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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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- have 4 kids, little one just joined Navy, now i'm an empty nester and have decided to start an axolotl aquarium
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- At Boot Camp now
- When I heard “Navy,” I...
- was proud and encouraged it
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- i wish i had taken advantage of. she will be able to travel and see the world
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- has been positive and maturing.
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I see you accepted and got the message. I will reply to the private message. This site is old school, and it can take a little getting used to, but once you do, it is a lot easier to keep track of messages and such than some other online platforms I am familiar with, IMO.
I sent you a friend request. I don't get notified when these are accepted, so if you would just send me a little confirmation note, that would be great. I have something I wanted to share with you in a private message. Just some details about PIR that I don't like to post on the public groups.
AxolotlMom,
Hello!!! I see you joined Moms of Daughters 2 recently and I want to welcome you to our group!!! We have been a little quiet of late but we are a friendly, supportive group of Moms and look forward to getting to know you and your sailor. Please feel free to add any conversation on our group page. You can ask any questions you may have, talk freely about your feelings, fears or concerns, or just chat about life. We are all in different phases of our daughter’s Naval careers - from newbies to those whose daughters have been in for several years - from officer to enlisted!!! I have twin daughters that both enlisted in the Navy, one is a veteran and the other is an officer! I also have a son who enlisted in 2003, started as an E1, worked all the way to Chief Petty Officer (E7) , then was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer (CWO2) a year ago. My husband and I are also both veterans!! Our group here support all our sailor girls and each other as well. Not just during the Bootcamp days but the weeks and months following, as they go off to school, first duty station, or first deployment. Let us support you when you're missing her, lend an ear when you need to vent, and celebrate with you when you want to brag!! Again, Welcome Aboard!!!!!
You’re very welcome!
Welcome!! Please read my blog to give you an idea of what the first few weeks may look like.. Welcome to the Navy... Everything will be ok! The First part is some things to do before your SR leaves IF you Can, It’s NOT ESSENTIAL! Up and to the Left is a link to all the Navy Lingo! It is titled Navy Speak and you can find it here. We are here to get you through the “Great Silence” of the next 4 weeks (ish) and the 10 weeks of BC (ish). You will come to learn that No News Is GOOD News and everything is Needs of the Navy. You life will be Hurry Up and Wait and it’s ok to make plans but they are subject to change until after they have happened so it’s best to embrace the Motto: Semper Gumby!! (Always Flexible!!)
My son is in SC now for Nuke school finishing up week 6. It requires lots of discipline but if she was in ROTC I'm sure she will do fine.
I posted this in the BC group but I will share it here as well. - Moms of Daughters 2 - Navy For Moms (ning.com)
Feel free to send me a friend request. My son was a Nuke and met his wife on the ship he went to afterwards. My son's enlistment is over now, but my DIL reenlisted.
AxolotlMom -- Welcome to the Navy4Mom site. I encourage you to please come join us in the BC Mom and Loved Ones Group - Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) - Navy For Moms (ning.com)
That group page is the best place to go and ask questions and to read lots of information. This site is old school (set up by the Navy) and it is a lot easier to navigate on a computer than on a mobile device.
If you are on a mobile device, be sure to put it into desktop mode, so you can scroll around the group pages. When you join the BC Mom group you will then be able to post questions, concerns, ups and downs in the Comment Wall Area where more of the members will see your posts. You will need to scroll down past the information, past the discussions and then you will find the Comment Wall.
Please come join us, we would love to have you. The more you post the more you will see others post and can connect with fellow members hopefully going through BC with you as well.
Welcome to NAVYforMoms.com AxolotlMom!
Head to “Settings” on the main page right away to add a profile image (no last names visible, please) and complete your Profile. Then - and this is important! - read these Community Guidelines and this Operations Security (OPSEC) Checklist, for the safety and privacy of all our Sailors.
Then jump right in! Browse around the site and check out the groups and the information in their Discussion Forums.
Join this group for boot camp moms, where you'll also find a group for your Pass in Review (graduation) date; and this one for PIR Reference Information.
Get a head start during boot camp by joining groups for, and learning about, your Sailor's occupational specialty and "A" School; and later your Sailor's duty station and/or Navy ship and homeport. You can also join groups for your own state, region or home town and interests from getting ready for deployment to care package ideas!
Please say Hi when you join a group, and feel free to ask any and all questions - everyone was new once, and there is no "dumb" question. This site was created by the U.S. Navy just for you, and we look forward to getting to know you and your Sailor. Welcome to the NAVY family - we're so glad you're here!!
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Please note - there are blue hyperlinks up above. Click on them and they will take you directly to the groups.