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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 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:

RTC Graduation

**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.

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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: Jun 20

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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 carols_kitchen on January 31, 2011 at 4:03pm: Welcome to Marci (Ship11 Div298 PIR 9/2/10)!

Yes, it's a good thing we can laugh at our kids and ourselves:)

Comment by Kimberly on January 30, 2011 at 8:35pm: I love reading these posts LMAO

Comment by carols_kitchen on January 30, 2011 at 2:50pm: We told our son to box up what he wanted saved, and put in the Goodwill pile anything else. Well, he never did.

So, when we drove a u-haul to Goose Creek for his first apartment, we took EVERYTHING. He goes, what is this $%*^? We said, we told you to sort it, you didn't. So, once you get your furniture arranged, look through it. If you don't want it, you know where the dumpser is!

Well, he was pretty happy when he unsorted all sorts of electronic connectors. And, some friends were over for lunch and took a bunch of stuff, including all the laundry baskets we packed stuff in. (we flew back home, so nothing came back with us.)

Comment by navyarmymom on January 30, 2011 at 1:10pm: Hi all. I haven't been on here in awhile and I read a few pages back. I have twins who graduated from high school in May--one went Navy and one went Army. When one son was at Basic, I moved my sewing stuff into his room. His bed, dresser, etc. were still there but rearranged. He was NOT happy about it when he came back on leave. In hindsight, I probably should have waited.......

Comment by TxLadyJane(ET Nuke Mom) on January 29, 2011 at 10:57pm: Well now all my son's clothes that were on his floor are washed and I will be doing one load a day from now on until we can get everything done in his entire room. I can't even get his closet doors open, so my husband is going to have to take off one of the doors so we can get the stuff out. I am not kidding either. It's been years since I have tired to open it. I learned a long time ago kids need privacy.

Comment by nikosmom ( CVN 70, Seaman ) on January 29, 2011 at 9:13pm: I couldn't clean my sons room right away, I walked in,sat on his bed and balled like a baby. I waited a week or so and then cleaned up. I sometimes go in there just to feel him.

Comment by Kimberly on January 28, 2011 at 7:17pm: Bob didn't go within 100 yards ( so to speak) to A room until I started screaming uncontrollably. Lol

Comment by Kimberly on January 28, 2011 at 6:57pm: Ok this is gross I found bowls of food under his bed in his dresser drawers. Ayer he left for bootcamp I thought I would fall apart but when I was cleaning that room I got so mad I was glad he was gone for about 2weeks

Comment by Renick ET on January 27, 2011 at 9:27pm: Wow, my son's room is such a mess. I just keep the door closed! I'm not sure what he wants. The cable is hooked up. Computer, laptop, other gaming systems gathering dust. I guess I should get busy! Mine was same as yours, but I should have been more disciplined. I think I didn't want to admit he was leaving for SO long! I need to get busy in there!

Comment by Scott's mom (Ship 12 / Div 091) on January 27, 2011 at 6:46pm: Thanks to for all the "mom" support!

Our son is not as young as some that have left home. Went to college and lived at home, then went into the Navy as a delayed sailor.

He (son) did pack up some of his room before he left.Some of the thing he wanted thrown out weren't...when I dumped the bag out there were things for his cell phone and gaming...I think it was a "sweep" the arm across the counter and bag it".

His room is now spotless, except for the carpet and the walls.! It hasn't been cleaned. I have cleaned very thing so far..closet inside and out, striped the bed (all of it, no surprises there!) and remade the bed. Took all his clothes out of his dressers and wash everything again, refold things. - even the "boy in the box".

Packed all outdoor gear...won't be using it anytime soon. Left cable hooked up in his room...doesn't cost anymore but can sit in there and watch want I want.

When he does come to visit it will be clean!

We did agree to wait until BC...but the daughter issue hasn't been settled. I guess I can do things in small steps.

I thought I would have a harder time with this...I'm from a large family (1st of 11) and my husband is 2nd of 4. My youngest sibling is only a few years older than our daughter....so there's always children at least here.

So...for now it's clean and the cat has claimed it for his own!

Again...thanks for listening to me whine....