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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.

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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

Events

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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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

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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.)

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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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San Diego Moms/SOs

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We had another group for the moms and significant others based in San Diego or with sailors based in San Diego. But it disappeared! So I'm starting a new one so that all of us in San Diego or with loved ones here can connect!

Location: San Diego
Members: 224
Latest Activity: Feb 15, 2023

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Comment by abuon18 on March 4, 2015 at 7:57am: Vickie, when my husband was deployed we kept his phone on our regular plan (Sprint). We didn't change to an international plan or anything. We have unlimited data and Wi-Fi so that helps. Anywhere he was able to connect to Wi-Fi when he was in port we were able to talk without any additional charges on our plan through FaceTime and FaceTime voice calls (internet calling) on our original plan. As for the computer, it is the same thing. When he can connect to a Wi-Fi signal in port he can Skype you from his computer. Communication on board the ship while they are at sea and not in port is pretty limited to Facebook chat and emails and a rare phone call because the lines for the phones are AWFUL (although my husband was able to use the phone in his department's office yo call for special occasions when they weren't in port, like before I was going in for a surgery and for our anniversary). Hope that helps!

Comment by Vickie360 on March 4, 2015 at 12:36am: I've asked several moms and I am trying to figure out all the options about phones and deployment.. Should we get an "interntional plan" on his existing phone or should he get a "pay as you go" phone...If he takes his phone, what should he turn off so we don't get all kinds of charges? If he uses the ship's phones, do they have access to it often? Should he take his computer on the ship? I have so many questions about how we will communicate while he is gone and how we should pay...

Comment by monniepennie on February 22, 2015 at 1:17pm: Hi guys my son is on the Sampson base out of sd. Haven't heard from him since Oct last year. Gerring a little nervous

Comment by Irene McClure on September 3, 2014 at 6:48pm: Hey Navy Moms!!! My Navy bunch has been in San Diego for close to 2 years. They love it. I love going out there to visit. When I go out there I stay for 2 weeks at a time. I just wanted to stop by and say Hi!!! Sending Navy Mom Hugs <3 to you all!!

Comment by disneygirl64 on September 2, 2014 at 12:05am: Hi everybody,

My son is stationed at camp pendleton cooking in the naval hospital and enjoying the San Diego life.

Comment by AveryMom on June 27, 2014 at 3:33pm: Hello everyone. My son has been stationed in San Diego since December 30th. Prior to leaving for San Diego, my father died unexpectedly & his memorial was 3 days prior to my son leaving to go to his station. He's been in San Diego 6 months, learning San Diego since he's from SC but he's been in Chicago for months. So he's learning more of the city life. LOL. He likes San Diego, & so will I since I'll be visiting him in 4 months. Yay! Thank you for letting me a part of this group. :-)

Comment by lovemysailor (ship 14 div 190) on May 6, 2014 at 12:03am: Hey everyone! I haven't logged on for a couple years but im back now! were still in san diego! hope everyone is doing great!

Comment by gabrielsmomma on September 19, 2013 at 11:34am: Warm fuzzies, prayers & love westward bound & continuing for all... She's beautiful... :')

Comment by chriscwick on September 19, 2013 at 10:18am: Keeping them all in good, healthy thoughts.

Comment by Cathi on September 19, 2013 at 10:15am: Last night, they delivered the baby by emergency c-section.

Heres Dads post:

Its a girl a baby girl
Sex- Girl
Weight- 2lb 6oz
Dob- 09/18/2013
Time- 6:43pm PST
Name- Evelyn
Time in tummy- 23 weeks 2 days

Mom is doing well.