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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Latest Activity
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.)
N4M Merchandise
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.
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
Badge
Emotions galore, but working through it
As I type this blog, I'm on the verge of crying. In fact, ever since I received the text from him saying he'd been sworn in, I've been on the verge of crying. I know there are several moms, dads, spouses and other friends and family members who probably feel the same, but here it is from my perspective.
I love my son. I've loved him ever since I knew I was carrying a child and the very first time I held him just cemented that feeling. I've been one of his biggest cheerleaders and have always known that he is destined for great things. I've tried to be the sounding board when he has wanted to talk through things- whether it's girls, school, his future, should he wear the socks with the bacon and eggs or the brain waves (he'd wear one of each to solve that dilemma). We have similar senses of humor, so I always got his jokes. I'm proud that he is going to be a Sailor, but at the same time, my son is growing up and if I'm being honest...I'm not quite ready to let go...I want him to be my little boy forever (granted, he hasn't been my little boy for a while, but he was at least home and still turning to me for help...and yes, I know this is selfishness on my part).
I'm reading through the various links to find out what his new life will be like and I begin to worry. Will it be too tough, will he be getting enough to eat, will he survive technology withdrawal at RTC? But I'm also excited for all the possibilities available to him.
So as he is preparing for his future in the Navy, I'm trying to prepare to. I will continue to encourage him and be the sounding board. I'll not (or try very hard not to) weigh him down with my worries. I'll tell him I love him and let him know just how proud of him I am. I'll wear lots of Proud Navy Mom stuff and one last thing I'll say...at least his socks will match.
Views: 277
-
Comment by BunkerQB on January 21, 2014 at 2:13am
-
If you don't let him go, he won't be able to establish his own identity. He might have difficulties later on forming relationships In the old days, he would be called a momma's boy. Ya, it's hard. They are always more ready to fly away than you are ready to cut the cord. Here tape this to your refrigerator. Good luck. You are in good company. The emotional roller coast ride is hard but you'll get thru it.
-
Comment by HuffyMom23 on January 23, 2014 at 8:29pm
-
I totally get where you are coming from as do many moms on this site. I worried all the time about whether my son was getting enough sleep during bootcamp, whether he was eating enough, was he sorry he made the decision to join the Navy. He is my youngest and we also experienced the empty nest after he left. This was very hard on us for about the first 3 weeks of his bootcamp, and then it got better. After that you start counting down those Fridays until graduation. When my son came home for Christmas, he was so proud to wear that Navy uniform when he went places with his friends. I know it is hard to let them go, but you will be so proud of him.
-
Comment by dentalgurl on January 26, 2014 at 6:01pm
-
So glad to know I am not the only one feeling this way.
-
Comment by eljac913 (Ship 12 Div 053) on January 27, 2014 at 7:20pm
-
Hi, it is hard but he will do fine. I also had a hard time letting my son go in Dec 2011 when he went in. Now I am so proud of the young man he has become. He keeps in touch with us and although we don't know everything going on in his life, I feel closer to him now. Hang in there. It will get easier. God bless you!
-
Comment by doublegmom on February 1, 2014 at 1:34am
-
Im with you!!! my son left to GL on 01/28/14 and I miss him so so so much. Im a proud mom but still it hurts
Comment
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
You need to be a member of Navy For Moms to add comments!
Join Navy For Moms