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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

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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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Wisconsin Navy MOMs

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Moms from Wisconsin who want to share their photos or share their experiences of their son or daughter in the Navy.

Location: Watertown
Members: 123
Latest Activity: Jan 28, 2020

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Comment by Haup9 on August 6, 2012 at 9:49pm: Hi All,

Just found this group. Our son will PIR 9/7 - He is in Div 943 playing the trumpet in the band. He left on 7-10. We were lucky enough to get a phone call from him on Friday 8-3. We got to talk to him for 17 minutes! His Mom and I were both so excited!!!

Tom

Comment by nytesail on July 26, 2012 at 4:26pm: Navyweek Coming to Milwaukee starting the 2nd week of August!! Lots of happenings along with the Air Show at the Lakefront. Check out the website.

Comment by sharbear36(ship 9 div 288) on July 25, 2012 at 7:03pm: Hi,

I'm from Milwaukee and my son is right now in BC with a PIR of 9/7. I can't wait for the phone call. I miss him so much but also so proud of him. I'm waiting for my form letter that it seems all other moms on this site that have children in this Div have received already. I'm glad I found this group, it feels like an additional support system because we are all close already :)

Comment by mom2nw on July 25, 2012 at 4:21pm: A blessed Wisconsin afternoon to all the Navy Moms out there. I got to spend a very restful week in the north woods in the Minoqua area and waved to all of you on my drive back--you saw me, didn't you? I hope everyone is well and I pray for the safety of our brave men and women every day.

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on July 23, 2012 at 10:52pm: My sailor was in a 900 division. They are the performing division; although, not everyone in the 900 division has a music background. I was told that a high ASVAB score will get you into the 900 division. I am not sure about that. So, besides doing all the boot camp stuff, they also have to learn routines to perfom at the two PIR ceremonies before them. Every third division is what they call a staff division. That is what my sailor was in. During his PIR, instead of marching in the ceremony, his group (all males) had various jobs to do. My son's job was to give some officer his sword (I think the fancy name is Cutless). Some of the other guys had to hold doors or get coffee for the officers. Some were "body snatchers." Their job was to make sure noone looked like they were going to pass out. If they did they had to get the sailor to safety. For us, the kind of sad part was that we didn't get to see our son until well after the ceremony. Many of the challenge programs, such as seals, get put into the 800 division. Other than that, the sailors are put randomly into divisions.

Comment by 4camps on July 23, 2012 at 6:29pm: Hi,

Can anyone tell where I find info on what the different divisions mean? Sounds like div 900 is a really big deal but I cant find info telling me whats what. My son is ship 09 div 288 with PIR on Sept 07, 2012

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Comment by Brit'sMom on July 22, 2012 at 7:23pm: there is a new group on facebook called - Navy Moms Wisconsin - it is a private/closed group so information that we do share is not seen by the public...if you would like to join this great and growing group come check us out. Hope everyone is doing great!! Kim