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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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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- A little about me:
- Professional accountant, navy mom.
- I am here to support my
- Son/Daughter
- Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy career?
- Enlisted
- When I heard “Navy,” I...
- Was proud and encouraged it
- The Navy offers opportunities that...
- Builds character, provides structure, and is a great way to serve our country.
- Our Navy experience so far...
- It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.
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Sending Little Touches Of Home
AUSTIN, Texas (NNS) -- Lynelle Starling of Austin, Texas, sits and matches pieces of fabric, cuts and then hand-stitches them until another blanket is finished for a Sailor in Germany who will be returning from deployment.
Warrior Transition Program (WTP)
The blankets are en route to Sembach, Germany, to the barracks of the Warrior Transition Program (WTP). WTP is where redeploying Sailors do gear turn and begin the transition from Afghanistan, Kuwait, and other forward locations to the United States. The blankets Starling makes provide comfort for more than 180 Sailors a month. She began making blankets in February 2014 when her son, Navy Capt. Dan Starling returned from a visit to WTP as part of his duties as Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center (ECRC) commanding officer and shared his experience with her.
Navy Moms Call For The Call For Duty
Once she heard of the need for blankets, she knew she had to do something for our returning warriors. With the amount of personnel returning home to their families, Starling averages over two blankets a week with the help of her daughter-in-law and grandchildren, but the bulk of the work is done by Starling herself. With two veteran children and a father who was a World War II veteran, this is her way of giving to those who serve.
"I really enjoy making these blankets and I know they're going to people who will need and appreciate them," said Starling.
Chief Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) Tim Alber, leading chief petty officer, WTP, appreciates Starling's commitment to providing a little piece of home and warmth to our returning warriors.
"The average temperature difference here in Germany is about 30-40 degrees cooler than Afghanistan, which can get as hot as 110-120 degrees. The average temperature in Germany is similar to that of Oregon or Washington, which is why a soft warm blanket is nice to have for our returning Sailors," said Alber.
She will never meet those Sailors and they may never know her name. But for her son it's not about recognition, but taking care of our own because she did such a great job of taking care of him.
"My mom has always been great at sending little touches of home every chance she got when I was deployed, so it's an honor for me to know that her support for the Navy will now be shared with returning warriors for years to come," said Starling.
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It's not a good idea to post a pic of your son every time you post. See change 4 at the bottom of OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes to Your Profile) (clickable link). Also make change 3 while you are there. There may be other changes you need to make as well, so read and consider each of the changes. Another change that I recommend that is mentioned in change 1 is to change the ZIP code to one that is not easily associated with your son.
Hi, do you have a recruit in boot camp or a Sailor in the Fleet?
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 and this Survival Guide for NavyForMoms Newbies that was created by one of our members.
Enjoy your time here! I look forward (along with the community) to reading more about you! :)
-Tiffany