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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 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.

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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Comment by rorysmom(Ship13Div244) on December 30, 2010 at 11:35am: Hi all...my emotions go crazy understanding what all of the new boot camp moms are going thru....even though my sailor graduated in July, it still gets to me! Bless you all...when it is done, you will look back and think that it went by so slow, but so fast at the same time. The tears will slow down...I promise.

Comment by BBWinthemoon on December 23, 2010 at 1:12am: Hi my son arrived 12/9 at boot camp. We got the box and form letter but that is all. How are you doing? It is a tough road.

Comment by DeeSailorMom on December 23, 2010 at 12:55am: Hello, I'm new here! i'm from Rancho Cucamonga and My son is in his 2nd week of bootcamp! I have received his "box" but, have no Idea how he is. No form letter yet!!!!

Comment by BBWinthemoon on December 16, 2010 at 8:30pm: Yea! We got the "box" and form letter this week, PIR is 2/11, hopefully I can finally get some sleep tonight!

Comment by JudyB. on December 14, 2010 at 11:53am: Hi, I'm from Pismo Beach, CA. My Corpsman is graduating FMF(field marine force) Thursday, Dec.16th. It has been a long haul but he came through it with flying colors! So T will be assigned a marine platoon as their "Doc" when deployed. I'm happy to say that we will be spending Christmas with him this year!

If you all didn't know that Navy Corpsman are the most Respected out of the rates because of the wealth of medical knowledge that is learned in a very short period of time! Your Sailors have chosen a rate he can hang his hat on...You should be very Proud of your Corpsman as with all rates in the Navy!!

I hope Everyone on this site has a very heartfelt Christmas this year and a Happy New Year!!

Comment by terese71 Ship 03 Div 017 on December 14, 2010 at 11:32am: Hi I am from Riverside Ca and my son is a Corpsman in A School in GL

Comment by Stacy (mom of Ruthie) on December 14, 2010 at 2:13am: Hi, ladies & Merry Christmas! Are any of your Sailors a Corpman? Any feedback (positive or negative) would be appreciated by a curious momma. I have looked up some stuff on other Navy sites. Mine may be going to that A school in the spring :-) PM me if you could.....thanks!

Comment by rorysmom(Ship13Div244) on December 14, 2010 at 1:27am: The waiting is awful...praying a good nights sleep for you!

Comment by BBWinthemoon on December 14, 2010 at 12:55am: Still waiting for the "box" and form letter, lots of moms who's sons left the same day, have already gotten theirs, nothing yet, a little frustrated and sad, happy for all of them though...It has been a tough week, the days are ok as I am busy, but the nights are long and sleepless, so I am sure the lack of sleep is not making things any easier.