Welcome to
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.

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

Add an Event

**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.

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

Loading…

Get Badge

letters from my love

Jan 13, 2011
“Today things went well. We did some CBT (computer based training) and its pretty boring. I am still trying to find other ways of getting a hold of you and ITS NOT WORKING!!! We had a mock MCA-WTI inspection, and if it was the real thing I would have gotten a 5.0! I am trying my hardest for Honor Grad. I am trying to make everyone at home proud of the new Navy member of the family. Come to find out dad was right, because of my previous work experiences I have been more prepared to handle it here. I told Day, one of my rack mates if his family cant make it he will have to come out to eat with us. I also found out that no matter what I’ll be leaving boot camp and an E-2, so failing the PFA was not a bad thing. With out you here all the days have seemed like one looooooooooong work day!.”

Jan 14, 2011
“Bad news/good news…
Bad news is next week is hell week. Good news is I wont have watch on liberty weekend! Maybe I can get overnight liberty! We have marlinspike on Tuesday. Hopefully the DIV figures out how to work as a team by then, otherwise it will be rough to get through.”

Jan 15, 2011

“It has not been a bad day today. The mail system around here has become retarted again, I have not gotten mail since Monday. Oh by the way I ordered division t’s for the both of us. I figured you wouldn’t mind since it only happens once! Ugggg… we have not ONE but TWO days of Holiday Routine coming up. I HATE HR for a couple of reasons 1) too many hours of down time 2) kids wont shut up 3)not much we can do. not like we can make a phone call or watch TV, or take a nap or anything… Oh well that’s BC for you.”

0 members like this

Comment by Valarie26 on January 21, 2011 at 6:46pm: I love reading your letters, it keeps me going until I get one from my husband. He left jan 12th :)

Comment by just a girl with a broken heart on January 21, 2011 at 6:55pm: aww... I am glad they help! I know I went crazy the first 2 weeks my husband was gone. I got his box of clothes 2 days after he got there, and his address 10 after that. I hated not hearing anything. I didnt find this site until the 4th week he was gone and I am so glad I did, it has been a life saver for me!

Be sure to write alot, I have found that they like to get mail daily... lol I was putting 2 and 3 letters in one envelope, but he told me to mail them separate that way he gets more! and send lots of photos! It helps keep them going. on walmart.com you can make 4x6 collage pictures, I usually put like 4-5 images on one 4x6 to help save room, as they dont have alot of storage space. I also sent him a big envelope to put all his mail in to help keep it neat.

With all that said I want to thank your husband for his commitment to our country and also thank you for being there to support him! I know its tough but keep your chin up, the time goes faster then you think! ♥

Comment by Valarie26 on January 22, 2011 at 12:24am: I found this site about 2 weeks before he left and I have been on it 3x a day since he left. I write him one long letter a day just telling him what i did that day and I put a pic in each letter. I just cant bare the thought of him not getting mail one day. It would break my heart :( He actually got to call me today which helped tremendously! When did u start to get his letters? When does he graduate?

Comment by just a girl with a broken heart on January 22, 2011 at 1:05am: I got his first letter on 12/28, he left here dec 12. it took him equally if not a tad longer to start getting my mail. The first few letters I got from him were rough and quite mopey. He questioned everything he was doing, weather it was right for us, etc... then once he started getting my mail his letters did a 180. they became much happier. you have o remember as much as you want to share EVERYTHING, spare him the sad stuff, keep your letters upbeat and positive! I have just hit the 20 more days mark! My husband graduates on 2/11.