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

**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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At 10:51pm on July 27, 2022, Chipmunk said…

Just checking in to say hi!!

At 11:21pm on July 20, 2022, Chipmunk said…

How are you doing Sandy? 

At 10:58pm on July 18, 2022, Chipmunk said…

Hi Sandy - How did you do today? I just wanted to check in on you!

At 11:05pm on July 17, 2022, Chipmunk said…

Sandy, You are not alone - Most all of us, this is all new to us as well. Some of us have just had a few other experiences that make it a little bit easier. Be sure to click on the blue links in the comment below here from BelovedbyHim - Welcome to the Navy. She breaks things down week by week. - Also, if you look at this screen (best viewed on a computer - this site was set up by the Navy and has not been updated to work as well with the format of mobile devices) in the upper left there are links to some of the Boot Camp videos that will share some of what they are doing. 

You should receive the Form Letter - It is a typed-up letter that is informational for families about PIR and planning on attending as well as other information, in 2 - 3 weeks after she left for GL. The only thing she is supposed to write in that letter is just here name, mailing address and her expected Pass In Review/ graduation. They are not to write anything else on the letter or envelope, so if she does, I would not share it on this public site. 

At 4:17pm on July 16, 2022, belovedbyHim said…

Welcome!! Please read my blog to give you an idea of what the first few weeks may look like.. Welcome to the Navy... Everything will be ok!  The First part is some things to do before your SR leaves IF you Can, It’s NOT ESSENTIAL! Up and to the Left is a link to all the Navy Lingo! It is titled Navy Speak and you can find it here. We are here to get you through the “Great Silence” of the next 4 weeks (ish) and the 10 weeks of BC (ish). You will come to learn that No News Is GOOD News and everything is Needs of the Navy. You life will be Hurry Up and Wait and it’s ok to make plans but they are subject to change until after they have happened so it’s best to embrace the Motto: Semper Gumby!! (Always Flexible!!)

At 3:11pm on July 16, 2022, Chipmunk said…

Hi Sandy, I sent you a friend request. I can send you more private messages if you will accept it. If you do so, please reply to this comment and let me know. You should get an email notification that I sent you a friend request, but I do not receive one that says you have joined. 

At 11:07pm on July 15, 2022, Chipmunk said…

PS - Grandmothers are just as welcome in both groups!

At 11:07pm on July 15, 2022, Chipmunk said…

Sandy - I saw your picture, be sure to come join the BC Moms and Loved Ones group - Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) - Navy For Moms (ning.com) - Click on the blue letters it will take you to the group page. In the upper right corner there should be a + Join little tab to click on, I think. 

The same with the Moms of Daughters 2 group that B'sNukeMom posted for you below. The BC Mom group is rather active and we answer questions and such about BC there. Be sure to scroll down most of the page until you come to the Comment Wall area on that page. And post a hello there. 

The Mom of Daughters 2 is active only when someone posts something, but several of us still are around to reply. I joined once my sailor gal actually became my son's wife. 

At 5:36pm on July 15, 2022, B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) said…

You might also like to join the Moms of Daughters 2 group.  Here's the link (click on it to go to the page):

Moms of Daughters 2

At 4:51pm on July 15, 2022, Sandy said…

My child left on the 11th and it’s been so hard for me it is now my 5 day without her

At 4:52pm on July 14, 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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Please note - there are blue hyperlinks up above.  Click on them and they will take you directly to the groups.

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