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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.

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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)

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Welcome family and loved ones of sailors serving on USS Kearsarge, homeport Norfolk, VA! Please be sure to review and observe the OPSEC guidelines below to keep our sailors safe :) Introduce yourself and join in the chat! Current group Admin: Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom

Location: Norfolk VA - and everywhere!
Members: 128
Latest Activity: Oct 19, 2022

USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)

"Reveille to Taps" - This is a very cool three-minute timelapse video of Sailors performing their daily operations onboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge.

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Comment by jkl2z7 on September 7, 2010 at 10:03pm: Welcome NavyMom2010! I am new to this too. Although, this is my son's second deployment I didn't know anything about this site or anything about anything....LOL. It is such a relief to know that there are other moms out there that meet here to help each other out and to guide us new folks...I hear from my son about every other day. I try to write to him daily. It is such a relief to know that he is Ok. Thanks everybody.

Comment by Lori on September 6, 2010 at 10:56am: Hi everyone,
hope all is well this labor day,

Comment by Lori on September 5, 2010 at 2:04pm: Hi everyone,
Hope things are going okay with everyone. I have been keeping busy with work and Grandson's. Miss my son voice.
take care all

Comment by jkl2z7 on September 5, 2010 at 10:25am: Hi Ladies, I will be praying for our sons/daughters and I will be praying for that group also. I would love to know where my son is. But, I will just wait and find out later....His safety is my first concern.

Comment by embarkguru on September 4, 2010 at 7:49pm: Ladies, since there are so many people on the ship now the internet is limited to certain things, sadly Skype is one of those things that may not happen on the ship. Things might change when they are in port and when the internet is less 'busy'.

Comment by jkl2z7 on September 3, 2010 at 10:56pm: Hi, I didnt know we were allowed to send out care packages. Can you tell me what we are allowed to send. i would like to send one out to my son. Any news on the storms? where they are at at the moment...I want to follow them on the map? My personal email is jkl2z7@yahoo.com...I know we want to keep it private...thanks for your help.

Comment by jkl2z7 on September 1, 2010 at 8:00pm: Hey Ladies, I am new to this site. My son just deployed and I wasn't able to be there when he left. Is there somewhere I could go to see more pictures of the sailors...maybe I could get a glimpse of him. Also, I know they aren't allowed to tell us where they are,but is there a way for us to know close to where they are. I am so proud of my son as I am sure you are all proud of your son/daughter.

Comment by Lori on September 1, 2010 at 6:21pm: Hi Ladies,
Hope all is well, I got a couple of e-mails from my son. it sound like his been enjoying it so far. I miss hearing his voice. I'm thinking of all of you ladies everyday. hope this stroms miss them.

Comment by dma57 on September 1, 2010 at 5:03pm: JulieR - Pakistan is 9 hours ahead from the Eastern Time Zone. I thought that's what my daughter had told me then I googled it just to make sure.
I don't know all the ports of call but agree we shouldn't share that publicly. I know from previous deployments that we often won't know the port til they've left that area.
Hope everyone's having a great day!