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 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:
**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.
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
first week with her gone
I knew i would miss her but i thought i would be able to hold it together better then i have. She has only been gone since monday. I got her kid box today and she wrote i love you on the flap of the box and man i lost it. I know its a good move for her but there are time i ask why i let her go. It is so hard sometimes.
Views: 14
-
Comment by Laina on December 18, 2010 at 1:14am
-
I got my son's box back too..... He just drew a bunch of squiggly lines on top of mine though.... lol... I have spending a lot of time on my knees praying for his comfort and well being and believe me, it's truly helped... I will say a prayer for your daughter as well.... With the holidays, it makes it seem like forever... We will see them again before you know it though.... Each day will get better... I promise... Sounds like you have an amazing daughter.... GO NAVY!!!!!! I love that saying.
-
Comment by Darnell on December 18, 2010 at 1:41am
-
thank you soo much. we all need as many prayers as we can get. I will also add your son to my prayer list.
-
Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 18, 2010 at 10:37am
-
I find myself asking the same thing. Why did I let her do this? But I have come to realize that I didn't let her. It was her choice and she wanted it bad enough that I chose not to "pitch a fit". The first few weeks are so hard. Everything makes you cry, even TV commercials. All someone had to do was ask how she was or have I heard from her yet and I lost it. I will say it gets easier. The roller-coaster doesn't seem to stop. I can't believe how much things have changed in the past 8 months. It is incredible. I will keep you in my prayers and if you ever need to chat I am here for you. Just let me know. Lala
-
Comment by TexasMomof2 on December 18, 2010 at 1:02pm
-
The first several weeks are the worst.....so hang in there as it does lessen somewhat.... As far as why did you let her go? You "let her go" because you are an AWESOME Mom who realizes that this is what we do with our children. We raise them to be responsible adults for them to be able to support themselves and go out into the world. She isn't gone so don't look at it this way. You aren't cutting those apron strings, they're just being loosened. So hang in there and write her as much as you can - regardless of what she says. :o)
-
Comment by Cjmint on December 18, 2010 at 7:00pm
-
I got my son's box today. It is hard! He has only been gone since Wednesday. I have already written several letters to him...just waiting to contact his recruiter on Monday for his address. My son did squiggly liners as well as writing " love you Mommy" on the box. I lost it at that point because he hadn't called me mommy in a long time... My name had become mom or mother...they all need our prayers.
-
-
yes, they will tell you before they leave to write once a week or a couple times while they are gone. By the time they get that first letter and realize the connection they want letters every day lol. They live for the mail call.
-
-
Im praying for you and your daughter. Thank you all for sharing!
-
-
My daughter left for bootcamp 2 weeks ago today. The worst part for me about this, is not being able to pick up the phone and hearing her sweet voice, her infectious laugh and random quips. I received a letter and her "box" much sooner than I anticipated, but I have to say, I really didn't know what to expect or how soon I would hear from her.
When she announced to me, a year ago, that she would be joining the Navy, it was a complete shock! At first I thought she was just considering it as an option, I knew she was sick of school and not excited about going to college, even though she has a full ride. I also THOUGHT I knew she wasn't "Navy material". She was in Guard at her high school for 4 years, which took an amazing amount of practice, team work, discipline and committment but THE NAVY, wow.... that's huge!
For the past year she was going to the recruiting office a couple times a week, and in July she Depped (new language for me) in, at that point I knew she had made up her mind. I wondered how she would handle having to cut off her beautiful waist length hair, not wearing sundresses, make up and heels, her passion. She's always been quite a girly girl, with a million friends storming the house almost non stop. How could she leave her friends? She would leave for school in the morning with a goal of meeting a new person a day, walking up to them and introducing herself, starting a conversation and eventually bringing them home. And she's brought home every kind of kid you can imagine. lol...
The purpose of me telling you all this, is in her letter she tells me she has no regrets, everyone she's met is awesome, very nice, plenty of food, she's warm enough, we live in a southern state and she's never seen snow, so she thinks it's beautiful. She loves her bunkmate and all the people assigned to her "deck", she told me to stay positive, not to worry and LIVE, she's on a grand adventure and doesn't want me to be consumed with her choice. After all, it is her choice. I'm just trying to figure out when she became the grown up?
So maybe if your son or daughter left 2 weeks ago, they are one of the awesome, very nice people my daughter has met. I hope this helps anyone who might read it,I miss her very much.
Happy Holiday's and peace to all for the New Year.
-
Comment by Renick ET on December 26, 2010 at 12:42am
-
Marcie, thanks it really did help! Merry Christmas to you.
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