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

**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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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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Heads at Ease pillowcase project - our motto is: ALL OR NONE

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Heads at Ease pillowcase project - our motto is:                         ALL OR NONE

We make/mail pillowcases for deployed military: Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard & Nat Guard. As of 9-1418, we have made/given out 82,816 since 6- 08! YTD 2018 is 5,217  We have note cards & labels, please send me a message for them.

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/heads/forum/topics/mailing-label
Location: Tucson, AZ
Members: 207
Latest Activity: Aug 15, 2023

Discussion Forum

Mailing label

Started by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor. Last reply by JustMom Dec 18, 2019. 64 Replies

Here is the Heads at Ease mailing label: When we mail pillowcases to our "own" groups (not one of Molly's adopted groups), use this label only on the package. If the pillowcases are going to one of Molly's adopted groups, use both labels. Both…Continue

Tags: Ease, pillowcases, at, Heads, labels

2018 groups

Started by Sue-Pillowcase lady. Last reply by Sue-Pillowcase lady May 6, 2018. 2 Replies

Hospice Veterans       12USS Iwo Jima           2,800  DONEAF unit                      50Hospice Veterans         6 + 8 lap quiltsMarine Vet                   1USS Oak Hill             258 so far  need 732Hospice Veterans       17  (1 was given to…Continue

2017 Misc groups

Started by Sue-Pillowcase lady. Last reply by Sue-Pillowcase lady Aug 7, 2017. 13 Replies

160     USS Texas                    Done408     USS Lake Champlain     Done353     USS Michael Murphy      Done70       OH National Guard Unit   Done338     AF 354th Bulldogs           Done200      OH National Guard Unit   Done     this was a…Continue

USS Wasp, USS San Antonio, USS Whidbey Island

Started by Sue-Pillowcase lady. Last reply by Sue-Pillowcase lady Mar 19, 2017. 23 Replies

We mailed over 2,00 pillowcases to the USS Wasp, which is carrying the 22nd MEU, another Marine unit.As always, we will mail until we are…Continue

2016 Misc Groups

Started by Sue-Pillowcase lady. Last reply by Sue-Pillowcase lady Mar 19, 2017. 18 Replies

Every year we send to smaller groups and I post about them in this thread.  The 1st for this year is an Army group which we did in memory of my dad.  It's an Army transport ship and my dad served on one of those in WWII.  His was a Liberty Ship…Continue

New custom forms

Started by Sue-Pillowcase lady. Last reply by Sue-Pillowcase lady Jun 15, 2016. 3 Replies

As of June 3, 2016, the custom form for mailing to the military will change.Do NOT use these forms any longer:Form 2976 - this is the small one with 1 part of it greenForm 2976-A - this is the self carbon, 5 page form with a cover of…Continue

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Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4 on November 11, 2015 at 11:59am

Good for you Sue. To often kids look up to the wrong people and it is sad.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on November 11, 2015 at 11:20am

Here is my Veteran manning the rails out of Pearl Harbor in Oct 2008.  It was right after Tiger Cruise that I heard about N4M and joined.  I am very proud of my son who served 5 years in the Navy.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on November 11, 2015 at 11:16am

Happy Veterans Day to all who have served this great country The United States of America. 

You are all eagles in my opinion, which is such a magnificent bird and why we have it as our national bird.
At school this week, I have been having the kids make "American Hero" cards which will go to veterans. I told them that our American Heroes are our military, not celebrities or sports figures.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on November 6, 2015 at 7:12pm

I do not know where the time goes!  I posted some more thank you notes today.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on October 23, 2015 at 11:52pm

new numbers posted.  I am catching up on some notes tonight.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on October 9, 2015 at 8:40am

mailing wave 3 to the Anchorage now.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on October 4, 2015 at 11:00am

I'm behind on thank you notes.  But am going to start to catch up so check out the Essex etc.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on October 3, 2015 at 9:03pm

Oh, it has been awhile since I was last on here.  I went to Milwaukee for my dad's service and when I got home I hit the ground running.  Today I am finally getting to slow down and catch up a bit.

Military honors were done for my dad as he was a Navy vet. I tried to film it but I got a blank.  My sister did and I have posted it on FB on my page.  When she emails it to me, I can post.  What a moving site that is!

I read Carol's poem at the service after I talked about my dad abit.

I posted new numbers as wave 2 for the Anchorage is done.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on September 16, 2015 at 8:28am

new numbers and Carol is a HAE crew member

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on September 16, 2015 at 8:27am

ANCHORS AWAY

By Carol Coddington

9/12/15

For Sue, in memory of her dad

 

On the anniversary of 911

A sailor died and went to heaven.

God said to him, welcome to my ship up here,

Welcome home, oh sailor so dear.

Please know that I have been waiting for you,

And there is a job I have for you to do.

Send back a sign to those you love,

Let them know you are fine here up above.

No problems, no worries, no troubles or pain,

Just the love of the Lord is what you still gain.

Let them know that the ship you are on

Is led by the Father, and steered by the Son.

Let it be known that you have thrown your final anchor overboard,

And have finally come home to sail with the Lord.

 

 

 

 

 

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