This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
FIRST TIME HERE?
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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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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Judy Jo
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"Good Morning Judy Jo and welcome to our group.
When you can click on the blue link and come and join our group boot camp. Let us know how you are doing.
Boot Camp First Weeks Timeline(See Things to Do in the Last Month Before Your Future Sailor…"
"Welcome to NAVYforMoms.com!
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…"
Profile Information
- A little about me:
- I am the wife of an Air Force veteran and now about to be the mother of a future sailor leaving for boot camp tomorrow. I am so very proud. Always looking for the bright side. Happy to help others whenever I can.
- I am here to support my
- Son/Daughter
- Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy career?
- Waiting to leave for Boot Camp
- When I heard “Navy,” I...
- was proud and encouraged it
- The Navy offers opportunities that...
- Can take my son Dustin to places I can only dream of. Advance his career and future.
- Our Navy experience so far...
- has been positive and maturing.
Judy Jo's Photos
Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 9:43am on August 20, 2021,
Chipmunk said…
Judy Jo - Welcome to BC Moms group!! We are glad you are here. Be sure to come say hi on our group page. When you get there, scroll down past the information, past the discussion section and you will come to a comment wall on that page as well. That is where we do our daily chatter, post our ups and downs of this BC journey and ask questions and receive as up to date information as we have to share with you.
This site is best viewed on a computer, it is easier to navigate in my opinion. If on a mobile device be sure to try it out in desktop mode.
BNMHs (Big Navy Mom Hugs!) - My son has been in 4 years and is out in the fleet now after 2 years of school.
- At 11:44am on August 18, 2021,
partyofseven said…
Good Morning Judy Jo and welcome to our group.
When you can click on the blue link and come and join our group boot camp. Let us know how you are doing.
Boot Camp First Weeks Timeline(See Things to Do in the Last Month Before Your Future Sailor Leaves for RTC.)
First Things First-- The Quarantine Edition
Here are some links for you to read over.
Keep your phone on you at all times and that ringer on loud as you don't want to miss that first call home. Keep saying I love you.
Welcome again.
- At 8:39am on August 18, 2021,
If you ever need anything feel free to click on my picture or B'sNukeMom's picture and it will take you to our profile page where you can post a comment and we will reply. Mine are set to moderate which just means it doesn't become public immediately and I may not reply for awhile. The BC MOM group is also your best reach out area as well.
- At 8:35am on August 18, 2021,
Also, this site is not as mobile device friendly as other sites so we recommend you use a computer at least to get familiar with the site. I don't post on anything but my computer, but I am still not tech savvy on my phone. If on a mobile device we recommend putting it in desktop mode to view better.
- At 8:33am on August 18, 2021,
Judy Jo - Welcome to N4M site. I noticed your comment in the main room chat. I wanted to make sure that you know to come join us in the BC Mom and loved ones group. Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) - Navy For Moms (ning.com) - Note any of the pages that are highlighted in blue below in B'sNuke Moms comment are all hyperlinks to other pages and information on this site, including the BC Moms group but I gave you the link as well.
Please come join us there. Not many people see the posts in the Main room chat and that group page gets a lot more activity and more members see the posts. So when you go to the page, there is a lot of good information to read, but scroll past that, scroll past the discussion area and you will come to a comment wall like what is here on your profile page. That is where we do all of our daily chatter in the group. Once you join, please be sure and come introduce yourself.
Some things to know if still time - be sure your son knows to call or text you with his flight # and airline so that you can follow him on a flight tracker online. Ask him to call you when he lands in Chicago. This will be the last phone call you will have for certain. When he gets to BC they are to call with a scripted call that sounds like a recording depending on how they talk. We all just say, "I love you" over and over while they are reading their script. But do try to also listen as you may be given updated info with regards to PIR. Then the great silence starts and it will be a few weeks before you receive the form letter with his address. "No News is Good News" - Hold tight to that, come chat with us, and find something to keep yourself busy. Start writing letters of just daily news and family things. Number them and be ready to mail them when you get an address. BMMHs (Big Navy Mom Hugs)
- At 12:39pm on August 17, 2021,
B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) said…
Welcome to NAVYforMoms.com!
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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