Welcome to
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

Add an Event

**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
PDF – 2.7 MB
PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

Latest Activity

NavyMomThrower liked Proud Momma's discussion His Work Is Done

4 hours ago

B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) commented on Melissa Greenfield's group 'Michigan Moms (and Family)'

15 hours ago

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

Loading…

Get Badge

Alumni of PIR 11/24/10 DIVs. 005 - 008 & 902

Information

For all families and friends of seaman recruits graduating PIR Nov. 24th, 2010. Day before Thanksgiving.

Members: 53
Latest Activity: Feb 25, 2017

BATTLESTATIONS
Sun, Nov 21st - Div. 005, 006, 007, 008

Mon, Nov 22nd Div. 902

Discussion Forum

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of Alumni of PIR 11/24/10 DIVs. 005 - 008 & 902 to add comments!

Comment by jenifer ship 9 Div 08 PIR 11/24 on October 12, 2010 at 9:53pm: My mother just got her letter from my sister. She is on Ship 09 Division 8 on the USS John F. Kennedy. Her PIR is also 11/24/2010! We are excited that we finally have a graduation date and cannot wait to get her letters!

Comment by diannep on October 12, 2010 at 9:29pm: kacey'smom: As the letters start coming in, and the occasional call, you will feel better and better! Keep sharing your feelings on here with the others....it helps alot. When you see your son on 11/24 in his blue sailor uniform...it will take your breath away. It is the most awesome experience!

JM: Praying for your son. The bumps in the road in this journey are hard, but hopefully there are learning experiences in all of them....and things will be on track again soon so he can continue his training. Thanks for starting this group!

Comment by diannep on October 12, 2010 at 9:25pm: Hey, ladies. I"m a veteran mom like Jessica and Sobe, and wanted to join this group to help with any questions, etc. All of our sons PIRed earlier this year, and they are all stationed now. So hopefully, I can join Jessica and Sobe to share any experiences I have had. Good luck to all of your recruits! This is a nice small group, so I hope that you all get to know one another very well!

Also, if anyone is looking for a great group for prayer, Christian Chat on this site is wonderful. We welcome all requests for prayer, and love hearing about answered prayer too!

Comment by shana-(kaceysmom) on October 12, 2010 at 9:10pm: i just cant wait to see him nov.24th so i can hug him and see his face

Comment by shana-(kaceysmom) on October 12, 2010 at 9:08pm: my son is in ship-9 div-006 ...when he left for bootcamp my heart felt like it fell to my stomache. the next day i cried ...looked at his picture started crying again. i know hes grown but he hasnt been away from me in over 14 yrs...specially tht far away,but i talked to him fri and he is doing good..so now i feel some what better !

Comment by srm54 (Ship 9, Div 005) on October 12, 2010 at 7:22pm: Oh, I hear you. My son graduated from high school into the recession and could never find work. It doesn't do good things for their self esteem. Please let us know as soon as possible. It seems so weird that this could hold him up.

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on October 12, 2010 at 7:15pm: I think the worst part is this knot in our stomaches just waiting for an update. There is a saying in the Navy Mom's group, "No news is good news." His appointment was yesterday, so we are guessing that if we didn't hear anything yesterday or today, things might just work out. It is just with the economy the way it is and he didn't enjoy college at all, it makes for a bleak future.

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on October 12, 2010 at 7:09pm: We are hoping that he does. He is a smart kid and shouldn't have any problems with the studing which they will still have him keep up with. And when he did his PFA he passed it easily. It just seems odd from our stand point that something like this would put a kink in things.

Comment by srm54 (Ship 9, Div 005) on October 12, 2010 at 7:06pm: JM-Ismomx2 - Oh, I hope it all gets cleared up soon. It seems so many of our recruits have waited so long already to get there and get started it doesn't seem right that they have to keep waiting. Do you think he'll be able to keep the same PIR date?

Comment by srm54 (Ship 9, Div 005) on October 12, 2010 at 7:04pm: I wonder about Grad and Go too, especially around Thanksgiving. If they are Grad and Go do you think they would wait until Friday - doesn't seem like they would want them to go around Thanksgiving - especially if a lot of the people at A school have that day off.

StarChild that's terrific. So glad you received your letter.