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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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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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A place to come to for Navy Moms & Family Members who find themselves with an emptynest. A place to share our thoughts..comfort each other and give advice.

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Latest Activity: Feb 17

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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!

A place to come to for Navy Moms & Family Members who find themselves with an emptynest. A place to share our thoughts..comfort each other and give advice.

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 B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 9, 2023 at 10:17am: Jacob94mom - wow! Cameron is just a little peanut compared to Oli. From what B&C are telling me Oli is still awake a LOT at night and he basically eats nonstop. She's nursing so she's exhausted. She's going to start pumping so hopefully she can get a little ahead of him and then we can offer a bottle to give her a break. B got 4 weeks off and she's pretty much off for the whole summer and through December because she's working on her Master's Thesis. She'll have to finish up research, etc but luckily she can do that from home. So in their case they don't have to look for daycare right not. I know that daycare seems to be one of the biggest concerns for new parents. I just don't know how they do it now. I thought it was hard when we had our boys but sheesh, it seems even harder now..... I hope they are able to figure something out - I'm sure they will of course, but the stress of it isn't fun. I would love to be able to move to MI to be closer to them but it's not in the cards right now....hubby and I both are still working and the hard part is medical insurance.....ugh I haven't even seen Oli yet in person and I'm already missing seeing him grow up. Dang this is hard!

But tomorrow afternoon we will be there! I can't wait!

I'm glad you had a nice visit - now to plan for the next one lol!

I'll try to check in but it might be a bit limited!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 9, 2023 at 10:08am

Comment by Jacob94mom on June 9, 2023 at 9:06am: Compared to Oli Cameron is a peanut, just over 7lbs! I love being here and seeing my son son be a great hands on dad! He never was a baby person, it was a struggle to get him to hold his nieces. He has night shift since mom is pumping, prepping him for when she has to go back to work in a week. Jacob is off until August. They are a bit concerned because they are on a waiting list at two daycares, there are just no openings and no SAHM’s they’ve found. My son wants us to move here, but safely we just can’t right now.
Cameron is such a good baby! He rarely cries, only when he’s getting hungry, even then it’s just little peeps. He definitely doesn’t not like being cold or having no clothes on though!
Today is our last day here it’s going to be hard to leave for sure

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 8, 2023 at 11:11am: Just got a text from B&C. Oli had his dr appt this morning and he's at 11lbs 12oz!!!! He'll be 4 weeks on Saturday when we arrive. I can't believe how big he is - I guess so much for me seeing a "little" newborn lol! C said my arms are going to feel like jello after carrying him around lol. He needs to stop growing until Lolli gets there!!!!

Jacob94mom - how is your visit going with Cameron?

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 8, 2023 at 11:10am: Happy Thursday!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 6, 2023 at 1:55pm

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 5, 2023 at 12:45pm: Jacob94mom - woohoo - so glad you are feeling better! Enjoy those snuggles. I'm on countdown until we fly out on Saturday....can't wait for my snuggles too!

Comment by Jacob94mom on June 2, 2023 at 7:54pm: My cough and cold are gone! I’ll be ready for some baby snuggles! I can’t leave out the grand dogs and cats cuddles too.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 2, 2023 at 11:27am: Jacob94mom - fingers crossed it's nothing serious and you get your snuggles on Sunday!