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

Lara commented on 1Proudmamma's blog post 'Daughter Enlisting In Summer...need advice from mommas'

6 hours ago

belovedbyHim commented on 1Proudmamma's blog post 'Daughter Enlisting In Summer...need advice from mommas'

9 hours ago

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

The next step

Wow! Things have moved so quickly it seems as if just yesterday JT left for bootcamp. Now after that roller coaster ride is over, he is at "A" school. He had done his "OC" spray and did ok with it, and now he has called and he got to choose his duty station. My shock and awe is still in effect. He still has the opportunity to stay stateside for a little longer if he gets "MWD" military war dog, but if not he leaves for Guam after "A" school graduation for two years!! Two years mind you!! Ugh!!! He is very excited, so that makes me happy for him. Things have gone so fast.... From SC to Chicago to San Antonio now on to Guam.... Wow he is going to be well traveled by the end of this next year!!!!
My heart breaks that I won't get to see much of him over the next 2 years but, I know that God has him and is moving him where he is needed. I also know that the Navy was the right choice for him. He is turning into such an awesome young man!! When I talk to him it's is sooo different from before he left in September. Now he is calm and cool and collect.... He gets excited yes, but it's not the little boy excitement of before. The Navy has made good changes in him and I am proud to be called a Navy mom....
So here's a HOOYAH for things to come!!! And to the beginning of a brand new journey!!!!! Gotta love the Navy!!!
HOOYAH!!!!

1 member likes this

Comment by knappi on December 17, 2012 at 11:16am: Thank you all for your quick responses and your prayers during this very difficult time here in CT. i am catching up on all the emails and have received alot of great information. Thank you ALL for answering our "newbie" questions so quickly!

Comment by lemonelephant on December 19, 2012 at 11:07pm: naturegirl, be sure to join the groups San Antonio MA's (be sure to check out the top 3-4 discussions, although you may already know most of that since he will be graduating in a few weeks) and MAA Moms. I look forward to getting to know you better in those groups. If you have any questions, just ask.

Not many are picked for MWD Handler "C" School right out of "A" School. It does happen every now and then and the candidate must agree to serve for at least 48 months with MWD after graduation from "C" School, so it would involve extending the Sailor's contract at least a year.

Two other groups are New MAA Mom's and Security Sailors, but they are not very active.

(Group names within this comment are clickable links. To join a group, click on the group name and after the group page opens, click on “+ Join...” in the upper right.)

Comment by HeatherT(09/003) on December 20, 2012 at 12:59am: Yeah JT didn't want Bahrain... Thank goodness our prayers were answered on that one that he get something else. He is excited about Guam. He has friends in the army stationed in Hawaii that he hopes he will get to see some. Who knows. Congrats on your sons upcoming graduation. Are you going?? In planning to attend JT's at least I hope I can anyway.
J is really hoping for MWD he loves dogs and we have trained lots of retrievers.. He said the 1 st interview went goo he hasn't had the second one yet. I guess maybe after Christmas as Stand for the holidays is tomorrow.
And you are so right our boys will do fine. The Navy has really grown mine up. It's neat talking to him and how mature he sounds now... :)