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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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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.

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Comment by Kimberly on August 8, 2011 at 7:11pm: Daysleeper my sister is bring me your jelly so I will get it to you glad you are better

Comment by Kimberly on August 8, 2011 at 7:10pm: Timsmom. In the last year we have seen our son about every six months. He had to have foot surgery so it will be about 4.5 months before he finishes FT training ten will get his duty station so.... When we see him basically I am the chief maid and bottle washer for all his friends so... Glad to see him come glad to see him go. He is the baby and is spoiled rotten

Comment by carols_kitchen on August 8, 2011 at 6:02pm: Ahh, one who is "rotten Groton." That was the only school location my kid says he didn't like, yet it was winter and he got to go snowboarding a couple of times, so it couldn't have been too bad.

Tims Mom, we are lucky to be on a school schedule and I have a hubby who could have been a tour guide who finds the best deals to get to our sailor's bases. So, we haven't been as removed as 99% have been. It's been over 3 years now, and we've seen him twice a year one way or another. Must say King's Bay, GA is his home base and one of our favorites. Right now he's in dry-dock in VA, which is a Southwest airlines route and we've snagged some good ticket prices.

Keep with us and we'll be there for you. Carol

Comment by timsmom submariner on August 8, 2011 at 3:34pm: I think I need to join this group! My son's PIR was 10/15/10. It has been one year that my son has been gone and the last time I saw him was in October at Bootcamp graduation. He is now in CT at Submarine school and will be moving to his duty station soon. How are you all coping?

Comment by carols_kitchen on August 8, 2011 at 3:33pm: Welcome timsmom.

Daysleeper--glad you are feeling better.

Comment by carols_kitchen on August 7, 2011 at 10:48pm: Welcome Smom (S10 Div 261)

Comment by carols_kitchen on August 7, 2011 at 10:46pm: Yeah, we're packing up the van for a quick visit to see our sailor. He has next weekend off! He's got three prints entered in an art show.

Comment by Kimberly on August 7, 2011 at 9:17pm: Daysleeper you take care of yourself.....gosh a few weeks ago I was sooo sick l don't want you there

Comment by Kimberly on August 6, 2011 at 1:45am: Truthfully I was surprised by that but he Id amazingly built and raised in the country and can shoot anything. Just one thing they a re checking out one of his shoulders like everything then he gets in for sure. They are working on that shoulder issue like an x-Ray machine. Please pray thathis shoulder passes cause that's what he wants to do and if he stays home any longer my sister may kill him:)

Comment by Kimberly on August 5, 2011 at 6:53pm: I have 3 sisters. No boys. In fact out of all of us only 3 boys in the kid / aunt relationship all grandkids are girls:). Sisters rock. My nephew is joining the Navy he will be in the seal category Wow just like his Aunt:)