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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New to group-So glad to be here!
hi fellow 09/360 Moms! New to group and wish I would have been here sooner. I have only began my journey in familiarizing myself with this site. I look forward to meeting you on the 28th of October. My family is from South Carolina, but I grew up in Chicago and look forward to heading "home" to see my guy and his new found friends and "brothers". Brandon seems to be doing well, adjusting to taking care of himself. His first weeks were a little tough as they took his 4 wisdom teeth and I am sure y'all heard about the "but" shot. I am anxious as the rest of you to see Brandon and the transformation from Civilian to Sailor. Brandon was a NJROTC cadet for four years in High School and I am sure this helped tremendously in the transition. Look forward to being a part of the group.
Roberta
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Permalink Reply by foutsd-09/359 on
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Welcome to the site. Look forward to meeting you in a couple of weeks. If you go to the main page on this site and click on "Select by PIR date" then select your son's PIR date you will find a large ongoing blog with mothers and others of young men in Brandon's division. Are you plannng to go to the Meet and Greet?
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Permalink Reply by AJM MOM on
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Welcome, be sure and join the 9/360 group... we like to "talk/type" alot, much to read and welcome to the Navy family. The wives/mothers/girlfriends/grandmothers...and even a few guys on this site are AWESOME! Could not have made it without them. Glad to have you!
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We are not sure about the meet and greet. We land at Midway early Thursday and my family lives on the SouthSide of Chicago and we will be traveling there first. My brother is going to be our fourth guest at graduation and we will be leaving from his home Friday morn (early)...Thank you for the warm welcome. I will be sure to go to the PIR date and chat with the group. Have a great morning!
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Welcome to Navy4Moms. My son is not in your son's division but we are all family here! I love it here, everyone is going through or has already gone through the same things so everyone has lots of sounding boards and advice givers!! :)
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Permalink Reply by jacketfan24 (corpsman mom) on
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welcome to this site! We are from South Carolina too! Wonder if our sons got to know each other? We are from the upstate and are driving to Chicago. Looking forward to meeting you at the meet and greet.
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