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!

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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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.)

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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

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cheri39
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  • Columbia, SC
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Trey left a comment for cheri39
"Hey.. Just wanted to check in with you.. Is your sailor still at Great Lakes?"
Mar 25, 2023
cheri39 replied to Chipmunk's discussion 'PIR Weekend Experiences - Post Covid' in the group Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones)
"Thanks so much for sharing! Great information I can use.  I am glad you had a great PIR with your sailor. I have many more weeks to go like 8, and I am so anxious, and really ready for a least a letter "
Nov 7, 2022
Lindsay Z left a comment for cheri39
"Yes definitely. Big hugs mama!"
Nov 4, 2022
Lindsay Z left a comment for cheri39
"I’ve only received a few official mailings, but it’s his handwriting on the envelope so that made me happy to see."
Nov 4, 2022
Lindsay Z left a comment for cheri39
"Hi, my son has been there since Monday Oct 24th. How about your kiddo?"
Nov 4, 2022
B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) left a comment for cheri39
"Welcome to NAVYforMoms.com!    Head to “Settings” on the main page right away to add a profile image (no last names visible, please) and complete your Profile. Then - and this is important! - read these Community…"
Oct 26, 2022

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At Boot Camp now
When I heard “Navy,” I...
was proud and encouraged it
Our Navy experience so far...
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At 10:45am on March 25, 2023, Trey said…

Hey.. Just wanted to check in with you.. Is your sailor still at Great Lakes?

At 9:56pm on January 11, 2023, Chipmunk said…

Welcome to the Beyond BC group!! Be sure to read my welcome letter on that page as well as say hello to everyone. Also, remember to change the stage of your sailor above from BC to Enlisted!! Rejoice in his accomplishments. 

And feel free to post your PIR comments in the new discussion that I had put together. It will be easier for someone to refer back in the discussion than in the comment wall at a later time. 

At 5:34pm on November 4, 2022, Lindsay Z said…
Yes definitely. Big hugs mama!
At 5:27pm on November 4, 2022, Lindsay Z said…
I’ve only received a few official mailings, but it’s his handwriting on the envelope so that made me happy to see.
At 4:58pm on November 4, 2022, Lindsay Z said…

Hi, my son has been there since Monday Oct 24th. How about your kiddo?

At 10:53pm on November 3, 2022, Chipmunk said…

cheri39 - Good Evening!! I follow the new members on the BC Mom group and I was surprised to see that you had joined. I was thinking you already had but maybe I am just forgetting. We are glad to have you join us. As I tell all of the other new members for that group, be sure to scroll down post the information on that page, past the discussions and then you will come to the comment wall area. This is where more of the members will see your posts, the best place to ask your questions and the place where you can just be honest about your feelings, and the ups and downs of BC. 

We have all been there, and we understand the Great Silence, although it is getting a little shorter now with some changes. We will do our best to guide you, but we are all volunteers on this site, so I say the more you put into the site, the more you get out of it. 

Mine has been in for 5 years now and is currently on sea duty. 

At 6:59pm on October 26, 2022, B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) said…

Welcome to NAVYforMoms.com!   

Head to “Settings” on the main page right away to add a profile image (no last names visible, please) and complete your Profile. Then - and this is important! - read these Community Guidelines and this Operations Security (OPSEC) Checklist, for the safety and privacy of all our Sailors.

Then jump right in!  Browse around the site and check out the groups and the information in their Discussion Forums.

Join this group for boot camp moms, where you'll also find a group for your Pass in Review (graduation) date; and this one for PIR Reference Information.  

Get a head start during boot camp by joining groups for, and learning about, your Sailor's occupational specialty and "A" School; and later your Sailor's duty station and/or Navy ship and homeport. You can also join groups for your own state, region or home town and interests from getting ready for deployment to care package ideas!

Please say Hi when you join a group, and feel free to ask any and all questions - everyone was new once, and there is no "dumb" question.  This site was created by the U.S. Navy just for you, and we look forward to getting to know you and your Sailor.  Welcome to the NAVY family - we're so glad you're here!!

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