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:
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:
**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
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
Adoption May, 2015
May, 2015 adoption is a group of Sailors, Soldiers, Air Force, and Marines deployed to the Middle East. They live in tents, CHU's, and buildings with common areas. They have access to microwaves, stoves, and refrigerators. The group consists of 159 males and 11 females.
Pillowcases are a go!
Requests:
Non-perishable food
Snacks
Keurig K-cups
Regular ground coffee
Shower scrubs/sponges (They have to replace them frequently due to bacteria growth)
Beef jerky
Trail mix
Oreos
Tuna
Seasonings packets/ spices
Shower shoes
Magazines
We will ship the week of May 25.
Please note that when you go look at the address "DPO AE" is correct!
Views: 652
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by mrsb on
-
Just dropped off 3 boxes at the post office! I will have one more to send on Thursday; it will have the pillowcases in it and some other items that a co-worker is bringing in, including a bunch of hand written thank you cards. :)
-
-
Permalink Reply by Pat L. in IL on
-
THANK YOU!
-
-
Permalink Reply by Lorraine on
-
I have one box going out Thursday with some food items, shower scrubbees, a couple Sudoku books, and a few dental items.
-
-
-
Thank you!
-
-
-
It's been awhile since I used the USPS website to ship a military package. Is there a new trick? It's telling me I'm not using a name and company name in the delivery address even though I have used the provided information.
-
-
-
Oh Lorraine, Click 'n Ship is a hot mess! My best advice is to exit out of the USPS site and start over. Can't guarantee that will work.
-
-
-
I figured it out by looking for a tutorial (of sorts). It wouldn't let me use MSGT in front of his first name and it also didn't allow the comma between the unit and box number. Go figure! I can't believe they haven't improved this (I've been retired from USPS for 3 years). I think I'll be contacting someone in hopes of getting an improvement. I'm all set to ship Thursday!
-
-
Permalink Reply by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on
-
I used MSGT as the first name and his first and last as the last name and it finally went through.
When you speak to the USPS, please ask them to fix the zip code as well. It won't print the 4 digit at the end so I have to write that in after I print my postage.
-
-
-
Kim, thanks for bringing up the 4 digits. They insist on it then the program won't even let it print! I'll get on it. I'm going to make sure the postmaster general knows too. I've met her :-)
-
-
-
And yes, apparently you can only put one word in the first name slot so your solution worked too. Here's the link that helped me. When you scroll down it gives examples of addresses for APO, FPO, and DPO.
-
-
-
Thanks for the info!
-
-
-
Lorraine, If you put the address in your address book, it works fine. When I print postage, I do a bunch, so I always use the address book.
The military has told the sailors/soldiers that they no longer need the +4 zip code. The regional post office here in Chicago REQUIRES it. When asking the troops for their address, I always have to explain that the military and the USPS are not on the same page!
The last time the USPS "improved" Click 'n Ship, there were major problems. I went over to the aforementioned Regional PO. They didn't have any answers but gave me a phone number to call. On the 2nd day of trying, she finally answered. Her first comment was "I don't know much about Click 'n Ship." (Uh-Oh) The next day we were supposed to have a 3-way call with IT Dept. IT Dept. would not answer her call! Unbelievable!
-
- ‹ Previous
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next ›
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
