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.
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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Kristel2400
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- A little about me:
- My son left 8/18 for quarantine now a precursor to actual boot camp. He got to Day 1 Training but was put back in quarantine a second time for cold symptoms. He now has PIR of Oct 29! He’s my one & only and I’m so very proud of him but he grew up way too fast. I know the next few months are going to be so hard - I’m grateful to have found this group❤️ I am welcoming of any advice, support and/or encouragement.
Update: My son graduated BC (2020) & attended A school in GL. He visited for Xmas and now he’s stationed in SD but deployed on USS Russell. Hang in there new moms...I swear to you it does get easier.
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- When I heard “Navy,” I...
- was proud and encouraged it
- Our Navy experience so far...
- has been positive and maturing., is challenging and exciting.
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Good Morning Kristel2400 - I saw your request in the main room chat last night but it was late by the time I saw it and I needed to get to bed.
I wanted to share about a new group Beyond BC - Navy For Moms (ning.com) that I started a couple months ago. It is a place to just hang out and chat with other moms from BC or to keep up with your friends. Feel free to join. I don't know that there are other moms from USS Russell but you can ask questions about deployment and things.
Are you on your son's ombudsman list to receive notifications?
I believe we had a new mom just recently ask about the PACT Moms group. Even if others aren't active on there, if you post comments and just do your best to reach out to someone that might be new, you can spark a renewal in that group, even if it is just for one other mom. This site is only as active as we make it and we all have a place to make a difference.
Glad to have you back and checking in.
Hi Kristel2400, Thanks for friending me, sorry late reply. Love your Pictures! If there is anything I can do for you just let me know!
Hi Kristel,
This is my 120 playlist. It is close to "natural heartbeat". I sometimes add a song that ends up being "wrong", but I try to fix is as soon as possible. I think it will be about two more weeks until I can "test" the speeds of anything I added. I am *almost* starting to miss my elliptical .... maybe a few more days/weeks/months/years!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/24JLzSNFRCKF5IIqV1RtiH?si=P9drtJBpQoqsLWLjNnbVIg
If you find anything out of speed, let me know .... I am constantly adding/subtracting/moving songs. Saves me from having to work out :).
Kristel2400 - Thank you for the friend request!!
I didn't receive a form letter but she called and got to talk for quite a bit this morning. Prob just to tell me she was in quarantine, so I got her address today. May if you get hold of recruiter they can tell you. Fingers crossed!
Kristel2400 - You are welcome!! Going through BC Mom training is unlike anything else that we do as Moms. It is a roller coaster ride of emotions and just as roller coasters in real life affect us all differently, so does sending off a child to Navy BC. None of us are alike and some are affected differently, but we have all been through the process and we learn that we can get through it, and just like our new sailors are stronger for having gone through BC, so are we Moms. It helps to prepare us for the times ahead when we have no communication from our sailors because they are out doing their job and ours is to keep the candles lit, the flags hanging in our yards, and the thoughts and prayers going forth for our loved ones.
Kristel2400 - Welcome to BC Moms group. I am glad you posted. Hopefully the discussion on how to view the site on your mobile that I linked in the main comment area will be helpful to you.