Welcome to
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.

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

Events

Add an Event

**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
PDF – 2.7 MB
PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

Latest Activity

1Proudmamma posted photos

14 hours ago

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

Loading…

Get Badge

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

Information

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 3 Likes

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

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of Heads at Ease pillowcase project - our motto is: ALL OR NONE to add comments!

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on July 22, 2016 at 10:32pm: New numbers posted and wave 4 for the Wasp begins on Monday.

I have started back to work! The before and after school program opens on Monday. All 4 schools will be at my school so have been busy this week getting the site set up.

Monday, I start my school year at 6:30 am.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on July 13, 2016 at 10:45am: we are mailing wave 3 this week.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on July 4, 2016 at 1:28pm: And Happy Birthday Heads at Ease. I consider the 4th of July as HAE's official birthdate.

It was 8 years ago that I made and sent patriotic pillowcases to my son and his rack buddies on the Lincoln.

I told them to celebrate their birthdays with the country's birthday.

But I did make and mail the pcs in June so we celebrate that too.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on July 4, 2016 at 1:24pm

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on July 3, 2016 at 11:18pm: I just added some thank you notes to the Wasp and misc

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on June 24, 2016 at 5:40pm: New numbers posted! We had a bit of a break while I tried to get a firm answer on the customs form.! YIKES. The old ones are good for now.

Wave 2 for the Wasp starts on 6-27. Let me know if you have some pcs.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on June 16, 2016 at 8:01pm: take a look at the new thread and see how if you can help! We need lots of pillowcases and can always use fabric or $ for fabric and shipping.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on June 16, 2016 at 8:00pm: FINALLY! I called customer service again this morning as I hadn't received an email plus I got a

call from the local guy. He then sent me 7 pages of information and buried in there was the nugget

that I wanted!

The current customs form is still good and the new one will not be used until the end of August. I am so glad to have this correct information, so it's business as usual right now.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on June 15, 2016 at 5:10pm: I called the USPS today about my investigation!!!! AND I got an answer.

I am also a skeptic so I asked for it in writing. I should have that tomorrow,

so I will say that Wave 1 for the USS Wasp can begin on Friday, June 17!!!!

The gal I talked to today said that the letter that went out to postal customers,

which I never got either, was prematurely sent.

The customs form WILL change but there is not a date for that roll out as yet.

The gal said that we can use the old form of 2976-A still with no penalty.

I am so happy. But I don't want to start until I have that in writing!

So get ready and we will be rolling 6-17 thru 6-20. I have called about 8 times

on this because I am just unwilling to have our precious gifts returned to us.

Please confirm with me that you can mail during any of these dates below:

wave 1 6-17 thru 6-20

wave 2 6-27 thru 6-30

wave 3 7-11 thru 7-14

Please bear with me. With the delay, I just want to confirm everyone again. I

will send out the address tomorrow.

Thanks so much for your patience!!!

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on June 11, 2016 at 1:16pm: Hi Dawn,

Thanks for chiming in! Another state that isn't aware! The change was to take place on June 3rd. The problem is the PO workers don't know and don't have the forms. Another gal posted in a group that boxes using the 2976-A form would be returned.

The main PO customer service are vague on that. Vague doesn't work in my world when we are talking $$. So I have them start an investigation on this. We are putting our wave mailing for this week on hold until I hear back from the "bigwigs".

I am holding them accountable for $$ if our boxes are returned. I want it in writing.

I will keep you posted.