This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
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.
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:
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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:
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.)
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.
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
It was suggested to start up a discussion for the divisoins
My daughter is in so that is what I am doing. Hope to meet other moms out there whose child is going through the same thing at the same time which in turn means thier mom is going through the same thing that I am.
I look forward to talking to and getting to know you all.
Tags:
I don't think we will be going to the meet and greets, we have a long drive with an 8 year old so he will be cranky when we get there. I made reservations yesterday at Hilton Garden Inn located in Lake Forest. Something distictive sounds good to me, any ideas? I did order myself a Navy Mom tee shirt last week looking forward to getting that!
We will be staying at the navy lodge - and will be attending sarges meet and greet - i have had the opportunity to talk to him on the phone and he has lots of info for us all while we are there.
got a letter from my SR yesterday, postmarked on Tue - snail mail is heating up!
She said they all passed Marlinspike and she has a good idea of how they will respond at Battlestations. (sounds good to me)
Also as of Wed (3/14) they would be on 3-5 day and begin Hell Week. Her words: I can't see how it could get more hellish...gas chamber maybe.
She wants more pics of anything and everything from home.
Some moms are getting calls this weekend too (from PIR 4/6 discussion), so maybe we will all hear from our SR "live" !!
FYI
if anyone hears when Battlestations is for our Div, private message FTLW or dainnep
then we can all find out!!
I know they will do well, i am just being a mom and want to stay ahead of the game
Yes, I also am anxious to hear about Battlestations. Received a letter yesterday and she sounded like she was doing a little better. She did extremely well on her firing (shooting) tests. Surprised me on that one!! She said she wont' be able to call again until the last week of March if then :( She said she was surprised to see lots of people rarely get mail at all from home...so sad!!
really sad about the mail :( My SR says the all share their pictures, so at least those folks have some things to look at...
the end of march is about when battlestations should be so maybe that is the call she is talking about
i am getting excited!!(like i was calm before!?)
Have you heard when BS is? If so could you send me a private email to let me know? Sneed102@netzero.com Also, what time is everyone planning on getting to the base for graduation i know it will be early but i was thinking like 6 45 or so.
It is so hard to believe that PIR is right around the corner. My husband, myself and our other three children will be going to see her at graduation. We are so excited. We will be flying in on the 4th so that we have a day to rest so we will not be tired for the little bit of time we have with her. She will be flying out on Saturday to her "A" school at Goose Creek, SC so we will only have a few hours with her on Friday after graduation. We are all so excited to see her.
We have been writting to her everyday and sending lots of pictures - it is like she is starved for them and can't get enough. :-)
We will be going to Sarge's Meet and Greet - Are any of you going to be able to go to PIR? Still looking for another phone call from her we are hoping in the next couple of days.
we (me, aunt, uncle) are also coming in the 4th.
going to Sarges meet and greet too! It will be so wonderful to see you in person!
also just got a letter from her saying they should have had phone time last week but some people in the div "just couldnt shut up" so they lost it - big :(
she did say she was confident of their teamwork - just knowing they will do well!
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin. Powered by