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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

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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 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

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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

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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 Seabeemom on December 2, 2016 at 9:40pm: Me either. Thank goodness for Skype!

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on December 2, 2016 at 9:56am: Haven't been on in awhile. I hope all is well with everyone. Doesn't look like I get to see my sailor again this holiday. Trying to stay positive.

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on September 8, 2016 at 10:09pm: That is great that you will be able to visit them in Maine once agaon. Our family sure enjoyed our family vacation to Maine back in 2008. Sorry to about your husband's diagnosis, but I am glad the medication is helping.

Just 2 weeks until our daughter's wedding!

Comment by Lorraine on September 4, 2016 at 3:31pm: Looks like the kids will be moving back to Maine this fall for another dry dock experience. Good thing they like the area :-) And I do too - bring on the lobster! Little Ari is just over 1 1/2 years old and I don't see her or her soon to be 8 year old brother enough. Sure miss those kids. Hope everyone has had a good summer. Hubby and I hit a bump in the road with his sudden onset dementia but medication is helping with normal functioning for now.

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on September 1, 2016 at 9:20pm: Is anyone interested in a welcome home banner for a sailor named Tony? My son is now home, so we don't need this banner any more (we used it more than once LOL). Let me know, and maybe we can meet up at a Navy Mom get-together.

Comment by Lorraine on July 16, 2016 at 5:19pm: Good to hear from you, Kim. Good luck to your daughter.

Comment by Kim on July 16, 2016 at 2:21pm: Hi everyone. It's been a long time since I've been on here. Hope all is well with everyone. We just returned from the Recruiter's office with our daughter. Yep, I'm a Navy Mom again! If her medical comes back all good, we'll be going to Lansing on Friday. She will complete her senior year in high school and they are planning on having her ship out soon after graduation. Not sure how I'm feeling right now. The Navy was good for our son and it's good to have him home. He's utilizing his GI bill by attending Grand Valley. He's hoping to start his own business. I'll check in soon again!

Comment by Lorraine on July 5, 2016 at 7:16pm: Good to hear from you, Colleen. Been wondering if you're lurking :-) Are you folks retired yet? So your son has decided to stick with water? I wish him well. My son has a little over a year but might be thinking of staying in. He'll be at 9 years and might plug along a little longer. I've been enjoying grandkids (now have 3) and visits to my sailor's family. His 1 1/2 year old daughter is the apple of everyone's eye in this family! enjoying retirement and a nice summer.

Comment by Colleen on July 2, 2016 at 11:34am: Hi Everyone! Happy 4th of July! I've been lurking. Welcome to all the newbies. Ruth, congrats on retiring. Hope all the family stuff gets resolved. Lorraine, good to see/hear you. In 19 days, my Sailor will be officially out after 7 years. I can't believe it's been 7 years. He wants to become a Merchant Mariner, so he'll be starting Mariner school on the 11th. He is on terminal leave. He is getting his exiting pictures taken on the 4th. But I plan on staying on the N4M's. You guys have been such a blessing to me all these years. Gee, when was the last time we met in person? Have a safe 4th and God Bless America!