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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.

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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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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PACT Moms

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Let's chat about our wonderful sons and daughters who have chosen the PACT program.

Members: 222
Latest Activity: Jul 17, 2022

Hello

It has been a long time since I have posted and I am sorry. I hope everyone has been able to connect with others in the PACT program. My son is now 3 and a half years in and it has been a great experience. He thought he wanted to be an AM. When he got on the ship, he was put with the AO’s. Now he is an AD3. It was best for him to start PACT because we didn’t know much about the Navy and he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do. This has been a good route for him.

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Comment by Vickie360 on June 1, 2015 at 11:38pm: Happy early birthday!!!!
I might need to get names of those apartments when we go meet the ship many months down the road. I figure when ships come in, navy lodge and gateway are packed!!! Ryan is doing great. He emails about once every other day. Of course sometimes it just says "hi-going to bed." Lol. But that is ok- at least I hear from him! The time change makes it tough but if I hear my phone go off we can email back and forth. He hurt his foot the other day and had it X-rayed because they thought he broke it but it is just a bad sprain! Splash- have fun on your trip!!

Comment by splash on June 1, 2015 at 11:09pm: I did not rent a car because Francesca bought one and my other daughter drove from AZ. If she did not have a car i would rent one.
It is nice that the girls are close. They get together as often as they can. Even though they are almost 12 yrs apart they are good friends. Frankie and a friend went to AZ for Memorial weekend.

Comment by splash on June 1, 2015 at 10:37pm: I hope you have a great Birthday! what a great way to honor your parents.

As far as the Navy Lodge I am did not think they open reservation 30 day prior. I thought that the Navy Gateway does that. But I am wrong about many things. I am going to see her in November. Her Birthday is 11/2. She wants me to come the week after. I am sure so she can be with her friends....LOL!

I am going to Kingman AZ. My daughter is a Nurse Practioner working as a provider in a clinic. She went there because she is then eligible for Federal loan repayment. She got her Doctorate degree and has HUGE student loans. It is a 6 hour drive to SD.

I am glad Michael likes SD and that he has made some good friends. It is a nice place.

Comment by splash on June 1, 2015 at 10:07pm: Michaels mom...is your birthday coming up soon? June 5th...correct?

Comment by splash on June 1, 2015 at 10:05pm: Michael's mom. I think it is great that your husband is going to school. I left my house last night and tried to respond to you from my phone. I have a new phone and for the life of me could not figure out how to comment and the at work today I tried to respond from my work computer and was having issues. Uggh...old and computers do not always mix well.

Are you getting excited for your trip to SD? Are you staying at the Navy Lodge? I am going to be in AZ from Jun 28-Jul 5. My daughter and her husband bought a house and also just took in 2 young foster boys (they hope to adopt) so I am going to watch the kids while they move and work on their new house. I am trying to figure out a way to get over to SD to see Francesca for even a day. I don't think it is going to work out but I am trying. I do not think she will be coming home for a while. Is Michael getting excited? does he like SD?

Comment by splash on May 31, 2015 at 7:17pm: Welcome new moms!

Comment by splash on May 31, 2015 at 7:17pm: Michael's mom. Looking back I also wish I would have joined the Military. And like you, not many girls joined when I was young either. Are you going to school or your husband? Either way that is great! I

Comment by splash on May 31, 2015 at 7:02pm: I was like you and never paid attention to anything military either. My dad was in the Air Force but got out when I was a newborn. I know that he liked it and said that it changed his life. My oldest daughter (31) came to me when she was just out of high school and told me she wanted to join the Army and I freaked out. Now 12 years later and $260k in student loans...I probably should have at least listened to her. My Navy daughter started looking at the Navy because I could not get any more student loans and she wanted to move forward with her life and not wait. She was looking at reserves and one day came home from a DEP meeting and told us she was going active duty because it sounds like fun.