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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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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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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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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.
Discussion Forum
Our home officially became an empty nest on March 29th
Started by BlueMom11. Last reply by Tammy⚓️Girl Jul 27, 2021. 14 Replies 2 Likes
Depression of husband
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Bursting with pride BUT.........
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EMERGENCY MESSAGES VIA RED CROSS
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Sending 2 off to Basic in less than 3 weeks between them
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Comment by Tammy⚓️Girl on February 27, 2022 at 2:21pm
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Thank you for the Sailor's Prayer.
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carols_kitchen, I'm late responding, but the post from Navy Dads was beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Bless our Navy families and sailors who took the oath.
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Comment by carols_kitchen on February 25, 2022 at 7:15pm
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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 25, 2022 at 4:31pm
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Yes, good to share.
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I'm going to share this on the boot camp group if you don't mind.
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Thanks carols_kitchen for sharing this!
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Comment by mariecb on February 24, 2022 at 11:25am
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Thanks carols_kitchen. Such good advice for these trying times.
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From Navy Dads
⚓️STAY ANCHORED IN THE TRUTH⚓️
NERVES WILL BE RATTLED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS!
Recommend to limit your time watching news reports as they will hype things and will cause most to fret and worry more than normal.
Do not listen to others' speculation. Speculations turn into rumors. Rumors feed fear. This just makes people worry more.
Do not call your sailor and let them know how scared you are over the issues going on in the world. They need to be focused on their school, their ship command, or wherever they are currently at. Your fears could be a distraction they do not need.
The U.S. Navy will not rush anyone through training. An untrained sailor would be more of a danger and hindrance to the fleet.
The U.S. Navy will not recall all sailors and put all ships to sea. We have had forces in place for a few weeks, but they are just there as a show of force. The U.S. Navy will not put all their eggs in one basket so to speak.
DO NOT POST what you think is OPSEC. All the admin are aware of what is and is not OPSEC and we have post control for a reason. We will control the narrative on this topic.
Finally, say your prayers as in reality, this will be all you can do as the family of any service member. Remember they took an oath and now are adults having to do adult things.
STAY ANCHORED DURING THIS STORM AND SUPPORT YOUR SAILORS
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