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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

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**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.

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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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OCS Graduate Moms

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For those who have graduated from Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI or who are currently attending there.

Members: 663
Latest Activity: Apr 11

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it . You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

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Comment by navymom9875 on February 1, 2011 at 7:10pm: http://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk=group_196510770365214&ap=1

Try to copy and paste the entire link. For some reason when it's posted on this site the entire link doesn't highlight.

Or the exact wording of the name of the group is:
Friends/Family January 30, 2011 Navy OCS Class 09-11

Comment by Tiramisu on February 1, 2011 at 6:49pm: Lori---I'm also a mom of a son in that class. Try this, put this in the search bar on Facebook and it should get you to the group:

NAVY OCS 08-11 Family & Friends

Let me know if you need more help getting there.

Comment by lorilovely on February 1, 2011 at 6:21pm: I am on facebook,but could not find your link? Is it the group Navy Moms on Facebook?

Comment by navymom9875 on January 31, 2011 at 6:29pm: loritroullier: This is a link to a Facebook family/friends group for the 09-11 Class. My son recently graduated in the 04-11 class and I found the facebook group to be an infinite source of information and reassurance. Good luck to you and your son - it's quite a journey but so worth it as you'll see when you attend your son's graduation and commissioning.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=160839253940691

Comment by lorilovely on January 31, 2011 at 6:21pm: I am a new member of a son who just started OCS In the class 9-11 on Jan. 30, 2011. Any mom's out there?

Comment by NookWife on January 25, 2011 at 8:59pm: I got my first letter Saturday! I was impressed that he wrote on the front and back of the page. He is doing good. He has passed all 3 revolutions so far. He said he hurt his ankle, it is as big as a softball. His roomate has been helping him get around... but he's blessed to have made it through his revolutions! No roll back so far. He's Lead Drill Guide and is in charge of leading drill practice, making sure everyone knows their stuff. So I'm really proud. Please keep him in your prayers, for his ankle to completely heal and for him not to experience any further injury. Thanks to those who previously kept him in their thoughts & prayers when I had that weird phone call before!

Comment by LSUtiger4life on January 14, 2011 at 8:30pm: Navyprincess34 thanks for your information! I will be sure to relay this to my husband the next phone call I get!

Comment by NookWife on January 14, 2011 at 8:20pm: OK, Thanks.

Comment by navymom9875 on January 14, 2011 at 5:46pm: It should be fine. Just start adding it to future letters.

Comment by NookWife on January 14, 2011 at 3:42pm: I have only been writing my husband's name at the top line of the mailing address without the OC in front.. Is he going to get those letters or should I rewrite them??