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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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Any questions regarding DEP, boot camp, A school or in between can hopefully be answered here. I myself was in boot camp from June-August of '09 and am now stationed in Norfolk, Va. This site helped my mother so much, its my time to return the favor.

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Latest Activity: Aug 15, 2023

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"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child." - Sophia Loren

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Comment by nicole~a sailors girl(: on October 8, 2010 at 10:46pm: Ohp! haha, it's just another way, you way seems alot easier though!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on October 8, 2010 at 10:26pm: Thanks Nicole! I'm the one who uploaded the phone. I just click on the camera above the Add Comment box, find the jpeg on my computer, click on it and hit Add.

Comment by nicole~a sailors girl(: on October 8, 2010 at 10:04pm: It may be your computer, try reloading it.

Comment by mommajilloffcsn on October 8, 2010 at 9:47pm: I just tried watching the video and after buffering it kept stopping/cutting out at the same spot about 1/3 of the way thru. Does anybody know why?

Comment by nicole~a sailors girl(: on October 8, 2010 at 5:22pm: niauz - captains cup is like a friendly (competitive for the recruits) tournament, volleyball, races, fun things and skills that they learned, against eachothers divisions. It's usually the Saturday before their PIR. As far as the PFA, not sure on that. Sorry.

HAVE FUN WHO!!(:

Marcy - It was asked how someone could upload the photo that was previously posted, with the phone, can't remember who it was, may have been you?
well tinypic.com isn't a way to save it..you save it to your desktop or whatever, but then like, if you wanted to post a photo on here(you can do this with any neat photos you find, of you and your sailor, or cute things like the phone) and upload them to www.tinypic.com
copy the HTML code, and paste it here, and it will show up so people can see it. it's just a way to upload it.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on October 8, 2010 at 1:49pm: http://www.navyformoms.com/video/navy-racks-boot-camp

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on October 8, 2010 at 1:46pm: Exciting! We're waving, Who!
DAB, thanks for for the reminder. I tend to go straight to my groups, and forget all the good stuff available on the main page.
Nicole Lee, what is the deal with tinypic.com? Is it basically an alternative to saving on your computer? Easier for PC's? Always looking to learn new stuff. I have a Mac, just click and drag photos where I want them.

Comment by niauz(Proud Sailor Mom) on October 8, 2010 at 2:51am: nicole lee- thanks I figured it out and posted it on my group!
does anyone know for the PFA test whats the lowest score they can get to pass and also the highest? what is the captains cup? what do they have to do to win it?

Comment by nicole~a sailors girl(: on October 7, 2010 at 6:47pm: Hell Week is multiple inspections and tests all crammed into one week.
It's very exhausting from what I was told by my bf.
Sorry, can't really specify.
Just tough testing.