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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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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

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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mom with only child/son leaving for boot camp

im very proud of my son for the choice he has made to go in the navy, but my heart already aches thinking about him leaving for boot camp:( :( p.s. im looking to share thoughts with other moms going through the same thing.

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Comment by CharleneM on March 18, 2010 at 8:27pm: My son left for BC on 2/20. The next couple of weeks were my toughest. Friends were /are supportive, but I missed him sooo much!! Once you get the phone call when he can talk for a few minutes, it changes everything! I couldn't believe the changes I heard in him. I am even more proud of him. I wear a lapel pin (navy crest and US flag) over my heart. It helps me remember how important my son, my God, my country, and the Navy are to all of us! Use this site, too. It has helped me greatly!

Comment by Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on March 18, 2010 at 10:13pm: I feel your pain...my only son left for bootcamp 6-15-09...graduated BC 08-07-09..that was the longest 8 weeks I'd ever been through....that first day he left makes you feel like crying....like your heart is gonna just break into a million pieces...then you get that "I'm here" phone call on the night/morning after he leaves....the sadness starts again...each day gets better and you begin to feel like you can make it through this...then you start looking forward to the weekly letters and maybe even a phone call or two....it really makes your day when you receive mail or phone calls....then you start looking forward to graduation day when you can see your son and realize the transformation he has gone through to become an extraordinary young man and a US Sailor....it is the most wonderful feeling....just like the day he was born...Here I am....9 months later...my son has finished A-school in Great Lakes....is stationed in Gulfport, MS....just 2 hours from home....leaving for Afghanistan in less than 3 weeks...another hurdle to cross....another sad time to go thru...but now I have realized that this is just life....ups and downs....good and bad...you learn to appreciate each day and all contact that you have....love your son....keep yourself busy.....pray.....and know that you have a most precious commodity...a United States Sailor...Bravo Zulu to your son for his choice to serve....and stay strong Navy Mom...we'll be here to help you all we can!

Comment by BunkerQB on March 19, 2010 at 1:28am: Kimberly, a number of comments have been left on your page with invitation to join a number of groups. Go to MY PAGE on above menubar. Get in the habit of checking 1) your page 2) your inbox 3) the pages for the groups that you will join.
Welcome to Navy For Moms. We are here to help.

Comment by kim-anthonys mom ship13 div 241 on March 22, 2010 at 1:37pm: i appreciate your comments thank you so much it really helps me put my feelings into perspective, i truly look forward to sharing more . to charlene wow ! so your son is in BC may god bless him and the best of luck to you & your son .to joanie tylers mom congratulations to you and your son a united states sailor ... thanks for your words of wisdom thank you !! and i will be stronger now that i have the support of other navy moms thanks again ! ttyl future mom of a sailor :):):)