Welcome to
Navy For Moms

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

Add an Event

**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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
PDF – 2.7 MB
PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

Latest Activity

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…

Get Badge

Leaving Sept 24th

My son leaves for Boot Camp Sept 24 from Dallas. Would love to touch base with other 24th moms no mater where you are from.

4 members like this

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by sonia on October 1, 2013 at 11:34am

Wow to you on the extra job. Makes me feel like I am slacking off here! We are older parents and are looking forward to retirement soon. With Riss leaving we now have an empty nest; don't like this at all, but it is what we worked for, for them to be independent young women. Hope you are doing okay and I know you are keeping busy.

Permalink Reply by narob01 on October 1, 2013 at 11:39am

I am an older mother as well. My son is 29 and said he felt like an old man when he was going through all the recruitment stuff. I wonder how he is feeling now. He is my only child. He has lived in Sweden and did two years in Nicaragua with the Peace Corps so I am used to having him gone for long periods but I still don't like it!!!! Still I am very proud of him as well. Let me know when you get your letter.

Permalink Reply by sonia on October 1, 2013 at 11:48am

I sure will. Sounds like your son is having a great life. I personally am looking forward to grandchildren that I can spend time with. Already have 8 but I was having children when they were young so couldn't be the grandparent I would of liked. My Coast Guard daughter just called and is coming home on leave the end of this month. Yea.

Permalink Reply by logaus2 on October 2, 2013 at 5:32pm

My Son is only 18 but he is also ship 11 division 13

Permalink Reply by logaus2 on October 2, 2013 at 5:26pm

Permalink Reply by logaus2 on October 2, 2013 at 5:29pm

My Son Left September 24th from Baltimore MD. Has anyone got an actually letter yet not just the form letter? I have just received the form letter Monday. I have already sent him five little notes. Does anyone else watch the weather just to see what kind of weather they r having there?

Permalink Reply by sonia on October 4, 2013 at 9:24pm

I still have not got the letter and she shipped on the 24th also. Bummer I say.

Permalink Reply by Shesh on October 4, 2013 at 9:54pm

My son left 9/24 from Wisconsin. We are not far from GL. The weathers been great. Rained today but otherwise it's been sunny & warm. I haven't received a personal letter yet. I've heard the mail doesn't start moving until one of the recruits is trained in mail delivery. You should also join the group PIR 11/22/13. All our SR will be graduating that day. (Hopefully !)

Permalink Reply by narob01 on October 7, 2013 at 9:43pm

My son was moved. Ship 4 Div 801 and his graduation was moved up to 11/15. I had already made my plane reservations.I guess tomorrow I will call AA and beg them to let me change. Wish me luck!!!!

Permalink Reply by tidefan on October 8, 2013 at 7:29am