2023 Holiday shipping dates for contiguous U.S. (lower 48 states) 2023 HOLIDAY SHIPPING DEADLINES  (click on the link to go to the USPS page) Recommended send-by dates for expected delivery before December 251 Domestic Mail Class/Product Date (excluding Alaska & Hawaii) USPS Ground Advantage™ Service Dec. 16 First-Class Mail® Service Dec. 16 Priority Mail® Service Dec. 18 Priority Mail Express® Service2 Dec. 20   USPS Ground Advantage™ Service First-Class Mail® Service Priority Mail® S ..read more

**FROM THE US NAVY RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND (7/27/2023)** Families and friends of future Sailors: Beginning October 5, 2023, recruit graduations will be conducted on Thursday instead of Friday. This will allow an extra day of off-base liberty for the graduates and their families. Federal holidays, such as Thanksgiving, will push up the graduation to Wednesday. For a current list of upcoming graduations dates and all graduation information, including instructions for obtaining graduation ceremony tickets, please visit our website at U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command > Graduation. The ..read more

Here's the link the the USPS 2022 Holiday Mailing Deadlines: 2022 hOLIDAY MAILING DEADLINES Holiday Dates for Military Mail The Postal Service recommends the following mailing and shipping deadlines for expected delivery by Dec. 25 to Air/Army Post Office/Fleet Post Office/Diplomatic Post Office (APO/FPO/DPO): Military Mail Addressed To and From: Priority Mail Express Military Service (PMEMS)¹ First-Class Mail® Service Priority Mail® Service USPS Retail Ground® Service APO/FPO/DPO AE ZIP 090-092 DEC-16 DEC-9 DEC-9 NOV-5 APO/FPO/DPO AE ZIP 093 N/A DEC-9 ..read more

Navy recruits will complete 10 weeks of boot camp in 2022, rather than the eight weeks that has been the standard. The additional two weeks of Basic Military Training at Recruit Training Command aboard Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois, will be devoted to the completion of a “Sailor for Life” module that targets the conversion from civilian to sailor, according to Capt. Dave Hecht, a spokesman for the chief of naval personnel. “This will focus on character development through lessons in mentorship, small-unit leadership, professional and personal development and advanced ..read more

 World Suicide Prevention Day - September 10. Here are some help lines if your Sailor or anyone they know is ever in need: Military Crisis Line – 24/7 confidential and toll-free support for service members and veterans in crisis. Call 1-800-273- TALK (option 1), text 838255 or visit www.militarycrisisline.net Navy Chaplain Care – Communications with Navy chaplains are always 100% confidential unless the service member decides otherwise. Sailors and family members can speak with their nearest command chaplain, call 1-855-NAVY-311 to request chaplain support or https://w ..read more

***UPDATE 7/29/2021***  ONLY FULLY IMMUNIZED GUESTS ALLOWED * * * New Guidance for Pass-In-Review Ceremonies Beginning August 13th * * * 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). Specific information on this policy change will be provided in the coming days and weeks. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and apprecia ..read more

If you have a son or daughter that is getting ready to leave for boot camp during COVID please sit down with them and have a real good talk about what to expect.  Since Covid has hit things have been all over the place - they get put in quarantine, they get out of quarantine, they get put back in quarantine.  A normal 8 week now 10 week boot camp (as of 2022) could drag on much longer and it can take a huge mental toll on them.  It's important that they understand THIS IS ONLY TEMPORARY!  They need to be physically strong but more importantly they n ..read more

***PLEASE DON'T DELETE YOUR PROFILE*** If you leave Navy for Moms ALL your posts will disappear. The way the Navy for Mom's website works is if you decide to leave permanently any and all posts/comments that you have made will disappear (and we have no way of recovering them).   We ask that if you have contributed information to groups then please don't permanently leave the site.  Your information could be helpful to current and future mom's.    You can leave individual groups and your posts won't disappear - this is only if you leave the website completely. Plea ..read more

There has been much discussion regarding sending letters to SR's in boot camp via the SANDBOXX App. Here is information I have received from RTC: "While RTC does not endorse or promote the app, recruits are most certainly welcome to receive letters sent through them. The RTC mail room does not deal with ANY FedEx or UPS mail (Sandboxx falls under this category).  They strictly only deal with misdirected mail, such as wrong addresses or ASMOs.  All mail that the post office on the main side of the base deals with goes straight from that post office directly to each ship.  There ..read more

On Friday's we wear RED to Remember Everyone Deployed. Here's the story of red shirt Friday: What Does Red Friday Mean? So wear a red shirt every Friday to show that you respect and support our troops and veterans. Feel free to share your RED Friday selfies ;-D ..read more