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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

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:

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.)

N4M Merchandise


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.

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

Badge

Loading…

My son arrived to GL Feb. 11. Don't have his information yet on ship or division he is but would like to chat with mom's who's sons/daughters left the same day. 

Views: 103

Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Although I'm not a mom and its my boyfriend that arrived the same day at GL I would love to  talk to you about our SR's and how to get through this time while they are away.

That would be GREAT!

Has your SR had to call for any information yet?

My boyfriend had to call his mom for some information I guess for clearance stff.

No...I haven't received a phone call since the "I'm here" one. I'm hoping to hear from him as it seems like everyone else is. Thing is Erik lost his cell phone the week before he left but did have a calling card so I'm sure he'll call if he needs too. 

Also ..he's 22 and has lived away from home when he went to college so he's use to being away.  Because of this I'm afraid he won't write as much... but I hope that's not the case 

Have you started writing letters to Erik? While I dont have the address for Mike yet I have already started writing so once I get his address all I have to do is label the address onto them and stick them into the mail box.

oh  yes, been doing a lot of writing. Hopefully he has been doing the same. Went to WSU for journalism and wrote for the school paper so I know he can too. 

Can't wait till tomorrow....you can bet I'm going to be looking for that FedEx truck and hopefully his info is in it. Thank goodness I have tomorrow off for Presidents Day so I will NOT be going anywhere :)

I feel bad because I know some of my letters arent as long as other ones and I just feel like I should be writing more.

RSS

© 2024   Created by Navy for Moms Admin.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service