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
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
Prowler Moms
Information
This group is for all who have sailors working or piloting the Prowler or anyone just interested.
Members: 9
Latest Activity: Aug 2, 2017
Discussion Forum
Growler's
Started by Tricia51. Last reply by Zoo Mom May 8, 2016. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Have not seen any discussions about our Growler Group, just wondering if mom's for this group are not posting about their sailors!Continue
Comment Wall
Comment
-
Comment by Diane2557 on July 6, 2010 at 6:18pm
-
DJ, Chris is now with VAQ 139. If he's in training, then Winston should be with VAQ 129. Chris is out on maneuvers in Hawaii till end of this month and should be back at Whidbey Island early August. He'll be in and out through the end of the year, but tell Winston to look for Chris! Maybe they'll have a chance to fly together!
Ladies ... have a great week.
-
-
I heard from our son. Very short emails from his ship in the Pacific doing RIMPAC exercises. Mostly he wants to hear about the soccer, tennis, and baseball games going on around the world. He claims he's too busy to sit and see/listen to a game. Yesterday we had his wife's baby shower. They're due sometime late October. It's slowly getting closer. Can't wait to greet our new grangbaby girl when she arrives.
All, have a cool weekend!
-
-
Ladies, I'm so glad you joined this little group, flyboymom. I talked to Chris about when he would upgrade to the Growler. He said it would be after his next deployment which will be Feb. 2011 for about 8 months. He loves the Prowler, though, comparing it to driving a sports car with your hand on the stick and driving it yourself. He said the new F18's/F18G's (Growlers) are not as fun since they're hands-off on take-offs, the computer flies it.
-
Comment by Growlermom711 on June 16, 2010 at 8:59am
-
my son has been flying the Prowler since 2002. he has since transitioned to the Growler, and is in the weapons school training NFO's to fly the Growler. He is at Whidbey Island.
-
-
Hi flyboymom. My son just qualified (just last Tuesday) on the Prowler. Probably one of the last. He will transition over eventually but nothing has been said about when, but probably will be one of the last there too.
-
-
Hey all you Prowler Moms (all 6 of you). How's it going with your pilots? I also hope that you all have a Happy Mother's Day! Speaking of Mother's Day...got great news! My son and his wife are expecting their first baby late in October!
-
-
Today, Sunday, is a tough day for my son. He failed his quals. He had perfect scores for his daytime landings, but did not do well for his night time ones. He nighttime landing started with low visibility and choppy seas. He made a few landings, but just barely under those conditions. He also had to abort landings a couple landings as well and go back to land due to weather conditions and landing gear problems and not enough fuel. He is so down, since this is the first time he's failed. He has to do training all over again and do quals in May. My heart is bleeding for him. He wants this so much, it's been his dream. So, I told him he can do it, be positive about it and prepare for May-especially mentally.
-
-
Hi all. Chris is started his quals yesterday! He got 5 "traps" and "takeoffs" before he had some malfunction that had him flying back to San Diego for repairs. He's supposed to go back out today through Sat. or Sun. to complete his quals. Hope all goes well for him.
-
-
Thanks DJ, and Congrats to both Winston AND you for surviving this ordeal. We you see him, I bet he'll appear a tad "older" and more self-confident. I know I did when I saw Chris.
Y'all have a nice weekend, too, ya hear?
GO NAVY!!!
-
-
Hi Prowler Moms! I've just gotten back from a long trip to the Boston area ... visit with our daughter at Boston College during her spring break. We were also there to help my husband's mother celebrate her 86th birthday. Great trip, but good to be home. Trying to catch up and have spent the last hour reading through "Georgia Moms", "Moms of Officers", and "Naval Aviation" groups.
DJ: how did Winston make out in SERE? Also, my lips are sealed. Keep well.
Chris is now enjoying the sights and sounds of San Diego. He will go out to the carrier on Wednesday to do his carrier quals for the Prowler. So, I'm holding my breath. This time around he has to do a night landing!
© 2025 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
You need to be a member of Prowler Moms to add comments!