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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Happy 20th Birthday

Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:28pm 0 Comments

Today is my baby boy's 20th birthday.  Kind of sad this is his second birthday I have not been with him but at least time I got to skype him to talk to him and see him.  I miss him so much!  But at least he isn't alone he has his wife, kitten and his little one baking in mommas tummy.  Happy Birthday my sweet little boy!

It's a ?????

Posted on August 23, 2012 at 3:37pm 1 Comment

Been a little while since I've been here.  Met my future daughter-in-law during the Memorial day weekend and and my future grandbaby (although I didn't know all this at the time).  So at the end of June my son texts me telling me I was going to be a grandma and shocked us all!   So July 9th we got to see the first picture of our new grandchild, July 11th they got married, July 13th our son graduated from Surgery Tech school, July 20th he packed up his new wife, baby, all their stuff and two…

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Coming home

Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:56pm 0 Comments

So very excited for this Memorial Day weekend.... My son is coming home!  Won't be for a long visit but I really don't care!  Flies in Thursday night very late leaves Monday but momma is so flipping excited she can hardly stand it.  Best part is his siblings don't know yet!  Dropping him off at 3 am at this brothers for the night then picking him up early to come back home to wake up his sister and she will just flip her lid!  She has missed him big time.  When we get to skype him she is so…

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Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:38pm 2 Comments

I had finally got my daughter to get over the fact her brothers wouldn't be home for Christmas and we were having Christmas when low and behold our oldest boy shows up Dec 1st.  Then as I was sitting there telling my hubby I was going to mail our son in the Navy his presents Monday morning our oldest son comes in and says the neighbor wants to talk to us.  I am thinking great as I sit here in my pj's.  I look up as the door opens and just start crying because there stands my son in his dress…

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At 10:40pm on January 4, 2012, PalmBeachNavy/Marine said…

Thank you for your kind words:)

At 5:28pm on September 22, 2011, Penny said…
Thats great! Where is your son stationed and how long has he been in? Our son is in CA. He has been in for only 6 months. He is really enjoying his job. How long have you lived in Normal? We have been here this time for almost 6 years.
At 11:46pm on September 20, 2011, eplee said…

Fishmom23,

My son spoke with his fiancee and evidently he is heading your son's direction.  I'm in the process of packing a few items for his "black backpack." So your 411 about the heat in the south has proven helpful.  I'm going to pack him some shorts and his Rainbows with a couple of t-shirts.  Thank you for the info.  We are really excited about seeing him on Fri at PIR.  Hooyah !

God bless you,

 

At 1:00pm on September 20, 2011, eplee said…
What kind of weather should we expect? We are flying in on Thurs evening. It would be nice for our sons to be in school together.
God bless you.
At 7:01pm on September 19, 2011, carols_kitchen said…

Have to laugh at "that looks like our Jason....no, wait, our son!" 

Hi and Welcome. 

We are happy to have you on the Navy for Moms site.  You are invited to join either the Illinois or Missouri family page as listed below.  It is a great way to find families in your area and even help plan meet and greets. We also have some packing parties for our troops overseas getting together.

Looking forward to hearing from you in one of our groups!

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/illinoisn4m

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/missourinavymoms

Be sure and let me know if you have any questions!

PS.  Feel free to cruise my page and see if there are any other groups that interest you. One of my passions is supporting our deployed troops.  Check out http://www.navyformoms.com/group/mollysadoptasailorproject and see if it is a group you may like to join.

Carol

At 3:33pm on September 19, 2011, Navy for Moms Admin said…

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

 
 
 

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