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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

Events

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

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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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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EMPTYNESTERS

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.

Members: 583
Latest Activity: on Sunday

EMPTYNESTERS

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

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Depression of husband

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Bursting with pride BUT.........

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EMERGENCY MESSAGES VIA RED CROSS

Started by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Jan 12, 2015. 0 Replies

Sending 2 off to Basic in less than 3 weeks between them

Started by k10mom (Ship 14, Division 146). Last reply by CO-TwinSalorsMom Nov 12, 2014. 8 Replies

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Comment by carols_kitchen on June 5, 2011 at 4:13pm
Comment by Kimberly on June 2, 2011 at 8:40pm
Kittens are cute but-- I totally understand the need to get them
Comment by Kimberly on June 1, 2011 at 9:29pm
@trio-- I so get it anytime you want to pm me I'm there. It's kinda like sex and drama are like a drug to these boys and family is left to pick up the pieces when that glue doesn't hold
Comment by velvetlace on June 1, 2011 at 9:14am
Tenn Navy Mom-   My son is currently in A school at S A.   He does not want to go with the Marines; he just wants to be a hospital corpsman.  I am hoping and praying that he gets his wish.   I told him to study hard and get high marks so maybe he will get some choice in the matter.  We will see.  He will do whatever is required of him, however. 
Comment by Kimberly on June 1, 2011 at 12:21am
I also would like to say that these girls which is what they are have no idea what a GREAT extended family. They are insecure if the world isn't revolving around them the world isn't turning and the DRAMA. But ultimately it is their choice it kinda sucks we can't choose for them. Especially when we see CRISIS ahead
Comment by Kimberly on June 1, 2011 at 12:16am
Just an aside that was my middle son not my Navy son I'm telling you it is hard staying in their lives when those girls act like a fool. My navy son had one of them and because he went into the navy she messed around so much on him he finally said Done. He hasn't had a girlfriend in one and a half years because of her. But I finally see him starting to heal which is good. I like the girl he dates now but who knows he is just 21
Comment by carols_kitchen on May 31, 2011 at 9:06pm

Had a wonderful time back home in Indianapolis visiting with my family.  My nephew and his wife flew in from LA, and my brother got all his girls to attend at least one event (all in college) for our sis-in-law's retirement.  It was great.

 

Finishing up the laundry to repack for 4 days of annual church conference starting tomorrow.  I"m driving, so almost ready for bed, too.  Glad the hubby will be home with the dogs while I'm gone. 

 

You all have a great week.

Comment by velvetlace on May 30, 2011 at 10:39pm

I really am missing my only son today, who is my sailor son studying to be a corpsman.  I pray that he and all his fellow sailors and soldiers will be our of harm's way and safe.   God bless our only children and God bless the USA.

 

Comment by Kimberly on May 30, 2011 at 11:12am
Boy I ramble and don't punctuate I hope you get what I was trying to say
Comment by Kimberly on May 30, 2011 at 11:11am
Ok I agree and this isn't right nor do I condone this behavior. I just want to say that as I have seen what happens dtrs tend to stay very close with mom. My dtr and granddaughter are always here. My so married a girl that is great but you could tell for whatever reason she really did not like me. I was like you OH GREAT. They got pregnant. The first grand baby on that side 2nd on this side -- same thing so I started groveling( only if you want too) every vacation we had dinner we went to party we had for whatever reason I called her mom and said "since we are all family now " let's do this that or whatever. At first I felt like I had a third eye but i always said you are family I hung up the phone every time with everyone I love you. We are now friends enough where a baby is coming and they are like you want the shower together. We aren't simply too many people. The other options were not acceptable for me so I gladly ate my share of humble pie now we vacation together as a BIG family once every two years who would have ever thought I didn't. Good luck it is HARD
 
 
 

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