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:
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:
**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
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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How did you find us?
I am so excited. :)
This is the best snowball ever! I’ve been so curious…how did you find out about our community? Some moms have told me about the http://www.nstc.navy.mil/rtcgl/family/index.html site… Is that were you found us... or was it through another source? Thank you!
UPDATE 4/20/2008: Hi Everyone! I brought this forward because I really want to know! :) How did you find out about us?!
UPDATE: 2/17/2010: Hello N4M's. We are interested in where all of our members founds us! Stop by and leave a message.
Thank you for making this community what it is today!
Elizabeth and Colleen
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Permalink Reply by Susan-Andy's mom Class 0936 on
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Magazine ad. Thanks for being here.
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I also found N4M through Google! When my boyfriend tries to explain different things about the Navy to me I tend to get a little confused lol. So I was just seeing how much I could learn online and stumbled upon this site :)
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Permalink Reply by Annette (Mom to an AT2 and STG3) on
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My son's recruiter told him to tell me.
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I found you thru NavyMoms on Yahoo. My son is 6 yrs in the Navy, currently stationed in Bahrain.
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Hi,
I saw the ad on TV. I didn't know a site was dedicated to us Navy Moms. Spread the word
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I found out about Navy for Moms from a friend of mine who is also a Navy mom. Also, I saw an advertisement in a magazine, and I recently saw the television commercial. I'm certainly glad I found you; I appreciate meeting new friends from all over the country. It's also great to share in smaller groups with people from the same area and people who are involved in the same profession.
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My son, who left today for boot camp, told me about it. He got the info from his recruiter. I have been "nosing" around for a few weeks but just joined yesterday. I kept thinking I would have plenty of time since he was DEP, and then WHAM I blink and he is gone. I have learned alot of great info from you gals.
Thanks so much
Jen
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My daughter was in the DEP Program and left for boot camp on June 1st. I learned about this website from her recruiter. I was so very thankful for the information. I was able to search, learn the ropes and ask questions for 6 months before she left. I do not think I would have made it those 6 months or better yet, survived the "box" after she left had I not been prepared ahead of time. Now that she is at boot camp, I love the fact that there are so many moms who feel the same things and truely understand what it means to be a bootcamp mom. As her career advances, I know I will be able to find moms who understand, have answers and can guide me through the next chapter of being a Navy Mom. I too now see commercials and magazine ads and have given many family members the info too. This site is a Blessing for all. The support and education I have receieved is priceless. Thank You.
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My husband called me to the living room while an ad on tv came on....he said he thought I might like it....he was right..........
Thanks everyone for being here!!!!!!
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I saw an ad in a magazine for this site. My son was in the DEP program at the time.
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Found this site through a commercial. Love it!
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