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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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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

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

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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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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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All Mom's who hail from the very proud state of TEXAS!!!

Members: 1411
Latest Activity: Nov 25

A Little Bit About TEXAS

Welcome all Moms who hail from the very proud state of TEXAS!!! Please tell us about where you live in Texas (we all know it is pretty big). Also, give us an idea about what your Sailor is doing and where he/she is (watch for OPSEC issues, though).

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Comment by Brenda Sue on June 29, 2009 at 9:31am: Charley, I am making tentative plans to come - but don't know what my sister's future holds (they just found she has melanoma). If we don't have to be at the doctor, we will probably be there (well, just me - she won't be in the sun all day)!!

What stage of building is this house going to be at that time? Will we be framing, roofing, wiring (haha), plumbing, painting, landscaping?????

Comment by CCR on June 27, 2009 at 3:20pm: Yeah Melinda - CPO is an E7. My brother was a Chief Petty Officer, like your son. So now add the ET and/or FC to that... is it FC/PO3? Like Mary said, its so confusing, petty officer 3rd class has one stripe, while petty officer first class has 3. Seems all backwards.

Comment by Brenda Sue on June 24, 2009 at 11:30pm: Click Here - for information about the "meet and greet" in Denton!!

Colleen and I have talked about going - but now it all depends on how things are with her!! It is probably a 7 hour drive for us - so we would be making a weekend of it!! Sounds like "fun" though!!!

Comment by Brenda Sue on June 24, 2009 at 3:08pm: again THANKS!! Yes, Colleen worked in the rice fields as a flagger for the crop dusters in her younger years - and we were only about 20 minutes from the beach - so another popular place - and her husband is an avid beach fisherman - so here she goes again!!

The death of the ozone layer is a scary thing - but I agree with you - although, I still spray my hair (some) and drive (but I do carpool to work).

Yes, we have another oncology nurse on this website who is a dear friend (LynnDear) and she has been feeding us websites also. I am not much of a reader (ask my politically active friends - don't tell me where to read - just tell me) - so I'll know who to come to with questions.

We do live about two hours from MD Anderson - but she said that she just wants to deal with the oncology department closer to home - Beaumont. I believe they work closely with MD Anderson as far as the treatment goes.

You don't realize how much just getting to talk to you has helped!! I guess it is like when our babies left for boot camp - the GREAT UNKNOWN!!!

Now, mine is headed for Spain - another GREAT UNKNOWN - but I have found some moms whose kiddos have already been there and done that - and we have been "chatting" Thank God for Navy for Moms!!!!

Comment by Brenda Sue on June 24, 2009 at 1:33pm: Laura - thanks so much for the encouraging words!! I know that Colleen is reading them as well!!

Questions ?? We don't have cancer in our family - diabetes YES - cancer - NO!!! We don't even know what questions to ask! Any help here appreciated!

Comment by Brenda Sue on June 24, 2009 at 12:59pm: aw - THANKS!!! She just called and had an x-ray and Cat Scan done today (yuk, the barium test??)
This sister is Anna Colleen on this website. She is the one that makes the "Freedom Wraps" and sends to the guys in the sandbox. I am sure she has made 100's of them!! Joni, she was at the Waco get-together with me.

Comment by Brenda Sue on June 24, 2009 at 12:13pm: Melanie!! Looking forward to chatting !!

I am going to warn you - we just found out my sister has melanoma - she should go to an oncologist this week for more information. The doctor that biopsied it told her "it was as bad as it gets". So . . . not sure what the future holds. I will have to go to the doctor appointments with her so that I can write down what they say!! I still want to go to Denton - and so does she - if we can!

Comment by Brenda Sue on June 23, 2009 at 11:47pm: Helen, This is the first that I've heard of another cookbook!!! I helped with the first one!

Comment by Sharon (Amy's mom ) on June 22, 2009 at 9:58am: Hi Texas Carol it good to know that there is someone else right here in Round Rock. I would love to get to know you, maybe we could get together.

Comment by Brenda Sue on June 21, 2009 at 7:38pm: Helen, your are quite welcome. I'll never look at a penny lying on the ground the same way any more! In fact, I dropped one today on my way out of the store - I had to stop and pick it up and thank God at that time for allowing me to put my trust in Him!!