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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.

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Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

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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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MINNESOTA NAVY FAMILY

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GROUP FOR FAMILIES OF MINNESOTA NAVY MEMBERS

Members: 120
Latest Activity: Feb 16, 2021

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Comment by MidwestNavyMom on September 4, 2016 at 9:43pm: DavesMom - That's awesome you got to do the Tiger Cruise! We hope to do that someday. What a great opportunity!!

Comment by SaltyMama on August 20, 2016 at 11:26am: Davesmom, I'm anxious to hear all the details. What an experience!

On another note- please read below as to why no new members are joining.

Campbell-Ewald was the Navy's ad agency when the site was created in 2008 (Check out the ABOUT US tab.) and the ad agency, NOT the Navy, paid for the NavyforMoms domain. Young & Rubicam became the Navy's ad agency in April of 2015. Although CE lost the account more than a year ago, it took a year for the effects to trickle down to N4M and we started seeing a decline in membership in April. (See http://www.crainsdetroit.com/ARTICLE/20150610/NEWS/150619987/campbe....) Not many new members were added in April and the first part of May and then no new members were added between 16 May and 30 June. There were 132 new members added on 30 June and no new members have been added since. There is currently no N4M Admin since the Admin were from CE and CE is not going to pay for anyone to oversee the site when they are not the ad agency.

CE has some real issues.

CE sent texts from the Navy to people as a recruiting measure and ended up in a class action suit. (See http://www.law360.com/articles/418363/navy-contractor-campbell-ewal... and https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/14-857%20-%20new_gfbi.pdf.)

It was the Campbell-Ewald CEO who was fired due to inappropriate emails. (See http://www.adweek.com/agencyspy/campbell-ewald-creative-invited-tea....)

Hopefully, the registration for the NavyforMoms.com domain can be transferred to Young & Rubicam or better yet, to the Navy so that the current issues on this site can be solved.

There have been a few posts about the changes. See ATTN: Prospective Members (that was our first notice that there was a problem), Can prospective members now join? UPDATE, and Sad to see the decline here.

Comment by DavesMom on August 16, 2016 at 11:24pm: Hi Navy Moms. I got home from my Tiger Cruise late last week. It was glorious! I loved everything about it except for the sleeping quarters and, well, the head left a lot to be desired, too. :) Best of all I had lots of time with my Sailor! Hope you're all doing well and enjoying the heat. The State Fair is just around the corner! Time flies!

Comment by J Peder on August 16, 2016 at 2:18pm: Good afternoon everyone,
Its been awhile since I have checked in on this site. Sorry that I couldn't make the last get together. Hope everyone's summer is going good even though it is ending to fast.
My sailor is still over in Japan doing good and loving it.

Comment by JJ on July 26, 2016 at 9:51pm: We had a few tears but also some laughs! It was so great getting to know Ella, the sister of one of our sailors. I love to see the youth of today take time out to hang out with some older women on a Saturday afternoon. We really can't wait so long to have another get together. The Navy Moms get it!

Comment by DavesMom on July 25, 2016 at 5:20pm: I agree 100%, SaltyMama. Great to see old friends and great to meet new ones. Glad so many could make it despite the stormy weather.

Comment by SaltyMama on July 23, 2016 at 9:13pm: Hi everyone! We really had a great time getting to see our "old" Navy mom friends as well as meeting some wonderful new ones today. Hope even more can make it to the next one. Stay tuned for further info on when that is!

Pictured below: Bottom row left to right: JJ, Joan D., Lisa A.

Standing left to right: Beth L., Kari J., Carol B., Cat A., Margo B., Deborah M. and her daughter Ella

Comment by DavesMom on July 19, 2016 at 3:51pm: Oh, boy. I said that wrong. We would only have to wear a socially appropriate top and pj bottoms. lol. I'm excited to see everyone on Sat. A few from the fb group are coming, too.

Comment by JJ on July 12, 2016 at 3:40pm: Does that mean we can go TOPLESS.....Not a pleasant sight at my house!! LOL I would have to put a piece of tape over my camera lens!! Can't wait 'til Saturday.

Comment by DavesMom on July 12, 2016 at 2:04pm: Thanks, JJ. Maybe someday we can all meet via video and bring our own lunch to the computer. Not the same as "in person," but nobody would have to drive. Bonus: we could be in our PJ bottoms. :)