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

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:

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.

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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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Does anyone know how you can get some help getting your sailor home for the holidays? My sailor wasn't prepared to get time to come home and is now short on funds to get home.  I unfortunately don't have the money either.  Is there some assistance out there that we can utilize to get him home for the holiday that anyone is aware of?

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Comment by Anti M on December 11, 2015 at 9:23am

He can ask his bank or credit union for a personal loan, they usually have good rates for military.  The one program I just found out about only operates out of CA or VA and is already out of funds this year.

Comment by susank on December 12, 2015 at 3:13pm
You could start a gofundme account and I will donate. Or my son said there is a Navy/Marine relief fund sometimes. Not sure about the details. Good luck!
Comment by MomDukes on December 12, 2015 at 5:25pm
I have no idea but maybe call the 800# that's on the form letter. ???
Comment by Ms. Navy Mom on December 14, 2015 at 12:15am

Great ideas.  Thank you so much. I will check out the go fund me thing.  I am not sure how it works.  But I am a smart cookie and will figure it out.  Again, thank you!

Comment by Anti M on December 14, 2015 at 5:47pm

Navy Relief does give loans, but for emergencies, not vacations.

Comment by Ms. Navy Mom on December 14, 2015 at 7:11pm

Thank you Anti M.  Good to know!

Comment by Sagapomom on December 15, 2015 at 6:01pm

I will donate if you cannot get the funds also. 

Comment by Ms. Navy Mom on December 16, 2015 at 12:36am

Thank you all so much.  I figured out how to do the go fund me thing.  Here it is.  It is with a humbled heart to say thank you to all donations.

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