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.)
N4M Merchandise
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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 luvzemal on
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When my son joined the navy I started looking for Navy graphics for different online groups I belong to. The link for your site popped up and I had a look. It was very informative so I decided this is where I needed to be to get answers not to mention a shoulder to cry on. LOL
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Luv,
This is a great place to be and full of wonderful answers, Welcome! There are so many wonderful women here and some dads too and they are all more than willing to answer any question you may have. Very quickly this has become a family of Navy families who laugh with each other, celebrate with each other and cry when the need arises. Welcome to N4M! :0)
Barb K.
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i found out by asking a question on Google and it listed this site as an answer
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Shannon,
Welcome to the site. This is a wonderful place to get answers to just about any question you may have about the Navy. There are wonderful women here and some dads too who have someone in every stage of Navy life. If they don't know the answer, they know where or who to send you to find out what you need. Welcome!
Barb K.
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I typed in Navy Parental Concerns in my search engine and this was one of the sites that came up. It was also the first one I clicked on...I am so glad I did. I didn't have to go back to any of the other sites. None of them could have made me feel better like the N4M's have done. I have been welcomed and feel like I have made some wonderful friends.
Thanks N4M
I can't tell you all how much I appreciate you
Becky
Jakes Mom
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I stumbled across Navy for moms while seeking any info available about my son in bc. AND WHAT A BLESSING THIS IS.
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There was another Navy Moms site on the Great Lake site that made me google Navy Moms and then I found this site.
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I found it by going on internet and typing in navyparents and seen this. And glad I found it.
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The first "letter" I rec'd from my son that had all the official Navy info gave a link to the Official Navy military site, from there I went to the Great Lakes Site and while somewhere in there I clicked on the Navy 4 Mom's site. It was a Godsend. Thank you Thank you!
Also in my kids real letter, he mentioned that a support group for Navy mom's came to talk to them. He said the url was something like navy moms online. net. I just assumed he meant this one.
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I found this site through the Navy site https://www.cnic.navy.mil/GreatLakes/index.htm
Although I could not find it a second time, it was there somewhere.
I found it by accident when I heard about the storms and tornados in Chicago, Went to the Great Lakes Navy site to see if they had any info and boy oh boy did I find lots of good info when I found N4M!!
Gotta say thank you for this great site!
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Like I said when I first joined back in April: God sent me here! (Tis a MIRACLE!) and I'm so thankful.....! Hugs! Mama fry xxoo
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I stumbled across it on the www.nstc.navy.mil site. This is so much easier to navigate around - thanks to all who made this possible
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