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!
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.
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."
**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).
**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 isno 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.
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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Thank you for adding me! My sons graduation was last night! Now that that is behind us our next phase is getting ready for bootcamp. I know there is a place on this site to connect with other moms that are in the same stage as I am. How do I go about finding other moms that have children shipping out in July? I saw it while I was browsing & waiting to be approved & of course now I can't find it
Thank you- what a great site for Moms (and Dad's!). I can't believe our littlest is heading out in about 30 days. Our eldest served five years in the USN, well. I'm a proud Dad. I get tearey-eyed even as I type this. Our little girl is so, so strong but she's still a little girl with Johnson's baby shampoo-scented hair, barefoot running around the house on a Saturday morning in my mind. I served from 1982 to 1992 so feel free to hit me up with perspectives. What gets me the most is how things haven't changed much at all since those years- I'm shocked in fact. Only big changes are cell phones and the internet. Thank you all for your children's service- it's a fine branch of the service steeped in a fantastic tradition and sailors DO have more fun and the travel opportunities- what can you say??
Thank you for this! My son just left for training last week and it's an adjustment to say the least. It's good to know I'm not the only one feeling this way! :)
Thanks for welcoming me! What is the easiest way for me to make friends on the site? Should I be joining groups or just start joining conversations? My son is going to bootcamp in October. He just graduated high school last Sun so I am still having up/down days thinking about all this. The support I think I could get from these moms would really help me!
Thank you so much for the warm welcome. This is a new step for us. I have to prepare myself for when my son leaves December 2015. I am so thankful that I will have other moms dealing with it to help me along the journey.
Thank you, Tiffany, for your welcome! I am looking forward to immersing myself in all Navy for Moms has to offer. I will especially look forward to connecting with other Moms who have sailors aboard the Reagan, where my son will be reporting on June 9th. I have much to learn about what communications with my son will look like, especially once he is underway. Care packages are a big deal, so I will be looking for tips and tricks for those. Again, I appreciate your welcome and your assistance!
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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.
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
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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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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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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.
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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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Thank you for adding me! My sons graduation was last night! Now that that is behind us our next phase is getting ready for bootcamp. I know there is a place on this site to connect with other moms that are in the same stage as I am. How do I go about finding other moms that have children shipping out in July? I saw it while I was browsing & waiting to be approved & of course now I can't find it
Thanks for the warm welcome!
Thank you- what a great site for Moms (and Dad's!). I can't believe our littlest is heading out in about 30 days. Our eldest served five years in the USN, well. I'm a proud Dad. I get tearey-eyed even as I type this. Our little girl is so, so strong but she's still a little girl with Johnson's baby shampoo-scented hair, barefoot running around the house on a Saturday morning in my mind. I served from 1982 to 1992 so feel free to hit me up with perspectives. What gets me the most is how things haven't changed much at all since those years- I'm shocked in fact. Only big changes are cell phones and the internet. Thank you all for your children's service- it's a fine branch of the service steeped in a fantastic tradition and sailors DO have more fun and the travel opportunities- what can you say??
Thanks for welcoming me! What is the easiest way for me to make friends on the site? Should I be joining groups or just start joining conversations? My son is going to bootcamp in October. He just graduated high school last Sun so I am still having up/down days thinking about all this. The support I think I could get from these moms would really help me!
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Thank you so much for helping a neophyte mom like me. I missed him so much. Thanks for all that you do .
Thank you so much for the warm welcome. This is a new step for us. I have to prepare myself for when my son leaves December 2015. I am so thankful that I will have other moms dealing with it to help me along the journey.
Thanks Tiffany - any other moms on this site with sons at Newport in OCS school. My son will be graduating in July.
Thank you for the warm welcome!
This site is very informative. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much! My son left last Thursday. He's my only child and it's so hard not to hear from him but I know he will do just fine :)
Thank you for the warm welcome. I am nervous being a new Navy Mom
Thank you for the welcome as I truly appreciate it greatly.
My son left on Wednesday, I got my call Thursday night. Still having a hard time with this and can't wait to hear something.
Thank you very much!
Thank you, Tiffany, for your welcome! I am looking forward to immersing myself in all Navy for Moms has to offer. I will especially look forward to connecting with other Moms who have sailors aboard the Reagan, where my son will be reporting on June 9th. I have much to learn about what communications with my son will look like, especially once he is underway. Care packages are a big deal, so I will be looking for tips and tricks for those. Again, I appreciate your welcome and your assistance!