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Navy For Moms

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

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**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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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1moreNukeMom

I am just feeling my around this site, trying to learn how to communicate with other mom's who are so proud their hearts are about to burst, but at the same time who's hearts are broken just thinking about being seperated from their loved one. My son took his first swearing on December 14th, 2012. He was accepted into the Nuke program and given a BC date of October 1, 2013. He's ready to go right now, but I'm enjoying the days we have left together. I want to communicate with all of you, but especially the Nuke moms with the October BC date. I hope I learn how to use this site real fast because I know I'm going to need your support. Thank you for letting me join you!

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Comment by lemonelephant on February 12, 2013 at 7:12pm: I see you have joined NUKE moms; you will also want to join Leavin' for bootcamp in October and/or October Boot Camp Family to connect with others with loved ones who may be leaving the same day/week and may have PIR with your Future Sailor. As it gets closer to his ship date, be sure to check out the discussion, Things to Do in the Last Month Before Your Future Sailor Leaves for.... I also suggest you join Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) and New Members Stop Here and check out the Pages (found under the pictures of the Members) and Discussions there.

Your future Sailor may want to join http://www.navydep.com to learn the ins and outs from the DEP point of view. Craig runs that and will steer him to some good links on there.

(Group names and the links within this reply are clickable links.)

Comment by lemonelephant on February 12, 2013 at 7:12pm: Be sure to check out OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes To Your Profile); you need to make change number 2 at the bottom.

BTW, edit your Blog to add a Post Title. When you don't include a title, the NING program automatically puts the first 200 characters of your post in as the title and that gets pretty long. Click "Options" in the upper right, then "Edit Post" and insert a title.

Comment by BunkerQB on February 12, 2013 at 11:01pm: My son was a nuke officer on a submarine. Your son will have many civilian job opportunities if he decides to join the civilian world after he is done.

In the meantime, I would like to suggest the following:

1) Don't ask questions about bootcamp in the Nuke Moms group - that group is intended for families whose sons/daughters are done w bootcamp, A School and are down the pipeline going to Nuke Power School or Prototype. It'll get more complicated and stressful.

2) The groups listed by lemonelephant are the perfect groups for you to join at the moment. Get to know the "Navy Life" and you'll be in company with all the other members who are just getting their feet wet. You'll probably meet up with others going in as Nukes.

3)   Click on all the links and read up on stuff. The more you read, the better prepare you are.

4)   However, if you find that you are stressing out because of information overload, then slow down - take a break. Just make sure that you go thru the Things to Do in the Last Month Before Your Future Sailor Leaves for...

5)   Enjoy you time with you son. This is really the last time he'll be your "little boy" - he'll grow in the time he is in the Navy. Make sure he is fit and ready to go. Make sure he doesn't hang out with the wrong crowd. Make sure he doesn't try marijuana or get a DUI (or a girl pregnant). We are being real practical here.

Good luck and please thank him for his commitment to be a part of our military force.

Comment by BunkerQB on February 12, 2013 at 11:03pm: One last thing, if you click on options, then edit blog - you can add a title to your blog (something short and sweet).

Comment by thorgirl17 on February 13, 2013 at 10:52am: My son is leaving for BC the same day and has been accepted into the Nuke program. I am sure we will have lots to share with each other!