This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

FIRST TIME HERE?

FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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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O_Mom's Blog (4)

Since the day she left

Since the day my baby girl left for GL my life has been changing in so many ways.

On December 11th our son called us and said "the baby is on the way, meet us at the hospital"  So up all night waiting on our first grandson to arrive and hoping he would make his appearance so he could meet his Auntie.  He did!  She got to meet him before she had to be at the recruiting center.

Then we dropped her off and waited for that call the next night to say I'm here! 

I got the call…

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Added by O_Mom on February 1, 2011 at 8:26pm — 2 Comments

I got my phone call on Monday!!!

It's been a busy week, I got my phone call on the way home from work... lol I almost missed it with the radio blaring.  Glad I turned it down.

First thing she said was she was sorry she didn't call me on Saturday... LOL she misses the boyfriend.  We got 15 minutes of laughing and catching up done. 

She has a job LPO (laundry) lol she did that at home too....  She says she is happy she made this decision (so relieved on my end to hear this).  I forgot half of my questions while…

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Added by O_Mom on January 12, 2011 at 9:12pm — 2 Comments

Letter # 2 came today!

Working a double shift today and I have my break in the middle, I checked my mail when I got home and THERE IT WAS!!!  Letter #2!

 

Who ever I got the questionnaires from THANK YOU!   She used one this time... She is impressed with the Navy lingo I have learned,  says she doesn't even know what I am talking about. And I have the wonderful pleasure of still teaching her things... HA! Mom's rule ;)  There were terms I have used that she doesn't know about, and I got them all…

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Added by O_Mom on January 5, 2011 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Still Waiting

Well we are still waiting for a phone call or a personal letter.  We did receive our PIR letter a week ago.  She has been gone for two weeks now and I miss her. 

 

Christmas was so sad.  We have never been apart for this long, with no contact.  I miss talking and texting with her.

 

I keep reading the forums and understand that no news is good news as far as how she is doing. 

 

I went to the mail box today and still no letter…

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Added by O_Mom on December 27, 2010 at 2:59pm — 11 Comments

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