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

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 12/28/2012 TG 7 - 8 Divisions (039 - 044, 906 & 907)

Information

This PIR Group is for those members that have loved ones who will be graduating Boot Camp on 12/28/2012. A place to gather information, share concerns and get support as your Recruits start their Navy careers as future Sailors.

Your current Group "veteran members" are:

diannep

LaLa Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons

ellen0502

♥FireTeamLeaderWife♥ aka FTLW

Betsy, son on Stennis carrier

Craig

sjtina

Cor

Location: Great Lakes, Illinois
Members: 91
Latest Activity: Jul 2, 2015

WELCOME to PIR 12/28/2012! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP.

CountdownClockCodes.com

CLICK ME forN4M's Community GuidelinesandOPSEC.

~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".

The Weather Widget is interactive. Click the green dot on the top bar and drag it along the to change the time. Click LIVE to go back to current time. Click on the days to change to that day or expand out to six days.

YoWindow.com Forecast by NWS

Discussion Forum

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of ALUMNI OF PIR 12/28/2012 TG 7 - 8 Divisions (039 - 044, 906 & 907) to add comments!

Comment by Kimberley on December 17, 2012 at 8:15pm: Will our "Sailors" get to leave with us immediately after the graduation ceremony or will they have to check out somewhere first?

Comment by Rickysgirl23 on December 17, 2012 at 5:13pm: Just printed my gate pass. Big smile! :)

Comment by Rickysgirl23 on December 17, 2012 at 12:42pm: @MartiMar - It is their "hell" week so they are incredibly busy with inspections, test, inspections :) My boyfriend said they won't be back at the ship much so I am not even expecting letters this week because of it, but still I can't help but hope for the best.

Comment by diannep on December 17, 2012 at 9:46am: Good Morning Ladies. Some of you have reported me to that your SRs are doing BattleStations on Christmas Eve night, finishing on Christmas Day (it is an overnight drill). I will not mention divisions here as we are not allowed to. But...that date is very bizarre. For several reasons:

They will not be finished by the time that they could be adopted out for Christmas Day (I understand they have to be picked up between 8 and 9 a.m.) They usually finish around that time and then have their capping ceremony, and sometimes it is even later.

And, they will not have slept since early morning the day before and will be exhausted.

So I'm asking that any of you who have dates that you received from your SRs, please friend request them to me. I'm trying to figure this out and get a schedule going here. I had figured that they could actually go the night before (Sunday) ...or....on Wed night. Thanks, ladies, for letting me know!

Remember, please don't post dates on here with division numbers. We are trying to honor RTC's request that we do not disclose when a particular division is going through. Thanks! Private messaging is fine.

Comment by diannep on December 16, 2012 at 3:46pm: Glad you are feeling better, Lala!

Comment by diannep on December 16, 2012 at 3:45pm: Ingrid: I just sent you a friend request with BattleStations info for 039/040. Don't hit ACCEPT or the info goes away. Just read the info!

Also, go to the 039/040 discussion group above in the Discussion Forum. Hit Last Reply and it will take you to the last page of the discussion. DaytonaBeachMom's letters are towards the top of that page.

Comment by Ingrid on December 16, 2012 at 2:16pm: I am trying to find out info from DaytonaBeachMom. You posted check out the Ship 03 discussion about on letters you posted from your son but I can't find that posting. My son is in 03/040 and I have not heard from him in over 2 weeks. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks Ingrid

Comment by DaytonaBeachMom on December 16, 2012 at 1:36pm: grayiiis - check out the ship 03 discussion above - I posted my son's letters I received yesterday with all the things they have been doing hoping to help some of those who do not get "newsy" mail. He finally wrote a letter that had some info in it - he does not realize how desperate we all are for info!!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 16, 2012 at 12:38pm: I am so sorry I have been MIA from this site and facebook for several days. I have been really sick and trying to do as little as possible so I could feel better before my Sailors come home for Christmas. I am feeling a little better now and I am going to do a little last minute shopping and then get back home and get busy working again :) i hope you all have a wonderful Sunday. My heart is still very heavy for the loss of all these children and their teachers and all the families.

Comment by Bugs Mom on December 16, 2012 at 12:04pm: Lerea I also have not heard a thing from 042 but last week was the 4th week and they were very busy I am sure. U believe we will hear from them this week I pray. They are also a push DIV so you know they have been very busy getting caught up.
My prayers go out to the families in Newtown if is such a devastating tragedy.