Hey there Navy Moms! First of all, I want to express my high respect for anyone that has served in the military and am extremely thankful for your service and all of our brave kids out there serving our country. Also, this site has been incredibly useful to me and I would not have survived without it. Thank you Navy moms!

I've considered blogging for a while now, I just wasn't sure where to start. My son…

hello all,  so my daughter was offered honor guard. it sounded good at the start until we read that she can not advance above E3 and that she really puts off A school for 2 years while she is an honor guard while all the others from bootcamp are going forward with there dreams. My daughter souded like she had regrets signing the papers excepting this position if they offer it to her but is there any way for her to get out of this after she signed the first set of papers???  She is was going…

Hello, My son’s in Division 382, how can I join the 10/11 PIR Group.  Thank you.

I haven't heard a word about who my son has approved for graduation guests. my travel plans revolve around whether or not i can take my guest or he allows his dads guest.

Not sure how to proceed. do i need to worry about hotels filling up for 11/1 graduation?

what is the latest i should look at booking?

thanks all.....

This is my first post. My son left for BC Aug 14th. He was in processing a week longer than normal because he was put in a 900 division that needed to be filled up. He has absolutely loved boot camp and all of his letters have been so upbeat and positive. It has really helped me stay positive and not dwell on missing him so much. He started week 4 on Monday, but we got a call from him on Tuesday. Apparently he had broken his pinky finger 10 days earlier. It was put in a splint, but when he…

My daughter left on 9/17.  I have been preparing through this site (and others) reading everything I can since the end of February when she entered DEP.  I was prepared for the first 24hours!!  In fact, other than the hurry-up and wait, everything went better than expected!  My "I'm here" phone call came at 20:15 - about 6 hours earlier than I thought it would.  She was calm and there was no yelling in the background.  I have found the more I tell of my experience to friends and co-workers…

 We are in Week 5 right now of boot camp. I haven't really posted in the blogs since my first one after he left for bootcamp.  So it has been a few weeks...lol...in those weeks, we have received our first letters, which were hard because he was struggling and he was so tired and homesick. To the first phone call, where we were able to talk to him for 20 whole minutes. He sounded so good..."Hi Ma'am its me James" brought tears to my eyes. He sounded so grown up and all I could picture is my…

Can someone who knows how, or is able to, please create a PIR group for November 1 2019 grads so we can start to connect and get to meet other moms in our TG or divisions?

I don't know how....too new to the page. Ha!

Thanks ladies,

Sailormom1

Hello, everyone!

My son is a week from his PIR, and ever since I received the "form letter", I've tried to send him letters, along with other entertaining reading, at least a few times a week.  Of course I keep it upbeat and positive.  But - I must admit - it was challenging to keep-up the pace with fresh, funny material, along with creative ways for us to communicate.  And because you're writing frequently, after a…

Good morning and thank you for the service of your loved one!

We have missed two calls from our son in the past few days. One was early in the day on Monday and the other at about 11PM last night. These calls seem unusual in terms of time, and he left no message! I was able to learn that he was calling from Ship 6, but he was originally assigned to Ship 12 with a PIR date of Aug 30th. 

We are dazed, confused, and lost. Does anyone know if Ship 6 houses regular divisions, or RCU…

Hi All,

I've been keeping myself so busy but missing my son so much.  He called and left a voicemail last Aug 13.

In his brief phone call he said that he has been moved to a new division and that he has been separated from the navy due to medical reasons.

What exactly does this mean?  Is he being sent home? or is he injured and just waiting to start after recovery?

Is there any way for us to contact RTC to find out more info?

Thanks so much!

Good Morning All, 

It has been a whirl wind the last few days. With my son shipping out on tuesday and then trying to come back to our "normal" lives without him. We are all trying to keep busy, which with two other children is not hard. My daughter starts her senior year this year and that is craziness is a nutshell.  My middle son (it is the oldest who join the navy) is getting ready to start college at the local junior college and then there is the normal business of…

Hi! This is my first post. I hope it works!

My son left for Boot on July 11. I was all excited on the front of him going cuz I could see how excited he was. Now I can't hear his voice and ask how he's doing I am feeling sad. 

Any suggestions? I work full time and am staying busy....