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:
Events
**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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Cathomas
- Male
- West Lafayette, IN
- United States
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- A little about me:
- My girlfriend is in the Navy and I plan on joining when I graduate in August!
- I am here to support my
- Spouse/Significant other
- Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy career?
- Thinking about joining
- When I heard “Navy,” I...
- Was proud and encouraged it
- The Navy offers opportunities that...
- Don't really have much experience this is it now, my gf has been gone for a week and a half!
- Our Navy experience so far...
- It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.
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Hi---I used to work in Lafayette (I'm a Carmel. IN gal.) You may also want to look up www.navydads.com Jim and the gang are really great!
Check in with Craig on the group above...My son had to have his dug out while he was in middle school, so this one I have no experience with.
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjob1/a/yn.htm
usmilitary.about.com covers a lot of material...some of the pages maybe a little old, so I would take the info given, and then ask your questions of a recruiter to verify.
That is great to hear. Then thank you for your choice to serve!!
Creo list...google search US Navy Creo List http://usmilitary.about.com/od/navy/a/creolist.htm
This one is three years old...but it gives a good explanation...then search for a more recent version...some things are hard to find...but if you keep looking you will find them.
Welcome to Navy For Moms!
You will find this site very helpful and full of members who are eager to answer your questions. Browse around the site and check out the forums, groups, blogs, photos, videos, and even the other member profiles!
If you haven’t already, please make sure that you review our Community Guidelines to learn the “Do’s and Don’ts” of the community. Also, check out this Internet OPSEC Safety Video.
Enjoy your time here! I look forward (along with the community) to reading more about you! :)
-Colleen
If you are considering making Navy a career, look into rates that are not over-manned vs ones that are. You will have more opportunities in the under-manned rates. You will find these rates by looking at CREO lists. My best to you and to your GF... and Thank you both for serving and considering to serve our country.
Have you taken the ASVAB...do you know what you want to do in the Navy (Rate)??
Welcome aboard! Do you have specific questions? This is a great site to learn about the Navy. Check out the DEPper's page, Boot Camp groups...which all contain a wealth of information. We have an Indiana group page here, also.