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:

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:

RTC Graduation

**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.

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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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cbadillo
  • Female
  • Alamo, TX
  • United States

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A little about me:
I am the proud mother of four young men. My 3rd son is currently at RTC and is scheduled to graduate July 6th. I have worked with special education for 28 years and look forward to retirement!
I am here to support my
Son/Daughter
Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy career?
In the NROTC program
When I heard “Navy,” I...
Was concerned or afraid
The Navy offers opportunities that...
My experience with the Navy is minimal. My son has been gone for boot camp for a month now; that is the extent of my Navy experience.

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At 2:37pm on July 5, 2012, Proudmama! said…
Are you in Great lakes yet?
At 12:05pm on July 3, 2012, Lorna said…

Thank you!!! For your kindness ,my son is in Div.815.  Most likely my mother and sister will go to PIR, they just have to wait a little until everybody is seated, but hey!! is such a relief.  My son still doesn't know they are going, hope he calls soon so I can tell him.

God Bless you,

Thanks

At 2:02pm on June 25, 2012, diannep said…

If they miss their call, they are supposed to be allowed to call either later that day or the next day.  But of course, nothing is written in stone!  So hoping that you hear from him!  Does he have FB?  Sometimes they pay for internet time and get on there while waiting for the phones, so be checking that too.

At 11:16am on June 22, 2012, HossLuvinNavyMom(S09 D205) said…

Hi cbadillo!  Just wondering how far you are from Austin TX.   My father lives in Austin, I was born in Wichita Falls (way back!).  I Google Earth all the time and did Alamo and it seemed near but then I think they meant "the Alamo" and not sure got it right.  Just wondering.  My SR goes by JD usually but maybe Joey, Joe, or Joseph - I think it is what he wants to say at the time. Wonder if our SR's know each other?  Where did you end up staying for PIR?  Hope to hear from you?

At 2:05pm on June 14, 2012, HossLuvinNavyMom(S09 D205) said…

Nice to meet you too.  I live to search questions I have on Google and found this Forum - IT IS A LIFESAVER!  But then there is so much I get lost too. The key is to keep looking around at topic and remember where they are.  I have started to go into them (more than once) and cut-n-paste anything I think will be relevnat in the future (PIR, A-School etc) and keep it on a draft in my email so I can make "lists" or refer to as needed.  I sent a calling card, stamps, a list of ph#'s (not used!) and was thankful to know to.  KEEP searching around - there are lists of day to day schedules etc.  It is also way cool to meet Moms I may meet at PIR or even longer in life.  I just got our 4th letter and he is not too descriptive (we want to know all!) but they are limited in time and he was not much of a writer anyway, just thankful it has been 1 each week!  He has been sick the whole time with virus's and then he and his bunkmate got pink eye, but that should be cleared up by now.  Hopefully they will be all better soon to enjoy the last weeks.  NEARLY THERE - SO excited!!!  He told me some friends names but only the last names, said he hates that there are no first names used.  But we can't say last names so not sure us Moms could figure out who our boys know.  Funny.  Break finished, but hope to keep in touch.

At 11:27am on June 13, 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

At 1:00pm on June 12, 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!!!

 
 
 

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