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 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:
**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
- 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
SOUTH FLORIDA NAVY MOM'S
Information
Proud South Florida Mom's - come join us!!
Location: Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach counties
Members: 27
Latest Activity: Feb 5, 2019
Discussion Forum
Nuke A School FAQ
Started by NF Mom. Last reply by NF Mom Feb 25, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Comment Wall
Comment
-
Comment by SR TMom Ship 11 Div 067 on December 12, 2011 at 8:42pm
-
He arrived in Great Lakes at 1:30 a.m. on December 10th. No box yet..tee hee. I'm a cross over from the east side five years old. The west side of Florida is very nice. Thanks for responding Laura. Can't seem to find a group for the west side of Florida and feel too new to start one yet. =))
-
Comment by Laura on December 12, 2011 at 8:35pm
-
Sure TMsMom, its fine with me! :) Welcome!!! Where is your sailor?
-
-
Can a Mom from Collier County join your group, ladies??? =))
-
-
Awww... I wrote every day, jokes, just happenings around here, lurked his facebook friends and copied their posts to each other. He loved getting mail. I only got 2 calls, but the poor mailman got stalked! My letters arrived on Thursdays from him...took a couple weeks to get the first one.
-
Comment by janieflorida on December 10, 2011 at 8:42am
-
I don't know about the penny. Yep getting the box is a tear jerker. It gets better.
Once you get your letter, make sure write regularly, but don't say how much you miss them, Stephen said it would upset the sailors. God bless
-
Comment by MandE'smom(Hi, I'm Mary) on December 9, 2011 at 10:39pm
-
Jean, sending hugs! I remember that day well! When I got Elizabeth's box, I left it in my room right beside my bed. Just a little way of keeping her close by, I guess. Just holler if you need anything. I may be in Miami but will gladly be there for you!
-
Comment by jean on December 9, 2011 at 8:42pm
-
I got the box. I got the box. This made so happy. Because I did not received the phone call. I even laugh because his dirty underwear was there. Now I just set back and wait for the letter. But can someone tell me what the penny is for. I had a shinny new penny with his initial on it. Just seeing the box with his hand writing gave me hope and strength to carry on.
-
-
Boy oh boy my son did make it to Great Lakes but I did not get a phone call. I know I have to set back and wait for the letter and box. But I am not a wait person. So I am in training to learn to wait as the Navy says no news is good news. I just started a journal of each day to send to my son when he can start to get mail. Thank goodness he loves to read because it will be a novel. Hope you all are doing good. Laura let get me know when you want to meet.
-
-
Jean.....Huggs!!!!
-
-
Yes Laura that would be nice to hook up any time. My son left yesterday to Miami to got to MEPS today to more paper work and officially get sworn in and get his ticket to Great Lakes. This will be the longest day for me waiting for the phone call not knowing where he is. It is very painful to let the little bird leave the nest, cut the apron strings etc. But we have such a strong bond between the two of us, that I know I will survive him not being here and he will survive bootcamp. Thank you all for all you have done.
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
You need to be a member of SOUTH FLORIDA NAVY MOM'S to add comments!