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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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!
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.
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."
**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).
**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 isno 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.
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.)
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My Name is Windea. My daughter is 17, graduating a year early and wants to join the Navy. I'm terrified! I know a lot of it is me afraid to lose her but yet I'm concered also. What if she can't hack it? What if she calls me crying and wants to come home? We both know she can't. I don't know what to do and it's coming at me way too fast. I know it would be an excellent opportunity but yet I just have a bad feeling.
Thank you for the comment on my new N4Ms profile regarding the specifics of our situation with our sailor. I appreciate the heads up and know we will be doing things a little differently. Your insights are greatly appreciated.
Hi Colleen, Thanks for the welcome! N4M has been a very helpful and comforting place to hang out these past few weeks. I am enjoying all of the information and reading posts from other moms, both experienced and newbies.
Thank You For The Welcome! I Have Been On For A Few Weeks, And I Just Got The Hello FromYou, Just Checking, Was It Just A Hello, Or Did I Say Something I Should Not Have And You Were Reminding Me Of The Rules? I'm Afraid To POst Anything Because I'm afraid Of Saying Something Wrong, So I'm Just Checking
Thank you, Colleen! I'm still trying to learn about this site, but am confident that I will find it to be very useful. I really appreciate having this site available in order to communicate with other Navy moms that are going through the same thing that I am. Thanks again and I look so forward to learning all I can about the Navy!
Thank you Colleen. This site has been so helpful. I appreciate being able to talk with the other family members who are going through this whole thing. Somehow it makes me feel less lost.
Thanks, Colleen. I am so glad I found this site. My daughter goes to BC May 22. She had not discussed being in the Navy with us.So , I have been reading everything I could get my hands on. You and your other Navy moms have calmed me down and things are not quite such an unknown anymore.
I have not heard from my daughter in a while. She is graduating bootcamp today. My understanding was she would have to order a video of her graduation herself, and I could not do it. Was I mistaken? Can I purchase the video or did she have to do it?
Thanks for the welcome! It sure brings a bit of direction when so many things are happening. I'm still learning how to navigate the site, but I'm sure that will come. Again, thank you!
Thank you for the welcome! My son left for bootcamp today. I am trying to figure out the sight to see what other moms are saying / feeling. I am looking forward to getting to know more about "everything" this is all new to our family.
Thanks for the welcome. As you can imagine there's so many questions and by chatting with your main room, I got some answers. I'll be looking for more answers.
Hi this may sound stupid but I am having difficulty navigating the site. ? My stepson is enlisted, I think his rank is S5. Is it possible that once he finished his deployment and living on base that he was able to choose his current job (we are disappointed with the job he has). Also, he mentioned weeks ago that they offered him deployment on another ship and he declined, which we found this to be an unusual choice for the Navy. We are concerned about his mental state of mind and need help understanding.
Hey! Some of the ladies on the PIR 03/01 group are saying that they had to wait a week or two in order to get approved on this site. Does it normally take that long? I'm one of the N4Moms veterans working with FTLW, Lala, ellen, Betsy, Craig, etc...in the PIR groups. Any info you can give would be great! Thanks! Just so we know how to advise.
I am new to the site and rather computer illiterate! I was trying to set up my profile and I understand that what my screen name is and that it cannot have my name or my son's name in it. But what is the "profile address"? And my email address has my name in it. How do I change that without changing the email address I have had for 15 years?? Sorry I am so ill versed in computer stuff. But I really want to try to be on this site for all the information and support it offers. Thank you for your help!
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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.
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
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**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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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.)
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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.
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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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My Name is Windea. My daughter is 17, graduating a year early and wants to join the Navy. I'm terrified! I know a lot of it is me afraid to lose her but yet I'm concered also. What if she can't hack it? What if she calls me crying and wants to come home? We both know she can't. I don't know what to do and it's coming at me way too fast. I know it would be an excellent opportunity but yet I just have a bad feeling.
Hi Colleen,
Thank you for the comment on my new N4Ms profile regarding the specifics of our situation with our sailor. I appreciate the heads up and know we will be doing things a little differently. Your insights are greatly appreciated.
Gen
Hi Colleen, Thanks for the welcome! N4M has been a very helpful and comforting place to hang out these past few weeks. I am enjoying all of the information and reading posts from other moms, both experienced and newbies.
Thank you, Colleen! I'm still trying to learn about this site, but am confident that I will find it to be very useful. I really appreciate having this site available in order to communicate with other Navy moms that are going through the same thing that I am. Thanks again and I look so forward to learning all I can about the Navy!
Thank you Colleen. This site has been so helpful. I appreciate being able to talk with the other family members who are going through this whole thing. Somehow it makes me feel less lost.
Thanks, Colleen. I am so glad I found this site. My daughter goes to BC May 22. She had not discussed being in the Navy with us.So , I have been reading everything I could get my hands on. You and your other Navy moms have calmed me down and things are not quite such an unknown anymore.
I started to create two groups, but decided they were not needed.
The both start with Delete.
I am unable to find a way to delete them, can an administrator delete them, or is there some way I can do it ???
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I have not heard from my daughter in a while. She is graduating bootcamp today. My understanding was she would have to order a video of her graduation herself, and I could not do it. Was I mistaken? Can I purchase the video or did she have to do it?
Thanks for the welcome! It sure brings a bit of direction when so many things are happening. I'm still learning how to navigate the site, but I'm sure that will come. Again, thank you!
Thank you for the welcome! My son left for bootcamp today. I am trying to figure out the sight to see what other moms are saying / feeling. I am looking forward to getting to know more about "everything" this is all new to our family.
Thanks again
Thanks for the welcome. As you can imagine there's so many questions and by chatting with your main room, I got some answers. I'll be looking for more answers.
Thank you :-)
Thank you for the welcome. :) I'm eagerly awaiting my first letter home from my daughter, hopefully soon! :)
Hey! Some of the ladies on the PIR 03/01 group are saying that they had to wait a week or two in order to get approved on this site. Does it normally take that long? I'm one of the N4Moms veterans working with FTLW, Lala, ellen, Betsy, Craig, etc...in the PIR groups. Any info you can give would be great! Thanks! Just so we know how to advise.
Hi Colleen,
I am new to the site and rather computer illiterate! I was trying to set up my profile and I understand that what my screen name is and that it cannot have my name or my son's name in it. But what is the "profile address"? And my email address has my name in it. How do I change that without changing the email address I have had for 15 years?? Sorry I am so ill versed in computer stuff. But I really want to try to be on this site for all the information and support it offers. Thank you for your help!
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Thanks for accepting me. I`m concern about my son and need to know and learn more about whats going on.
My son is in RTC Great Lakes PIR on 2/8/2012 ..Ship 14 Div. 094.I`m new to this community .