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This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

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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

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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Japan Moms

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For all the Moms(and Dads) with a Sailor in Japan

Members: 688
Latest Activity: Apr 3

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 navymom3 on July 28, 2014 at 6:43pm: Mom2b and dramasoul there is wifi inside the airport when they land. That is how my son contacted us that he landed ok. Your son's sponsor should take them to get a Japan phone once he gets there. They do not have to pay outright for there phone there like here. They just pay a monthly fee. I have not heard of being able to just get a japan number for his american iphone. They run on a different phone system here so our phones don't work. I turned my son's off but wish I had just suspended it. Cause when he came back to visit it was hard since his japan phone only worked with wifi getting a hold of him.

Tappermom my son is in Yokosuka. He has been there 2 1/2 years now and loves it. Is your son shore duty or on a ship. Mine is CT and now works in a shop. But has been out to see several times.

Comment by TapperMom on July 28, 2014 at 6:27pm: Hi. I have a son heading to Yokosuko. Does anyone else have a son or daughter there?

Comment by DramaSoul on July 28, 2014 at 12:25pm: Mom2B...I have a friend who's son is in Japan and he got a Japanese phone number for his iPhone. Is that what you are talking about? They use Viber and he said it's free. I still have a couple of months before he goes so I want to work this out ahead of time. As I posted earlier, Verizon said we need to suspend his line and we have to supply the CO's name and rank as well as what base he will be on. We both have iPhones so we have done Facetime before.

Comment by navymom3 on July 28, 2014 at 8:08am: Mom2b we use facetime on the iphone and it is free. Just like skype but an iphone app. it is wonderful.

Comment by navymom3 on July 27, 2014 at 10:32pm: Mom2b we used to use viber. Which is a free app to text and talk. However he will need to get a new phone once he gets to Japan. Make sure you turn his off or suspend it once he gets there and lets you know he is okay. My son has an iphone and so do we so we chat on there and no app needed.

Comment by DramaSoul on July 27, 2014 at 9:30pm: Maggs....love it!!

Mom2B...so what was that app? We have Verizon and I have already talked to Verizon about suspending the account when he leaves. We still have a little bit of time. He will be driving home and selling his car before he leaves.

Comment by boilermom on July 24, 2014 at 4:26am: Kathy (IT sailor)-

Everyone buys a car when they get to Misawa. It is a fairly large base with people arriving and departing so there are plenty of cars for sale. They drive on the left side of the road so the steering column is on the right side. The Japanese don't like to plow their roads and they are not marked well. Winter should be an adventure! There are some mountains nearby to snowboard on.

Comment by barbara10/08 on July 22, 2014 at 11:40pm: AntiM- what an awful thing to have to witness; thoughts and prayers to the families and all affected.

T-lynn, now that Blondie has managed a few days off, you have jumped right in and taken her place! lol.
g/l with scouts and packing:

So, my sister dug up a whole bag full of gladiolas last fall, and gave them to me as she thought she would be moving. (hasn't moved yet). It was around the holidays and I was so pre-occupied at the time, I told someone, Just put them in the basement for now.
Well, a couple weeks ago she asked me if I'd planted them.
Planted them???? (oops) I didn't even remember I Had them! Then, wouldn't you know it, I could Not find them. Naturally. And I only found them by mistake, ha ha.
Now this is the first time I'd really looked into this bag, and there must have been over a hundred bulbs in there!
I felt so guilty that she had taken all that time to dig them up-so hubby helped me clear a bed and we planted them
Anyone know if they will grow??

Welcome, new moms!
Let us know how it's going with your sailors!

Comment by T-Lynn on July 20, 2014 at 10:25pm: HI

blm have a great time and share the fun gossip .

Oh have I packed! Then I made the mistake and looked at this weeks calendar. there is not one minute to relax Every minute is filled with packing, Scout Reach, exercise therapy,even teaching geologist pin again. I already fell lost.

Well, sweet dreams all hugs

Comment by blm on July 18, 2014 at 9:54pm: AntiM-so scary that there are those drugs available

Heading off the Columbus Ohio with two of my GF-to visit one girl's son and my brother