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

**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.

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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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A little about me:
We are new to the military and will be sending our only child to the Navy in 3 days. I think I've wacthed every video and read all the material online I can find, but I'm afraid I have no idea how badly I'm going to miss him.
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

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At 5:44pm on June 30, 2012, MomOf4 said…

I think my weekends are going to be the hardest, Blake wasn't always here, he spent some weekends with his dad, but I sure am missing him today. Hope you are holding up well!!

At 4:07am on June 30, 2012, Recruit Man - Ronny said…


Welcome to NavyForMoms.com!!

I hope you get all the information here you are looking for.  Please stop by the Survival Guide for New Moms for some of the info to start with.  
If you have a new Recruit and need phone cards for them please check out Calls for Recruits.org and get them for FREE.  I feel that the Family, Loved Ones, nor the Men and Women of our Armed Forces should have to pay for phone calls from Boot Camp.  The link above will take you to the website to send the email for the FREE phone cards if you need them.  Please spread the word if you know of anyone who can use this great service!!!

At 10:55am on June 29, 2012, Dakota's Mom said…
Dakota is my oldest child so this is all new to me. We have four younger children to distract me. I can't imagine how quiet your home must be. I do well outside of the house but when I'm home I can't stop crying. When I see his chair at the family dining table it breaks my heart. I'm sure it will get easier,and we will find a new norm, but right now it is painful.

Dakota has been in DEP for a year so we also had time to get used to the idea. He is going in for IS-ATF (Intellegence Specialist-Advanced Training Field). He was on a waiting list for the job and we were thrilled when we learned of an opening early this year.

To tell you a little about me...my name is Amy. I'm a Christian from Bloomington Indiana. As I mentioned above, I have five children. Dakota, 18, Hunter, 13, Brooklyn, 10, Londyn, 1, and Aniston, 5 months. (I was divorced 5 years ago. I thought I was done having children but when I remarried we decided to start again:) I worked at Indiana University for 14 years until this past April when I quit to stay home with the kids. I didn't know if I would make a good stay at home mom but I'm loving every minute of it. What a blessing.

I would love to know more about you and your family. I'm thinking of you and your husband today. I hope our boys are doing okay. I'm not looking forward to receiving "the box" but I can't wait to get his address!
At 12:44am on June 29, 2012, Dakota's Mom said…
How are you holding up? I've done nothing but cry since Dakota left! This is much harder than I ever imagined.
At 5:14pm on June 25, 2012, Navy for Moms Admin said…

Welcome to NAVYForMoms!

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

 
 
 

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