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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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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John and Yvonne's Blog (88)

The Night of the Buckeyes and the Cubs!

Military Ministry at John and Yvonne's...click here to read our latest blog update.

Added by John and Yvonne on October 18, 2016 at 8:00am — No Comments

White Chicken Chili, Chocolate Chip Pie, and Nick Vujicic!

Military Ministry at John and Yvonne's CLICK HERE to see this weeks update

Added by John and Yvonne on July 31, 2016 at 7:39pm — No Comments

Chicken Wings and Apples to Apples at John and Yvonne's

Check out this week's blog update by CLICKING HERE 

Added by John and Yvonne on July 24, 2016 at 8:55pm — No Comments

Military Ministry at John and Yvonne's this Sunday

Click on THIS LINK for this week's blog update with story and pictures

Added by John and Yvonne on July 19, 2016 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Military Ministry at John and Yvonne's

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Added by John and Yvonne on July 19, 2016 at 12:08am — No Comments

Military Ministry at John and Yvonne's

Visit our blog at John and Yvonne's Blog for the pictures and story of this week's activities 

Added by John and Yvonne on July 11, 2016 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Thanksgiving Day 2014

Great Thanksgiving Day!

We had five sailors at the table, and what a awesome bunch of guys! Cristian (USS Kearsarge), Mark, Jonathan (USS Eisenhower), Austin (USS Eisenhower), Jedd (USS Truman).

Austin made "Angeled" Eggs for us (Yum!). Jonathan and Cristian made guacamole and salsa for appetizers. Yup! Yvonne made everything else...except the gravy. That's always my job! 

Before we ate we started watching the Detroit-Chicago game. Than Yvonne called us to the table and…

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Added by John and Yvonne on November 28, 2014 at 6:59pm — 1 Comment

Life after boot camp

We know that it is hard for all you navy moms whose sons and daughters are headed to or already in Boot Camp!  And of course after they have graduated, they will be transferring to a school's command somewhere else in the country.  The most important thing you can do for them, besides staying in communication with them, is to pray for them.  It's not always easy for them to be far from home either.  That's where we come in.  If any of your sons or daughters transfer to Virginia…

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Added by John and Yvonne on October 11, 2011 at 11:59am — 3 Comments

My Publisher Photo Book

I just created a photo book in mypublisher.com that turned out fantastic! The printed book is just like a professional coffee table book you buy in a store. I've been looking for way to show my pictures and this is phenomenal! I love it! The price is also great! With a base price of $29.80 you get 20 pages and the cover. You can create stories in each book.

Added by John and Yvonne on August 11, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Hello!

Wow! I can't believe it's been so long since I've been on here. I really haven't fallen off the planet. Just have had a lot going on in our church and in our military minsitry. "Busy" doesn't even begin to cover it! I'm going to have to schedule time to get back on here. Hope no one has like, totally forgotten us. :)

Added by John and Yvonne on November 23, 2010 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Saturday May 1, 2010

Yvonne and John and Cody ate hamburgers and fries at the house and were starting a game of dominoes, then decided to go to the Virginia International Tattoo at the Scope in Norfolk instead. The beautiful colors, pagentry, and music from international military bands were awesome! I am soooo glad we went! I think this is going to be an annual event for us.

Added by John and Yvonne on May 1, 2010 at 11:34pm — 1 Comment

Sunday April 25, 2010

Had a housefull this afternoon! Savannah, Brandon, and Malachai (NAS Oceana), Cody (USS Fort McHenry), Kim, Aiden, and Barbara (NAVSTA Norfolk), and Sarah and Jacob! We ate Italian Crepes and a spinach and artichoke vegetable, and then vanilla biscotti and coffee for dessert. Yum! Then we watched the first eight chapters in the Matthew video and prayed together. What a great day! Check out the pictures I added.

Added by John and Yvonne on May 1, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Saturday April 24, 2010

Had a good night tonight with Brandon, Savannah and Malachai (NAS Oceana), and Cody and Pricilla (USS Fort McHenry. We played Settlers of Cataan and ate club andwiches and chips. Yvonne won the game!

Added by John and Yvonne on May 1, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Civil War Reenactment Photos

Here are some of the photos from the Civil War Reenactment we went to in Yorktown, VA. It was really cold that day, but we all had a good time anyway! After spending the day watching the war and interacting with the soldiers on both sides, we went to Andrea's Italian Restaurant (best pizza in Hampton Roads) for pizza, then to (believe it or not) Coldstone Creamery for ice cream.

Added by John and Yvonne on March 27, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Annual Civil War Reenactment

We have the annual Civil War Reenactment coming up this weekend. We'll be spending the day at the Endview Plantatin in Yorktown, VA. It is always a fun, interesting, and educational day! I'll put pictures up when we get back.

Added by John and Yvonne on February 26, 2010 at 1:01pm — No Comments

Haiti Relief Effort

It's exciting to know that three of the sailors who come to the house are involved with the Navy's mission to provide needed relief to the country.



One of them said: "We are in Hati, and many of us have been to the beach doing Humanitarian relief work. I got to go to...and did medical relief work for 3 days. It was the most exhausting, fulfilling and blessed situation I think that I have ever been in. The Haitian people are wonderful, and very thankful of all the care that we can… Continue

Added by John and Yvonne on January 21, 2010 at 2:03pm — 1 Comment

Thankgiving Dinner!

Gobble! Gobble! Gobble!



Wow, this was one of the best Thanksgiving Dinners we have had in nine years!. There were 15 of us! David and Aaron (USS Harry S. Truman), Brandon (NAS Oceana) and Savannah, Brandon's mom (Brenda) and dad (Jesse) and brother (Aaron) and friend (Nick), Trever (USS Gunston Hall), Kim (Norfolk NAVSTA), Aubree (Dam Neck), Sarah and Jacob (our grandson), and Yvonne and me. Only one person was missing - Brian our son-in-law. He had to work - in Minnesota. Check out… Continue

Added by John and Yvonne on November 28, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Pot roast and potatoes and carrots!

Sunday (July 19, 2009)



Had a great day today! Sunday school was good, we talked about about faith/doubt/rebellion. Worship was excellent too. Pastor Rodney preached about Satan wanting to sift us as wheat - don't let him! Then Savannah and Brandon (Oceana), Brian and Sarah (my daughter and son-in-law), and Randy (Marine – Camp Lejeune, NC) and Nikki and Sarah Mayzak enjoyed a pot roast, potatoes and carrots, followed with apple crisp and ice cream for dinner at our house. We watched… Continue

Added by John and Yvonne on July 24, 2009 at 1:10pm — No Comments

One of our Marines came back to visit

Saturday Evening (July 18, 2009)

We had Randy (Marine Cpl) and Nikki and little Sarah here visiting us for the weekend from Camp Lejeune North Carolina. It was fun making and eating home made pizzas and playing catch phrase with them, and Savannah and Brandon (Oceana), and Trever (USS Gunston Hall). Then we all shared prayer requests and prayed together. Check out the new pics.

Added by John and Yvonne on July 24, 2009 at 1:06pm — No Comments

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