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:
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:
**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
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.)
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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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How did you find us?
I am so excited. :)
This is the best snowball ever! I’ve been so curious…how did you find out about our community? Some moms have told me about the http://www.nstc.navy.mil/rtcgl/family/index.html site… Is that were you found us... or was it through another source? Thank you!
UPDATE 4/20/2008: Hi Everyone! I brought this forward because I really want to know! :) How did you find out about us?!
UPDATE: 2/17/2010: Hello N4M's. We are interested in where all of our members founds us! Stop by and leave a message.
Thank you for making this community what it is today!
Elizabeth and Colleen
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Permalink Reply by Angie (Jared's Mom) on
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My son's recruiter recommended the site to me when we dropped him off to leave for GL. Thanks for such a great site. I'm learning a lot and getting a lot of support.
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Angie,
Welcome to our wonderful "Navy Family!" This is a wonderful place to get answers to any and all of the questions you may have. Welcome
Barb K.
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Complete accident!
I was on myspace, actually photobucket looking for images and came across it by accident. So much so I am sure I could not duplicate whatever I did lol.
Now that I am here.. I am so glad to have found it, and wish I had know of it when my son was in bootcamp!
I share my new found N4M site with anyone who seems willing to listen lol.
love it love it love it!
Kathy
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I am so thankful for this site. I found it through the search engine help for parents navy. Now I feel I have an informative, helpful, support group. I have learned so very much. I feel here we can support our kids, support each other and much more. We can share joy, laughter, encouragement, fears, and tears. Bless everyone of you. To me this is family.
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Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!
It is so good to have another new member and friend. As you said, this is family. Since I have been a member, I have had a lot of questions answered and it has been a lifesaver. I only wish that this was available when my son first went into the Navy. Nice to have you here.
Barb K.
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I found this wonderful site in the www.militarynews.com
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I heard about it through the daily Navy News Service that is e-mailed to me. It may have some other offical name, I'm not really sure. But here's the web address: www.news.navy.mil
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After my boy left I was so desperate to find out more information about the Navy and boot camp. I searched the internet until I found this site. I searched for Great Lakes. This site is so comforting.
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Marian,
Welcome to our extended Navy family. My son left for bootcamp almost one year ago and this site did not exist, what I went through on my own. I saw an ad for the website on the TV and have been here ever since. This is a great place to get answers to just about any question that you have and there are a wonderful group of women and some men too who can help you in many different ways. Welcome and enjoy.
Barb K.
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Permalink Reply by Lois C T(momma T) on
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Hi Barb, my son also went to boot camp a little over a year ago, I didn't realize this site was so "new", I think it is GREAT! Lois
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Lois,
Hello, and welcome! This is a wonderful site and it has been wonderful in answering many of the questions that I have that I don't or won't ask my son. Although he is 20, I still get the eye rolls and the "Oh mom" attitude, so sometimes it is just easier to ask here and get another mom's perspective. Welcome to our family (it truly is a family) and enjoy! What is your son's rate? Is he still in school or at his duty station? My son graduates from A school next week and then is going to Hawaii to Pearl Harbor. Well, welcome.
Barb K.
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