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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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
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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Michigan Moms (and Family)

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Seeking all Michigan Moms!!!!!!!! Got a question... want to chat with others from Michigan.. Moms, then join us!!!!!

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!

Members: 316
Latest Activity: Apr 11

Welcome come on in start a discussion, ask questions and answer a few too!!!!!!!

HAVE FUN !!!!!!

RED CROSS CONTACT INFO:

In the event of an emergency within the sailor’s family, where you feel the sailor must be notified and considered for Emergency Leave, you must notify the American Red Cross through the national headquarters in Washington, DC (1-877-272-7337) or via their website www.redcross.org.

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Comment by Julyasmom on August 8, 2015 at 12:07pm: Hi MI Moms! Life has been so crazy I didn't realize I hadn't been here for a bit. We got the box from boot camp right when it was supposed to come. The dogs about dove into the box when I opened it looking for their girl! It was so cute!

We got the form letter last Friday and you'd better believe I've been putting a letter in every day! :-). We got our first real letter Thursday. She is trying to write some every day. She sounded pretty upbeat but tired. Wanted me to ask everyone to write. So so far so good...PIR is 9/18.

My husband and I are giving our new camper its inaugural run this weekend up in Buckley near Traverse City. Good thing this was to try out the camper.... It has rained the entire time and our dogs little guys that they are are quite vocal about not liking people so close. So needless to say we are spending most of our time trying the camper out! It's also our daughter's birthday today so at least we aren't sitting at home missing her.... Hoping for a first phone call today. There are rumors of calls being made today...trying not to get my hopes up but all of you know how that goes!

Hope all of you have a great day!!

Comment by Lorraine on August 7, 2015 at 1:37pm: Good update , Ruth, glad you're enjoying your son's family. I am in MN through the weekend with some Navy moms. When I get back I would like to go to Maine to help the kids move and see the Grands. They are moving from a very small apt to a house.

Comment by Julyasmom on July 22, 2015 at 5:29pm: Got the I'm safe call! So surprised to get it at 5:15!

Comment by Lorraine on July 21, 2015 at 1:10pm: Thanks for mentioning Pets for Vets, Julyasmom. I have a friend whose son is struggling with ptsd and this might be a help to him. Good luck to your daughter!

I'm enjoying this beautiful weather this week and tried not to complain about those two HOT days we had. Summer is wonderful! Just got back from a trip to the Sleeping Bear Dunes area with my Navy mom friend from AZ. She has been my guest this summer - she has Lupus and Michigan summers are much kinder to her than AZ summers.

Comment by Julyasmom on July 6, 2015 at 9:07pm: Hi Ladies! Hope everyone had a great weekend! We spent the weekend getting used to our new little doggie. The shelter has a Pets for Vets program and the adoption fee was covered.

Daughter's last DEP meeting is tomorrow. Time is really flying!

Comment by Lorraine on July 5, 2015 at 5:04pm: Kalamazoo sounds great. Any suggestions, Seabeemom?

Comment by Seabeemom on July 4, 2015 at 9:19pm: Hello NavyMomE57! I am from the Coldwater area and have a son who is a Seabee. I'm hoping we can do a get together sometime in the near future, maybe in the KZ area? Welcome to the group!

Comment by Lorraine on July 4, 2015 at 8:53pm: Welcome NavyMomE57. Thanks for the perspective from a former Navy wife. We all find this journey hard at times, and frustrating when leaves are cancelled or orders delayed. My son has been waiting since spring to get new orders :-)

Comment by NavyMomE57 on July 4, 2015 at 8:18pm: Hello. I am from the Big Rapids area. My daughter has been in since July 2012. I am a former Navy Wife but find being a Navy Mom is a lot harder that expected. The picture is from last year when she was home on leave :) I think it would be nice to try to get a group of us together to meet.

Comment by Lorraine on July 3, 2015 at 11:19pm: Colleen, it's good to hear your update and that the family had a great time in DC.
Great trip, Kathy B.