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
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
BUD/S Class 281
Information
Class 281 is on the march through the phases of BUD/S
Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/prebudsmomss
Members: 59
Latest Activity: Nov 7, 2012
Discussion Forum
Prayer Chain
Started by ProudFamily. Last reply by Ray Ray Mar 8, 2010. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Sign up for Prayer CHain through this discussion. We are basing the times on PST.Continue
A Place for Prayers
Started by Tee-1sailor's mom. Last reply by Tee-1sailor's mom Mar 8, 2010. 55 Replies 0 Likes
I think it would be great to have a place to post requests, answers, or just general prayers for Class 281 or any pre-bud family. Everyone is Welcome!
Comment Wall
Comment
-
Comment by ProudFamily on March 15, 2011 at 10:53pm
-
Whoops... think I opened a can of worms.... only the guys can order them and I think they ordered a specific number when they had them made....I think bullshirts made them for them....
http://www.nswfoundation.org/events.htm
Great Organization we need to all support! Lots of events around the country....
-
Comment by sue on March 15, 2011 at 6:10pm
-
I looked on their website, and don't see the classes shirts. How can we see what one looks like? Describe it to us! Can you post a photo of the shirt by your name? I'd love to see one!
-
-
Sorry, my son is now in a later class, but went through BUDS with 281 . He sent us a t-shirt this week that he purchased for his dad. I had seen the earlier classes shirts at Bullshirts when on a visit, so he got us one from his HW class.
-
-
Just received the coolest t-shirt in the mail today with the numbers 2 8 1 on it! Wow what a badge of honor! My husband is out for his daily walk in it right now....Our son will be graduating with a later class but shared 2010 Spring Break with this class! Love the shirt!
-
Comment by go-navy4 on March 14, 2011 at 12:10am
-
Lovemy2boys, I will say prayers for your son and all the people of Japan.
-
-
good luck to him! and everyone there!
-
-
Rachel - I feel the same way. What other sites are you checking? This is the only group I am in.
-
-
We did Sea world and the Zoo on weekdays, and it was empty! no waiting at all! wonderful! full day at each. Wish I could go and meet my 282 moms also! we want a full report of your experiences also!
-
-
Great to be with you also, Mama I'm coming Home ( how did you come up with that name anyway????) Wish we could have stayed longer. 282 moms: go for a week if you can! a few days before and a few days after. My husband is jealous about skydiving, what memories you have! I have to admit, I didn't shed a tear at the ceremony, it was just so overwhelming, and it felt like my body was full of adrenaline and in shock, kinda. Yesterday, alone, I got a text from my son, nothing special, and it hit me how much more I miss him, now that we spent almost a week together. I miss his smile and wit, and I sobbed for a good while on my couch. Haven't cried since Hell week. Always such mixed emotions, joy and fear and loss and pride, all rolled into one emotional cry. Mom's hearts are forever vulnerable, no one tells you that when they are newborns. And this is just the beginning.......
-
-
This is a quote from the Admiral that spoke at the graduation:
"The highest reward of a man's
toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes from it."
© 2025 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
You need to be a member of BUD/S Class 281 to add comments!