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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 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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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.)

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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

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Connecticut Navy Moms

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Are you a Navy mother (or other) living in Connecticut? Join us!

Location: Connecticut
Members: 55
Latest Activity: Aug 27, 2023

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Comment by Donna on September 29, 2013 at 11:37pm

Comment by Donna on September 29, 2013 at 7:37pm: Hi Prayforthe sailors,

What you have is wonderful. We still needed the large items too! After speaking to a mom that has done a Christmas packing party she suggested the idea of the small boxes. But, we still do the large boxes also.

I just wanted to let moms know that may not have purchased anything yet to consider doing the smaller sized items.

Sorry if I confused you.

Comment by prayforthesailors on September 29, 2013 at 6:20pm: Hey Donna, I just saw the post about items for the Christmas packing party. I had sent out notices to the students at my school from the list you sent me. Things are starting to come in, but it never said anything about small items. I have gotten magazines, full size shampoo bottles, etc. What should I do????

Comment by Valtameri on September 29, 2013 at 2:11pm: ZWB/Kathy -- Did you just head to PIR? Congratulations!

Comment by Donna on September 28, 2013 at 10:13pm: Thanks Donna, I will put on the MAS page about the dinner at the Port 5. I'm not sure if I'll be able to attend since my nephew will be married the day before on Long Island. It's going to be great! He's going to be married at Gurney's. Gurney's is in Montauk, on the ocean!!!

Oh and how proud am I going to be since Andrew will be home on Leave. He'll be wearing his Dress Navy uniform and I'll be beaming with PRIDE!

Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on September 27, 2013 at 9:09pm: @ Donna, how exciting to receive an invitation to the Navy's celebration and dinner!!! That is really very nice. I wish I was going to be around, but I will be in PA looking for a new home for myself & probably my younger son, Andrew.

Did you leave a comment on the MAS page? That is the kind of news everyone gets excited about! You should plan to take a few pics to post both here and on MAS. That's the sort of thing Susan is always looking for to put in the monthly newsletter. Just a thought!

Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on September 27, 2013 at 9:05pm: Welcome Bird Mom! And, @ proudmom63, a big welcome to you too!! You've found a wonderful group of Navy mommas here. I'm from MA, but CT & MA worked together on a New England regional packing party last year and got to know each other through that.

Now this year, "our" own CT Donna is going to be a Mom of the Month (aka MoM)!! She's CT Donna, so you can differentiate between her and me (aka NYPD Donna, because my son is with the NYPD and a Navy reservist too).

Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on September 27, 2013 at 9:01pm: @ Mom C -- so glad you'll be at the packing party. I HOPE to make it, but will have to wait and see how things are in November. I don't know if you heard, but I lost my husband suddenly the end of May. I'm looking to leave MA and move to PA closer to my sister and brother who live in Lancaster. Since losing my parents and now my hubby, there is really nothing to keep me here in good ol' "Taxachusetts"!!!

Comment by proudmom63 on September 27, 2013 at 1:18pm: just found this group...looks interesting!

Comment by Donna on September 25, 2013 at 8:25pm: THe Commander from the Port 5 sent me this message. Please message me if your interested in going.

Sunday Oct 13 at 4 pm Port 5 will have a ceremony to honor the 238th Birthday of the United States Navy, parents of Navy service members are welcome to attend. Dinner will be served after the ceremony. Let me know if anyone is interested.