Comment Wall
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Comment by Diane on July 26, 2013 at 6:51pm
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Got a call from my SR today. His PIR has been changed to 8/23 instead of 8/16. Thanks ladies for all the information and support.
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Comment by nikkih01 (ship 014 div 308)! on July 26, 2013 at 6:32pm
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@lici I'm very sorry to hear about your daughter. I wish her a speedy recovery. I wish her good luck in her personal future endeavors.
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Comment by CatMom509 on July 26, 2013 at 5:16pm
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Happy Friday!!
"Every word of God is flawless;
He is a shield to those
who take refuge in Him."
Proverbs 30:5
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Comment by shello63 on July 26, 2013 at 12:36pm
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licismom and gramma- I am so very sorry to hear about your daughter/granddaughter. Prayers for you and especially her for healing, strength, comfort, and love. She has a great support group for her in you guys, so she is lucky. Hoping the process getting her home is smooth and quick.
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Comment by diannep on July 26, 2013 at 11:29am
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licismom: You may want to join the following group for some support and help:
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Comment by pmarnell on July 26, 2013 at 8:48am
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two letters in two days. So proud of my SR, he is still loving it, loves the challenges, LOVES the PT...he's been out of 'the nest' for three years, so I didn't have the same anxiety as a mother whose child is leaving home for the first time, but I had other concerns regarding his happiness. All of that has been relieved, everytime he tells me he can't wait to see me at PIR...and I tell him I can't wait to see him early, as he will be at two other PIRs prior to his..I will livestream again today - get goosebumps as I watch our nation's finest - become Sailors. And look forward to sittig in that audience to see my son become a Sailor.Thank you NavyMoms for all the info, all the encouragement..everything. I don't post much, but I look forward to meeting everyone at Sarge's
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licismom: I'm so very sorry....prayers that they will get her out quickly so she can move on with her life. Hoping the medical issue is something that can be resolved completely once she is home.
Good Morning All !
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For those of you looking for a special gift for your SR-soon-to-be-Sailor, please check out www.pirgifts.com . They have Challenge Coins, which are a military tradition. Craig, who is one of thei administrators on Navy for Moms, designed the ones that are connected to the ships at RTC. The name of your SR's ship is right next to the ship number in the Discussion section. When you click on one of the coins, you will be taken to a page where there is a video about Challenge Coins. This would be a special gift especially connected to their Boot Camp days! Another really sharp coin is the Core Values one in the section where 70 other coins are available--it has cut outs and a diamond cut beveled edge. These coins are no longer given out by the Navy to the Sailors, so it is up to friends and family. My Sailor daughter thought hers was "cool" when I gave it to her after PIR!
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licismom,
Oh, so sorry to hear of your daughter's coming home due to a medical reason, but hopefully it can be taken care of when she is back. I believe that things happen for a reason and just be there as a comfort to her. There is just another path for her that she needs to figure out when she is ready...
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BirdsOfAFeather,
In God's planning of the grand scheme of things, what matters is when your SR completes Battlestations and becomes a United States Navy Sailor!! Gotta pick your battles and just know that you are right to yourself and just let your hubby "think" that he is right too~~
Pages (7)
- N4M’s Community Guidelines and OPSEC
- SHIP/DIVISIONS ~~ What are they and how do they fill them?
- RTC Website and RTC Family Guide links
- LIVESTREAMING OF PIR SERVICE ON INTERNET
- Calls from your SR
- What ARE They Doing in Boot Camp? Synopsis, Videos and a Day-by-Day account (up to Week #6) from a Sailor. PLUS-Boot Camp for Dummies!
- Writing Letters ~ Jokes and Fun Stuff to include in your letters/Contact Lenses and Make-Up
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