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 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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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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Grandmas for navy

Grandmothers who have grandchildren in the Navy and need any kind of help or info.

Members: 125
Latest Activity: Oct 24, 2018

Discussion Forum

SEAL Grandmas

Started by GrannyJ Apr 22, 2014. 0 Replies

Hi

Started by mary anna. Last reply by Lisa (ship09 div108) Jan 25, 2014. 7 Replies

Granddaughter

Started by Kristine Brown. Last reply by Kristine Brown Oct 24, 2013. 10 Replies

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Comment by NavyGramma on July 9, 2014 at 6:09pm

My grandson will be graduating from Basic in a couple of weeks. Is it customary to give the new sailor a graduation gift? And if so, what is customary?

Comment by Gramma-D on July 3, 2014 at 5:23pm

My grandson is deployed on the USS George H W Bush, straight out of A school, and is being trained on board.  Anyone else have someone on the carrier - I miss him so much and most of my friends don't seem to understand it.  Looking for someone is the same place to answer a few questions.  Thanks 

Comment by Gmom318 ship 11 div 224 on June 14, 2014 at 9:56pm
Bens Gram, thk. U for this website & your thoughtfulness, I am in my 80's, not on Facebook,and shall need a little help.
My Grandaughter is in Ship 11 div. 224, will graduate July 18th; can't wait! GOD bless!
Comment by GrannyFranny51 on May 12, 2014 at 9:51pm

Looks like our sailor may be on the USS John C. Stennis.  He has verbal orders but not the paperwork yet.  He is so excited! Well as excited as he gets. lol 

Comment by GrannyJ on April 22, 2014 at 4:09pm

My grandson is aspiring to become a Navy SEAL.  I joined N4M to help support my daughter and son-in-law and to learn as much as I could about the SEALS.  I have read the posting policies for SEALS and I will adhere to them.  Any other SEAL Grandmas out there?

Comment by jacmar7 on April 21, 2014 at 5:13pm

thank you GrandmaBarb

Comment by GrandmaBarB on April 21, 2014 at 4:04pm

jacmar....if you go to the grandma website and scroll down, you'll see information from some one who did it this past February.  Her name is chanel56

Comment by jacmar7 on April 21, 2014 at 10:32am

grandmabarb, has anyone done this more recently as far as entrance is concerned

Comment by jacmar7 on April 21, 2014 at 9:32am

Colton also will be leaving directly for Pensacola for A training

Comment by jacmar7 on April 21, 2014 at 9:31am

thank you GrandmaBarb for the info. My grandson will graduate in June and we were worried about not being able to see the big event. Colton put in grandpa's name for seating along with mom, dad ans sis so that was the 4. Grandpa is Retired Navy. So you are saying to go with the seated 4 and we will also get to go in ? I sure love hearing that. We are coming from south Texas for this!

 

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